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Lopoo discusses govt policies to increase US fertility rate in Medium
"Think about a professional woman who has completed college and some graduate work and may or may not be married, and if they’re married, they have a partner with a similar income," Len Lopoo, professor of public administration and international affairs and director of the Center for Policy Research, says. "So they’re sort of in the part of their careers where they’re really climbing rapidly."
See related: Child & Elder Care, Government, Labor, U.S. Health Policy, United States
Book by Serin Houston offers Seattle as case study of urban governance
See related: Food Security, Income, Race & Ethnicity, Social Justice, State & Local, Sustainability, United States, Urban Issues
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
Heflin publishes study linking food insecurity and disability
See related: Food Security
Karas Montez study on educational disparities, mortality published
Heflin study on SNAP size and timing and emergency claims among Medicaid enrollees published
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Flores-Lagunes to study effects of education on obesity, mental health
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Monnat paper on opioid-related mortality in rural America published in Int Journal of Drug Policy
See related: Addiction, Health Policy, Longevity, United States
Heflin study on impact of food program coverage gap published in AEPP
See related: Food Security