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Causes: Population Studies
Mission: Prb translates scientific information about population, health and the environment into understandable language for policymakers, journalists, educators and the public.
Programs: International programs: prb provided key assistance to the african union commission to advance its 2017 policy theme of investing in youth to achieve a demographic dividend. The dividend is an economic bonus that can result from a change in the age structure. Prbs support, funded by the david and lucile packard foundation, included partnering with the commissions youth division to hold a workshop that helped 13 young african media professionals understand that, with the right investments, africas youth bulge could provide the fuel needed to achieve the demographic dividend. (see schedule o for continuation)
u. S. Programs: prb has worked in partnership with the u. S. Census bureau since 2012 to increase knowledge and use of american community survey (acs) data. Through this partnership, prb established and maintains an acs data users group and online community. The online community has more than 2,000 members and provides a user-friendly platform for acs data users across the country to pose and answer questions, and share information, applications, programs, and data files. (see schedule o for continuation)
communications programs: with funding from the national institute on aging (nia), prb collaborated with the university of michigan to summarize research on the connections between neighborhood conditions and the aging process. The february 2017 report in prb's today's research on aging series, "how neighborhoods affect the health and well-being of older americans," provides an overview of recent nia-supported research on aspects of the physical environment linked to age-related diseases. (see schedule o for continuation)