The Effect of the Changing Composition of Births on Infant Mortality in Africa • Mark S. Mather, Population Reference Bureau ; Peter J. Donaldson, Population Reference Bureau

Environmental and Socio-Demographic Risk Factors of Childhood Mortality: Evidence from Longitudinal Surveillance Data • Kubaje Adazu, Brown University

Risk of Child Mortality Due to Environmental Hazards in Rural Bangladesh • Md. Kapil Ahmed, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research ; Peter K. Streatfield, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

Community Effects on Infant Mortality in Rural India: A Multilevel Approach to Prioritize the Program Inputs • Damodar Sahu, Institute for Research in Medical Statistics (ICMR) ; Arvind Pandey, Indian Council of Medical Research ; Sada Nand Dwivedi, All India Institute of Medical Sciences

Influence of Ethnic Differentials in Socioeconomic Status and Health Care on Childhood Mortality • Kuniko Chijiwa, University of Florida

Estimating the Effect of Living Standards on Childhood Mortality in Rural Malawi • Henry V. Doctor, University of Pennsylvania

Poverty, Education, Race, and Pregnancy Outcome • David A. Savitz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Jay S. Kaufman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Nancy Dole, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Anna Maria Siega-Riz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; John M. Thorp, Jr., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Diane Kaczor, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

External shocks, state management and under-five mortality in Zambia • Michel Garenne, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD) ; Eneas Gakusi, Centre D'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI) ; Christopher Grigoriou, Centre D'Etudes et de Recherches sur le Développement International (CERDI)

Environmental Impact on Health in the New Era of India: A Study of Mumbai Mega City • Ashok Kumar, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

The Persistence of Rural-Urban Health Gap Among Under-Five Children in Sub-Saharan Africa • Jacob Adetunji, U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)

The Impact of SES on Relationships between Children's Medical Impairments and Their Physical and Mental Health Status and School Attendance • Roger Avery, Brown University ; Michael Msall, Brown University ; Michelle L. Rogers, Brown University

Functional Health among Schoolage Latino Children • Barbara Zsembik, University of Florida ; Amy K Johnson, University of Florida

Education, Health Knowledge & Child Health in Ghana • Catherine N. Stiff, Brown University

Declines in Childhood Anemia in Kazakstan: How Fast and for Whom? • Benjamin Moulton, University of Texas at Austin ; Amanda Maedgen, University of Texas at Austin

Maternal Employment, Malnutrition and Morbidity among Children in Tamilnadu, India • Alesan Thangasamy, Kamaraj College

Community Collective Efficacy and Adolescent Health in Los Angeles • Deborah Cohen, RAND ; Brian K. Finch, RAND

Family Structure and Adolescent Obesity • Christine Himes, Syracuse University

Seasonal Mortality in Denmark. The Role of Sex and Age • Roland Rau, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Gabriele Doblhammer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Gender and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health and Healthcare Use for Children in Rural Bangladesh: Does Public Health Intervention Make a Difference? • Nurul Alam, ICDDR,B: Centre for Health and Population Research

Explaining High Rates of Hunger and Food Insecurity in Oregon • Mark E. Edwards, Oregon State University ; Bruce A. Weber, Oregon State University

Do Work Characteristics Affect Health? Experiences of the Middle-Aged in East Asia • Yean-Ju Lee, University of Hawaii at Honolulu ; Yasuhiko Saito, Nihon University ; Yi-Li Chuang, Bureau of Health Promotion, Taiwan ; Yu-Hsuan Lin, Bureau of Health Promotion, Taiwan

Cortisol Patterns and Stress in Working Parents • Lianne M. Kurina, University of Chicago ; Barbara Schneider, University of Chicago

Family Planning, Gender Preference, and Child Health: The Case of Bangladesh • Juhua Yang, Brown University

Love and Death in Germany. The Marital Biography and Its Impact on Mortality • Hilke Brockmann, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Access to Safe Drinking Water: Effects on Health and Time Management • Garimella Rama Rao, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS) ; Sita K, Independent Consultant ; Prasad M.N.V., International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

Water Resources and Quality of Life: Case Studies in Indian Villages • Rekha Krishnan, Tata Energy Research Institute

Commuting and Exposure to Airborne Carcinogenic Materials: A Case Study of Bangkok • Priyakamon Khan, Mahidol University ; Sureeporn Punpuing, Mahidol University ; Martin A. Hooper, Monash University ; Bev Hooper, Monash University

Effect of Early Health on Cognitive Ability • Carolina Milesi, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Adult Health Transition in Low-Income Asia: Evidence from Indonesia and China • John Strauss, Michigan State University ; Agus Dwiyanto, Gadjah Mada University ; Zhehui Luo, Michigan State University ; Bondan Sikoki, RAND

Change and Continuity in Mortality Trends in Romania: A Case Study of Eastern European Mortality • Solveig Argeseanu, University of Pennsylvania

Acceleration of the Rate of Increase of Centenarians: A Comparison of England, France and Japan • Jean Marie Robine, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) ; Carol Jagger, University of Leicester

