Landes speaks to NPR about COVID-19 fatalities among people with IDD
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Landes featured in Forbes on COVID19 deaths related to intellectual and developmental disabilities
Lerner Research Affiliate Scott Landes and his colleagues found that people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) have a greater chance of dying from COVID-19 than those without IDD.
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Zhang quoted in National Geographic story on raising resilient children during coronavirus
Lerner Fellow Xiaoyan Zhang notes the positive long term outcomes of emotionally resilient children and discusses steps caregivers can take to help strengthen children's coping skills.
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Harrington Meyer discusses grandparenting during a pandemic with Kaiser Health News
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Harrington Meyer quoted in NY Times piece on grandparenting, COVID-19
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Meyer interviewed for New York Times article about the impacts of COVID-19 on grandparents
Grandparents who are providing child care during the pandemic can see tremendous benefits—more physical activity, a healthy emotional life, more socializing—but the additional stressors can also lead to burnout. “It’s simultaneously wonderful and too much,” says University Professor Madonna Harrington Meyer.
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Landes talks to Spectrum News about COVID-19, people with disabilities
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Monnat comments on impact of COVID-19 on minorities in Daily Gazette
"This is just another example of the negative health impacts of structural racism," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion. "Across all institutions, blacks are disadvantaged."
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Monnat discusses racial disparities, COVID-19 deaths in Miami Herald
"Without widespread testing and without knowing the infection rate, we can’t responsibly predict when things could open back up," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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Monnat discusses COVID-19 testing with Miami Herald, Syracuse.com
"If people aren’t being tested, you’re risking not only spread, but greater severity of the illness," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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Monnat comments on fairness of stay-at-home orders in Wisconsin Examiner
"A crisis like COVID-19 is bound to exacerbate existing racial-ethnic and socio-economic disparities. Not only within the healthcare system, and in terms of health outcomes, but also within the criminal justice system," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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Lerner Undergrad Research Affiliate Ashley Van Slyke forms club to lessen stigma of mental illness
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Monnat discusses COVID-19 with D Magazine, Stateline, the Verge
"At the front end, not testing these groups [poor and racial-ethnic minority populations] at the same level is increasing the risk of fatality rates," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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Lerner Center brief focuses on COVID-19, keeping older NYers healthy
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Montez quoted in Kaiser Health News article on inequality gap at age 65
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Monnat awarded grant by Mother Cabrini Health Foundation
Shannon Monnat, the Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, has received a grant from the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation for her project, which is designed to improve education for health care providers concerning Plans of Safe Care (POSC) for mothers with addiction and for babies who suffered opioid exposure prior to their birth.
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Complementary projects on food insecurity funded by Russell Sage
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Lerner Center Awarded Grant to Train Providers on Plans for Babies with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
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