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John Floyd Sandberg Faculty Member
Positions
- Associate Professor of Global Health, Global Health , Milken Institute School of Public Health 2012 -
Previous work on children's time use, social learning and influence through social networks. I have worked for the past ten years collecting social network data in Senegal, for which analysis is continuing, even if funding has run out. Have started a new stream related to adherence to medications, but having trouble finding time to get it off the ground. Also involved in projects estimating excess mortality after natural disasters.
Research Areas
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Affiliation
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Publications
selected publications
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letter
- Mortality risk within counterfactual models: Puerto Rico and Hurricane Maria – Authors’ reply. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2019
- The Authors Respond: Comment on “Re: Excess Death Estimates in Puerto Rico have been Consistent all Along. Epidemiology. 2019
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academic article
- In-person schooling and SARS-CoV-2 transmission across Italian regions. REIDS. 2021
- A distress-continuum, disorder-threshold model of depression: A mixed-methods, latent class analysis study of slum-dwelling young men in Bangladesh. BMC Psychiatry. 2021
- Parental Migration and Children’s Early Childhood Development: A Prospective Cohort Study of Chinese Children. Population Research and Policy Review. 2021
- A latent class analysis of attitudes concerning the acceptability of intimate partner violence in rural Senegal. Population Health Metrics. 2020
- Préférences de fécondité et perception de la planification familiale des migrants temporaires à Dakar. African Population Studies. 2020
- The relationship between armed conflict and reproductive, maternal, newborn and child health and nutrition status and services in Northeastern Nigeria: A mixed-methods case study. Conflict and Health. 2020
- Social learning, influence, and ethnomedicine: Individual, neighborhood and social network influences on attachment to an ethnomedical cultural model in rural Senegal. Social Science Medicine. 2019
- All over the place? Differences in and consistency of excess mortality estimates in Puerto Rico after hurricane Maria. Epidemiology,. Epidemiology. 2019
- Left-behind villages, left-behind children: Migration and the cognitive achievement of rural children in China. Population, Space and Place. 2019
- The Niakhar Social Networks and Health Project. MethodsX. 2019
- Differential and persistent risk of excess mortality from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico: a time-series analysis. The Lancet Planetary Health. 2018
- Individual, Community, and Social Network Influences on Beliefs Concerning the Acceptability of Intimate Partner Violence in Rural Senegal. Journal of Interpersonal Violence. 2018
- Modeling the relationship between women’s perceptions and future intention to use institutional maternity care in the Western Highlands of Guatemala. Reproductive Health. 2018
- Refining the Conceptualization and Measurement of Women’s Empowerment in Sub-Saharan Africa Using Data from the 2013 Nigerian Demographic and Health Survey. Social Indicators Research. 2017
- Understanding women’s decision making power and its link to improved household sanitation: the case of Kenya.. Journal of Water Sanitation and Hygiene for Development.. 2016
- Family Size, Cognitive Outcomes and Familial Interaction in Stable, Two-Parent Families: U.S., 1997-2002. Demography. 2014
- Measurement Models of Women's Autonomy Using the 1998 India DHS. Journal of Population Research. 2013
- Social learning aboutlevels of perinatal and infant mortality in Niakhar, Senegal. Social Networks. 2012
- Maternal Child Socialization Values and Children's Time in Unstructured Play and Studying. Electronic ln_ternational Journal of Time Use Research. 2011
- The Structure of Material Hardship inU.S. Households: An examination of the coherence behind common measures of well-being. Social Problems. 2009
- Infant Mortality, Social Networks and Subsequent Fertility. AmericanSociological Review. 2006
- The Influence ofNetwork Mortality Experience on Nonnumeric ResponseConcerning Expected Family Size: Evidence from a Nepalese Mountain Village. Demography. 2005
- Changes in Children's Time with Parents: ACorrection. Demography. 2005
- Effects of Child Mortality on Fertility: TheoreticalComplexities and Measurement Difficulties. Entre nature etculture, quelle(s) demographie(s)? Actes de Ia Chaire Quetelet. 2002
- Changes in Children's Time with Parents, U.S. 1981-1997. Demography. 2001
- How American Children Use their Time. Journal of Marriage and Family. 2001
- Children's Time with Fathers in Intact Families. Journal of Marriage and Family. 2001
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article
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chapter
- Le rôle des observatoires dans la recherche sur les réseaux sociaux. Niakhar : 50 Années de Recherche en Population et Santé. 2018
- Tomber malade et en guérir sans aller au dispensaire : représentations de la maladie et de la guérison en milieu rural sérère. Niakhar : 50 Années de Recherche en Population et Santé. 2018
- Changes in American Children's Use of Time, 1981-1997. Children at the Millennium: Where Have We Come From. Where Are We Going?. 2001
