Human Ecology Content

Research Highlights Importance of Support Reciprocity During Early-Stage Dementia Care

Karen Michele Nikos — March 22, 2024 - 10:00am

In cases of Alzheimer’s disease, it’s common for a spouse to take on the role of caregiver. Research led by the University of California, Davis, suggests that patients can also support their caretakers, and that reciprocated care has mutual benefits.

Closing the Digital Divide

Karen Michele Nikos — December 14, 2022 - 12:00pm

A new community-engaged learning course offered by 51�ԹϺ�� Davis is teaching 51�ԹϺ�� Davis students about intergenerational learning and helping combat age segregation and digital exclusion among older adults.

Environmental Justice Movement Gains Momentum in Sacramento

Katherine E Kerlin — April 14, 2022 - 10:15am

Despite years of community organizing around racial and social justice issues, Sacramento has not been on the state’s environmental justice map. But that's starting to change in California's capital city.

Experts: Climate Change and Community Resilience

Katherine E Kerlin — September 04, 2021 - 2:17pm

The following sources from the University of California, Davis, are available to talk with media about climate change impacts and solutions related to community resilience.

COVID-19 Isolation Linked to Increased Domestic Violence, Researchers Suggest

Karen Michele Nikos — February 24, 2021 - 9:02am

While COVID-19-related lockdowns may have decreased the spread of a deadly virus, they appear to have created an ideal environment for increased domestic violence. Extra stress in the COVID-19 pandemic caused by income loss, and lack of ability to pay for housing and food has exacerbated the often silent epidemic of intimate partner violence, suggests a new University of California, Davis, study.

Media Advisory: 51�ԹϺ�� Davis LIVE on COVID-19, Stress and Resilience

Andy Fell — September 08, 2020 - 11:49am

Sept. 10, 11 a.m. — Six months into lockdowns, job losses, school closures, pandemic illness and lost lives, how are people coping with these long-running stresses? What can we do to help people cope and make communities more resilient?

This week we’re talking with two researchers who have been surveying peoples’ mental and emotional health during the pandemic.

The guests:

Ethnic Diversity in Schools May Be Good for Students’ Grades, a 51�ԹϺ�� Davis Study Suggests

Karen Michele Nikos — September 11, 2017 - 10:14am

Early adolescents’ grades were higher when they socialized with peers from other ethnicities, according to the findings of a University of California, Davis, study that looked at the lunching habits of more than 800 sixth-graders in three states.