Native American-White Differences in Adult Health • Shu-chuan Wang, University of Texas at Austin

Gender Differentials in the Leading Causes of Death among African American in the United States • Monique Wilson, Morgan State University ; Mian B. Hossain, Morgan State University

Are Sex Mortality Differentials Biologically Caused? Madigan Revisited by a New Comparison of Sex-Specific Survival in Monastic and General Population • Marc A. Luy, Federal Institute for Population Research, Germany

Sociodemographic Characteristics of Homicides in Puerto Rico: 1990-1999 • Raul Figueroa, University of Puerto Rico

Demographics of Tobacco Use in Puerto Rico: 1996-2000 • Luz Leon, University of Puerto Rico ; Dinorah Heredia, University of Puerto Rico

Life Course of Cardiovascular Disease by Smoking History -Multistate Life Table Analysis of the Framingham Heart Study Original Cohort • Abdullah A. Mamun, University of Groningen ; Anna Peeters, Erasmus University ; Jan Barendregt, Erasmus University ; Wilma Nusselder, Erasmus University ; Luc Bonnuex, Erasmus University

A Longitudinal Study of Maternal Morbidity and Mortality in a Remote Region of Northern Tanzania • Brooke R Johnson, Ipas ; Moke Magoma, St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Tanzania ; Paul W. Leslie, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Trude Bennett, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Population Composition as an Intervening Mechanism in the Relationship between Income Inequality and Mortality in U.S. States • Elayne J. Heisler, Duke University

Admission to General Hospital as a Predictor for Suicide among the Elderly • Annette Erlangsen, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

The Effect of Veteran Status on Mortality among Older Americans and Its Pathways • Xian Liu, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) ; Charles Engel, Jr., Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USUHS) ; Han Kang, Department of Veterans Affairs ; David Cowan, Walter Reed Army Medical Center

Utilizing Successful Research in Community-Based Services with Constrained Resources: The Nkwanta Experience Catalyzing Organizational Change in Rural Ghana • John K Awoonor-Williams, Volta Regional Health Administration ; Tanya C. Jones, Population Council ; Frank Nyonator, Ghana Health Service ; James F. Phillips, Population Council

Children's Health Insurance 2001 • Shailesh R Bhandari, U.S. Census Bureau ; Elizabeth J. Gifford, Pennsylvania State University

Gaps and Transitions in Health Care Access: Welfare Reform and America's Uninsured Poor Children • Deborah Graefe, Pennsylvania State University ; Pamela Farley Short, Pennsylvania State University ; Tokunba Oluwole, Pennsylvania State University

Unequal Access: Why Are Some Children Using Hospital-Based Facilities as a Usual Source of Care? • Kelly Holder, Brown University

Correlates of Medicaid Status: An Examination of Children from Low-Income Families in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio • Ronald Angel, University of Texas at Austin ; Sonia Frias, University of Texas at Austin ; Terrence Hill, University of Texas at Austin ; Maren Andrea Jimenez, University of Texas at Austin

Adolescents’ Use of Maternal and Child Health Services in Developing Countries • Heidi W. Reynolds, Family Health International ; Shyam Thapa, Family Health International ; Emily Wong, Family Health International ; Catherine Harcum ; Heidi Toms

Access to Health Care during the Transition to Adulthood for Youth with Disabilities • Elizabeth J. Gifford, Pennsylvania State University

Where Does India Stand? Can Legalization of Induced Abortion Really Save the Lives of Indian Women: A Study Based on Evidence from Five Major Indian States • Paromita Dutta, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

County Characteristics and Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Preventive Services • Maureen R Benjamins, University of Texas at Austin ; James B. Kirby, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) ; Stephanie A. Bond Huie, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Reducing Parameters by Developing a New Mortality Model • Rajesh K. Chauhan, Planning Department, Uttar Pradesh, India

Spatial Implications of Different Mortality Standardization Schemes • Ronald E. Cossman, Mississippi State University ; Jeralynn S. Cossman, Mississippi State University ; Troy Blanchard, Mississippi State University ; Wesley James, Mississippi State University ; Carol Campbell, Mississippi State University

Estimation of Adult Survival Probabilities at Various Five-Year Ages beyond Age 5 from the Cumulative Life Table Survival Ratios - T(x+5)/T(x) in Life Table Terminology: A Methodological Investigation • Subrata Lahiri, International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS)

A Comparison of Six Methods for Decomposition of Changes in Expectation of Life at Birth and Differentials in Life Expectancy at Birth • Krishna Murthy Ponnapalli, Addis Ababa University

Using Burial Surveillance Data to Monitor HIV/AIDS Mortality in Developing Countries. An Example from Ethiopia • Georges Reniers, University of Pennsylvania ; Tekebash Araya, Addis Ababa University ; Eduard Sanders, Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute

National Data Sources on the Risk and Incidence of Firearm-Related Injuries and Deaths • Brian Wiersema, University of Maryland