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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.
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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."
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Monnat paper on opioid-related mortality in rural America published in Int Journal of Drug Policy
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Monnat study on factors associated with differences in drug-related mortality published in AJPM
Monnat article on teaching to the opioid epidemic published in Medical Teacher
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Monnat study on rural/urban differences in prescription opioid misuse published in J of Rural Health
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