Aim 1: To undertake preliminary research to strengthen the NIH and NSF applications.
Aim 2: To develop research and dissemination collaborations with international organizations for the overall project.
Aim 3: To develop and submit to a peer-reviewed journal an initial project paper based on the preliminary analysis.
Aim 4: To submit applications to NIH and NSF for funding.
Concern is increasing about accelerating climate changes and the implications for health and welfare of children. Also, air pollution remains very high in large areas of low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Quartet support will permit development of large-scale NIH and NSF applications to investigate how global childhood inequalities shape both (1) risks of climate/environment exposure and (2) implications, once exposed. Specifically, the project will consider possible differences across groups defined by economic status, sociodemographic status, gender, and health/nutrition status. The four specific aims for the Quartet project are: Aim 1: To undertake preliminary research to strengthen the NIH and NSF applications. Aim 2: To develop research and dissemination collaborations with international organizations for the overall project. Aim 3: To develop and submit to a peer-reviewed journal an initial project paper based on the preliminary analysis. Aim 4: To submit applications to NIH and NSF for funding. Two kinds of statistical analysis are envisioned: a) global,
comparative analyses using harmonized data and approaches and b) region-specific analyses that select a few case countries for more in-depth study. The team plans to analyze census, survey, and environmental data sources such as the Demographic and Health Surveys, UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Surveys, Young Lives Surveys, IPUMS-Terra, and the Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center at Columbia. A substantial portion of the Quartet project will be initial exploration of merging and harmonizing these data to undertake preliminary analysis for NIH and NSF grant applications (Aim 1). These activities will also serve as the foundation for the first overall project paper (Aim 3). The Penn team has initiated explorations of collaborations with the Asian Development Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) in Ghana, the World Bank, and Young Lives. These collaborations will be further developed (Aim 2). The final step (Aim 4) will be to submit NIH and NSF applications.