Families and Health: New Directions in Research and Theory
June 1-2, 2009
Natcher Conference Center National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland

This conference congregated leading sociologists, psychologists, economists, physicians, epidemiologists, and policy experts along with representatives from major foundations. Each presenter brought a multidisciplinary perspective, inviting cross-talk from the audience.

You may view a webcast by session; simply click on the highlighted "View Session Webcast." If you'd like to view a presentation in PDF format, please click on each highlighted presenter's name.

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View Family Relations Journal Article "Issues in Families and Health Research" Joseph G. Grzywacz and Lawrence Ganong

View Welcome Webcast

• Families, Households, and Living Arrangements
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  • Mary Clare Lennon -- Family Structure Dynamics and Child Well-Being
    
  • Sara S. McLanahan -- Fragile Families
    
  • Debra J. Umberson -- Marital and Parental Roles and Transitions: Effects on Health
    
  • Linda J. Waite -- Marriage & Health, Especially at Older Ages
    
    
• Family Change and Instability
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• Krista Perreira -- Family Change and Health: A Framework for Latino/a and Immigrant Populations
  
• Holly Prigerson -- Families Confronting the End of Life: Promoting Peaceful Acceptance of Death
  
• Robin W. Simon -- The Joint Influence of Gender and Race on the Marital Status-Health Association
  
• Megan Sweeney -- The Implications of Remarriage and Stepfamilies for Health and Well-Being
  
  
• Family Relationships
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  • Rosemary Blieszner -- Contributions of Close Relationships to Health and Well Being in Later Life
    
  • Catherine A. Chesla -- Using Qualitative Research to Study Ethnic Differences in Family Relations in Health
    
  • James C. Coyne -- Families, Family Interaction and Health
    
  • Joseph G. Grzywacz -- Work, Family and Health: Linkages and Leverage Points
    
    
• Caring for Families: Sharing the Burden?
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  • Janet Currie -- Caring for Families: Sharing the Burden Through Federal Policy Intervention
    
  • Pamela Herd -- Income Support Policies and the Well-Being of the Elderly
    
  • Sandra Hofferth -- Nonresidential Fathers and Child Health
    
  • Kathleen McGarry -- Caring for Families: The Role of Transfers
    
    
• New Directions in Research Methods
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  • Guang Guo -- Families and Health: What Roles Might Molecular Genetics and Epigenetics Play?
    
  • David A. Kenny -- A Brief Introduction to Dyadic Data Analysis
    
  • Janice Kiecolt-Glaser -- Families and Health: Inflammation as a Central Pathway
    
    
• The Future of Families and Health Research
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  • V. Jeffery Evans, National Institute of Child Health and
    Human Development
    
  • Edward Seidman -- Family Research and Where Goethe the William T. Grant Foundation?
    
  • Erica Spotts -- The Future of Families and Health Research

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• View Family Relations Journal Article "Issues in Families and Health Research"
• Print Conference Brochure (suitable for booklet style printing)
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Co-sponsored by the National Center for Family and Marriage Research and
The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of
Child Health and Human Development.