The manuscript, "Assessing Exposure to War-related Traumatic Events in Older Vietnamese War Survivors," co-authored by Yvette Young, Kim Korinek, Zachary Zimmer, and Toan Khanh Tran was recently accepted for publication in Conflict and Health.
Is War Hard on the Heart?
Is War Hard on the Heart? Gender, Wartime Stress and Late Life Cardiovascular Conditions in a Population of Vietnamese Older Adults, published by Kim Korinek, Yvette Young, Bussarawan Teerawichitchainan, Nguyen Thi Kim Chuc, Miles Kovnicka, and Zachary Zimmer in Social Science & Medicine, Volume 265, November 2020,
Research shows Global Increase in Skip-Generation Households
A new paper, "The Rise and Prominence of Skip-Generation Households in Lower-and Middle-Income Countries," by GACI Director Zachary Zimmer and Emily Treleaven of the University of Michigan documents a global increase in skip-generation households - that is, grandparents living with grandchildren with the middle generation absent. This suggests an important change in household formation among … Continue reading Research shows Global Increase in Skip-Generation Households
Research Reveals Rising Trends in Pain Prevalence for Adults aged 50+ across Europe
New research at GACI documents a troubling rising trend in pain prevalence across a number of European countries." Read the article HERE
Presentation for PAA
In April 2020, Zachary Zimmer and Chi-Tsun Chiu presented an asynchronous presentation for Population Association of America's Annual Conference on Living Arrangement Trends among China’s Oldest and Extreme Old. Click on the screen to download the presentation.
Persistent, Consistent, and Extensive: The Trend of Increasing Pain Prevalence in Older Americans
Zachary Zimmer and Anna Zajacova, The Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Volume 75, Issue 2, February 2020, Pages 436–447, https://doi.org/10.1093/geronb/gbx162