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Population Dynamics and Sustainable Well-Being

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Estimating the Health Effects of Violence and Armed Conflict over the Life Course

Yvette Marie Young

This project studies health and disease as lifelong consequences of war. It links survey data with measures of war exposure drawn from individual reports, administrative or governmental reports, and digital trace data. Detailed Description

Research Keywords:

Health Care, Public Health, Medicine, and Epidemiology, Internal Migration, Housing, Urbanisation, Life Course

Region keywords:

Vietnam, World

Links:

https://vhas.utah.edu/documentation.php

Publications

Korinek, K.; Koning, S.; Williams, N. E.; Young, Y. M.:

Introduction: Demography and war – research on population and health in contexts of armed conflict [Editorial]

Population Research and Policy Review 45:9, 1–15. (2026)

Zimmer, Z.; Korinek, K.; Kuy, K.; Young, Y. M.; Toan, T. K.:

Post-traumatic stress mediates the association between early-life war exposure and late-life disability: a study of Vietnamese war survivors

Journal of Aging and Health. accepted. (2025)

Korinek, K.; Young, Y. M.; Schmidt, J.; Toan, T. K.; Zimmer, Z.:

Innovation in Aging 8:6, 1–13. (2024)

Korinek, K.; Zimmer, Z.; Teerawichitchainan, B.; Young, Y. M.; Cao Manh, L.; Toan, T. K.:

Cognitive function following early life war-time stress exposure in a cohort of Vietnamese older adults

Social Science and Medicine 349:116800, 1–10. (2024)

Zimmer, Z.; Akbulut-Yuksel, M.; Young, Y. M.; Toan, T. K.:

The long-term association between exposure to wartime bombing earlier in life and post-traumatic stress later in life among today's older Vietnamese population

Acta Psychologica 246:104293, 1–9. (2024)

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