1. Neighborhood Factors and the Risk of Noncommunicable Diseases in Ghana • Winfred A. Avogo, Illinois State University.

2. The promise of education for increasing awareness of HIV-positive status in southern and eastern Africa?: Differences by age and gender • Stephanie Chamberlin, University of Colorado at Denver.

3. Single motherhood and stress in a Kenyan slum: The importance of paternal and kin support • Shelley Clark, McGill University; Madeleine Henderson; Caroline W. Kabiru, African Population and Health Research Center (APHRC).

4. Population dynamics and malaria occurrence in the main hotspot of the Brazilian Amazonia • Igor Johansen, University of Campinas; Priscila Rodrigues, Universidade de São Paulo; Marcelo Ferreira, University of São Paulo.

5. Mental health and life-course shocks among the global poor: evidence from Malawi • Alexandra Scheve, Swarthmore College; Chiwoza Bandawe, College of Medicine, Malawi; Hans-Peter Kohler, University of Pennsylvania; Iliana V. Kohler, University of Pennsylvania.