In the News: Shannon Monnat
Monnat research cited in Population Reference Bureau article on opioid overdose epidemic
According to Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, interventions should target communities with populations in "significant economic distress," focusing on "places that have experienced major labor market shifts and income decline over the past four decades." "Failure to consider the underlying economic causes could lead to ineffective policy strategies," she says.
Monnat comments on risks of healthcare mergers in CBS article
Monnat weighs in on possible CVS, Aetna merger in Boston Globe
Monnat op-ed on the opioid crisis published in ConvergenceRI
Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, discusses the need to address the underlying causes of distress, despair and disconnectedness in regards to the opioid epidemic.
Monnat cited in Business Insider article on opioid crisis, Trump
Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, says her findings indicate that places where rates of death due to drug addiction, alcohol abuse, and suicide are high are also places that heavily supported Trump in the election.
Maxwell School Lerner Chair Shannon Monnat and team secure NIJ grant
Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, and her team secured a grant from the National Institute of Justice to conduct a study that will provide recommendations to law enforcement agencies on how to maximize the efficiency of disrupting the supply of opiates into communities and develop a model for use in other jurisdictions.
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Colleen Heflin examines the intersection of food security, welfare policy and health
"Typically people who qualify for higher SNAP benefits are in the worst health, so this suggests there is something really protective about the SNAP benefits," says Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs.
Monnat cited in MinnPost article on deaths of despair
"In the places with high rates of drug, alcohol and suicide mortality, economic distress has been building and social and family networks have been breaking down for several decades," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
Monnat article on despair and the 2016 election published in Journal of Rural Studies
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Shannon Monnat named Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion
“Shannon Monnat is committed to disciplinary and interdisciplinary scholarship that informs, benefits, and influences public policy and the public good,” says David M. Van Slyke, dean of the Maxwell School. “She brings timely and important research, a public orientation and unbounded energy to the intellectual leadership of the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion."
Monnat's research on deaths of despair, voting patterns cited in Associated Press
The map of Trump’s victory looked eerily similar to her documentation of deaths of despair, according to Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair of Public Health Promotion, from New England through the Rust Belt to the rural coast of Washington.
Monnat article on teaching to the opioid epidemic published in Medical Teacher
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Monnat study on demographic characteristics and physical activity practices published in PM
Monnat study on physical health consequences of adverse childhood experiences published in TSQ
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Monnat article on the Great Recession and America's geography of unemployment published in DR
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Monnat study on disparities in Hispanic health insurance coverage rates published in Rural Sociology
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Monnat study on prescription painkiller misusers and heroin users published in Addictive Behaviors
Monnat study on human papillomavirus vaccination among adolescent girls published in MCHJ
Monnat study on rural/urban differences in prescription opioid misuse published in J of Rural Health
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Monnat paper on prohibiting juvenile access to tobacco published in Int Journal of Drug Policy