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conference paper
- Social learning, influence, and ethnomedicine: individual, neighborhood and social network influences on attachment to an ethnomedical cultural model in rural Senegal 2017
- Social Networks and Direct Caregiving in Rural Senegal 2017
- Network Specificities of Circular Migrants in Rural Senegal 2016
- Morbidity, mortality and health seeking behavior in rural Senegal: local understanding and representation of disease across modality of treatment” 2014
- Le rôle des observatoires dans la recherche sur les réseaux sociaux 2014
- Interpersonal Influence on Beliefs and Behaviors Concerning Childbirth Location in Rural Senegal: Evidence from the Niakhar Social Networks Pilot Survey 2012
- Social learning about levels of perinatal and infant mortality in Niakhar, Senegal 2010
- Preliminary Results of the Niakhar Social Networks Pilot Survey 2008
- Social Networks across the Lifecourse and the Development of the Niakhar Networks Pilot Survey Instrument 2008
- Family Size, Children's Cognitive Test Scores and Familial Interaction: US, 1997-2002 2007
- Measurement models of women's autonomy using the 1998/1999 India DHS 2005
- Time spent in activities with others: Co-presence in the daily lives of American children, 2001 2005
- The Relationship between Extra-Familial Infant and Child Mortality and the Risk of Childbirth in a Nepalese Mountain Community 2002
- Maternal Child Socialization Values and Children's Time Use in the United States 2001
- Influences of Own and Extra-familial Experience of Infant and Child Mortality on the Desire for More Children in a Nepalese Mountain Community 2001
- Influences of Own and Extra-familial Experience of Infant and Child Mortality on the Desire for More Children in a Nepalese Mountain Community 2001
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conference poster
- Diffusion of Innovation in Family Size Preferences and Acceptability of Contraceptive Use between Urban Migrants and Non-Migrants in Rural Senegal 2019
- The Niakhar Social Networks and Health Project: an Introduction 2016
- Circular Migration, Social Networks and Feelings of Sadness in Rural Senegal 2016
- Ideal family size, acceptability of contraceptive use and social network processes 2015
- Ideal Family Size, Acceptability of Contraceptive Use and Social Network Processes 2015
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report
presentations
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presentation
- Population Thinking and Theories of Reflexive Social Construction, Maryland Population Research Center's Fall Seminar Series, College Park, MD. 2009
- Measurement models ofwomen's status claims in India: extension to hierarchical models, University of Western Ontario Demography Colloquium London, Ontario 2005
- What is Gender for Children? Revealed Gender Differences in Children's Activities, McGill University Social Statistics Seminar Series 2005
- Time spent in activities with others: Co-presence in the daily lives of American children, 2001, Centre for Research in Human Development Conference “Promoting Social Interaction Preventing Social Isolation 2005
- L'Assurance Contre Ia Mortalite Infantile: Croyance et Comportement, Departmental Colloquium, Universite de Montreal 2002
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Research
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Teaching
teaching activities
- Foundations in Public Health Leadership & Practice (Pubh 8401)
- GH Quantitative Methods Fall 2018 (6412)
- Global Health and Development (Pubh 3113)
- Panel Data Analysis (SOCI 631)
- Population and Society (SOCI 234)
- Quantitative Data Analysis (SOCI 461)
- Quantitative Methods I. (SOCI 504)
- Quantitative Methods Ill; Event History Analysis (SOCI 506)
- Readings in the Sociology of Population (SOCI 545)
- Seminar on Social Statistics (SOCI 688)
- Sociological Research Design and Methods (SOCI 580)
- Statistics in Social Research (SOCI 350)
- Study Design and Ethics (GH6410)
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Service
reviewer of
- American Journal of Sociology (Journal)
- American Sociological Review (Journal)
- Demography (Journal)
- Journal of Marriage and Family (Journal)
- NIH ZRG1 BBBP-B 55 R, PAR Panel: Behavioral/Social Science Methods and Measurement (Journal)
- Social Forces (Journal)
professional service activities
- International Network for Social Network Analysis (INSNA) Other 2006 -
- American Sociological Association (ASA) Other 2004 -
- International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) Other 2004 -
- Population Association of America (PAA) Other 2000 -
- Centre for Research in Human Development (CRDH) Other 2003 - 2012
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Background
education and training
- B.A. degree in Sociology, Hunter College, City University ofNew York
- M.A. degree in Sociology, University of Michigan
- Ph.D. degree in Sociology, Population Studies, University of Michigan
awards and honors
- Research Fellow, conferred by Angus Campbell Research Fellowship, 2001
- Rackham Discretionary Award for Dissertation Research, conferred by None, 2000
- National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship Honorable Mention, conferred by None, 1996
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Contact
full name
- John Floyd Sandberg
mailing address
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