Narayan Sastry

Funded Research:

Dislocation and Return of New Orleans Residents After Hurricane Katrina (Russell Sage Foundation)

Emerging Disparities in Chronic Disease Risk Among Young Adults (NICHD)

Health Access for Children of Immigrants (Health Research and Services Administration)

Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey Wave 2 (NICHD)

Neighborhood and Family Effects on Disparities in Chronic Disease (NICHD)

Neighborhood Effects on Children Health and Access to Care (HRSA)

Neighborhood Effects on Children's Well-Being (NICHD)

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in LBW (HRSA)

Resettlement and Well-Being of New Orleans Residents After Hurricane Katrina (NICHD)

Ph.D., Princeton University

Dr. Sastry’s research interests center on studying the social and spatial dimensions of health, development, and well-being of children and adolescents, both in the United States and in less developed countries.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Sastry, Narayan. 2009. "Tracing the Effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Population of New Orleans The Displaced New Orleans Residents Pilot Study." Sociological Methods & Research, 38(1): 171-196. DOI:10.1177/0049124109339370. Licensed Access.

Weathers, Andrea C., Scott P. Novak, Narayan Sastry , and Edward Norton. 2008. "Parental nativity is an important factor associated with where children usually go for health care." Maternal and Child Health Journal, 12(4): 499-508. DOI:10.1007/s10995-007-0278-0. Licensed Access.

Sastry, Narayan, B. Ghosh-Dastidar, J. Adams, and A.R. Pebley. 2006. "The Design of a Multilevel Survey of Children, Families, and Communities: The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Study." Social Science Research, 35(4): 1000-1024. DOI:10.1016/j.ssresearch.2005.08.002. Licensed Access.

Cohen, D.A., B.K. Finch, A. Bower, and Narayan Sastry . 2006. "Collective efficacy and obesity: The potential influence of social factors on health." Social Science & Medicine, 62(3): 769-778. DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2005.06.033. Licensed Access.

Sastry, Narayan, and Sarah Burgard. 2005. "The prevalence of diarrheal disease among Brazilian children: trends and differentials from 1986 to 1996." Social Science & Medicine, 60(5): 911-1163. DOI:10.1016/j.socscimed.2004.06.051. Licensed Access.

Prentice, J.C., A.R. Pebley, and Narayan Sastry . 2005. "Immigration Status and Health Insurance Coverage: Who Gains? Who Loses?" American Journal of Public Health, 95(1)109-116. PMCID:PMC1449861. DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2003.028514.. Licensed Access.

Sastry, Narayan. 2004. "Trends in Socioeconomic Inequalities in Mortality in Developing Countries: the Case of Child Survival in Sao Paulo, Brazil." Demography, 41(3)443-464.

Chapters

Pebley, Anne R., and Narayan Sastry . 2007. "Neighborhoods, poverty, and children's well-being." In The inequality reader : contemporary and foundational readings in race, class, and gender edited by David B. Grusky, Szonja Szelényi. 165-178. Boulder, Colo. : Westview Press.

Pebley, A.R., and Narayan Sastry . 2004. "Neighborhoods, Poverty and Children’s Well-being: A Review." In Social Inequality edited by Neckerman, Kathryn . New York: Russell Sage Foundation.

PSC Reports

Fussell, Elizabeth, Narayan Sastry , and Mark VanLandingham. 2009. "Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Return Migration to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina." PSC Research Report No. 09-667. January 2009. Abstract. PDF.

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