In the News: Shannon Monnat
Maxwell team wins grant from Department of Justice for opioid study
A group comprised of four researchers — representing the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and the Maxwell X Lab — will receive approximately $500,000 over three years in support of their research on different opioid court treatment interventions across New York State.
See related: Grant Awards, Opioids
Monnat study on opioids cited in CityLab article
While the urban opioid crisis is a crisis of heroin and illegal drugs, the rural opioid crisis of prescription drugs is largely a story of growing spatial inequality and of places left behind, most often occurring in places that tend to have a declining industrial base, finds a study co-authored by Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
See related: Addiction, Opioids, Rural Issues, United States, Urban Issues
Monnat takes part in White House roundtable aimed at reducing opioid overdoses
“Many people who misuse opioids are also misusing other substances, and a common driver of this is self-medicating,” says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, whose research examines the connections between social disadvantage, place, public policy and health.
See related: Addiction, Federal, Opioids, U.S. Education, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Results from the SU Health & Wellness Goal Survey
This research brief summarizes the top ranked goals, including increasing physical activity, improving diet and nutrition, and better managing stress. There were interesting differences in goals across SU roles, sexes, and racial/ethnic groups.
Monnat study on fatal opioid overdoses published in Rural Sociology
Sociologists Montez and Monnat earn NIH grants
See related: Grant Awards, Longevity, U.S. Health Policy
Understanding Opioid Users' Views on Fentanyl could help Reduce Overdoses
This research brief summarizes the findings from their research conducted in southwestern Pennsylvania in 2017 and 2018.
Monnat study using census data to understand differences in drug mortality published in AJPH
Monnat publishes study on impact of economic factors on opioid crisis
There are Multiple and Geographically Distinct Opioid Crises in the U.S.
This research brief summarizes the findings from a study just published in the American Journal of Public Health. The study shows that there are at least four geographically distinct opioid overdose crises in the U.S.
Monnat study on opioid misuse initiation published in Journal of Addictive Diseases
The Stories behind the Struggle: A Closer Look at First Experiences with Opioid Misuse
This research brief dives into the stories behind opioid use initiation and provides intervention strategies.
Monnat article on socioeconomic and opioid supply factors to drug mortality rates published in JRS
Monnat quoted in PolitiFact article on Andrew Yang, life expectancy
According to Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, the recent decline in life expectancy "is due almost entirely" to increases in overdoses and suicides. "Although the declines are small, they are unprecedented, and they are signals that there is a serious well-being crisis in the U.S."
See related: Addiction, Longevity, Mental Health, United States
Incentivizing Participation in Diabetes Self-Management Education with Fruit & Vegetable Vouchers
This research brief describes the results of a 12-month, diabetes self-management education and fruit and vegetable purchase assistance intervention designed to improve diabetes self-management knowledge and health outcomes among adults diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes.
Monnat discusses mental health crisis in Yates County schools on WSKG
Children today face three serious mental health crises: death from drugs, alcohol and suicide, says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. "They’re much bigger societal issues that need to be addressed quickly or they’re going to manifest into something much more serious and then we’re going to be in big trouble not just now but decades to come."
Monnat discusses opioid crisis, Trump's national emergency on WSKG
"Opioids are far more deadly than any drugs that are entering through the U.S.-Mexico border,” says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
Monnat featured in CityLab article on geography of the opioid crisis
Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, argues that in both rural and urban communities, two key factors—economic distress and supply of opioids—predict the rate of opioid deaths. "I really do want to push back against this cliché that addiction does not discriminate," Monnat says. "The physiological processes that underlie addiction themselves may not discriminate, but the factors that put people in communities at higher risk are are not spatially random."
Monnat quoted in US News article on the opioid epidemic
"Opioids are a symptom and a symbol of far deeper issues in the U.S.," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. She points to deteriorating economic conditions, a lack of investment in schools, a quick-fix culture and a toxic mix of "pain, despair, disconnection and lack of opportunity" as upstream problems that have fed into the nation's current drug crisis.
Monnat paper on opioid users' opinions of fentanyl published