Monnat article on rural population aging and health published in American Journal of Public Health

Jul 28, 2020

Rural Population Health and Aging: Toward a Multilevel and Multidimensional Research Agenda for the 2020s

Leif Jensen, Shannon M. Monnat, John J. Green, Lori M. Hunter & Martin J. Sliwinski

American Journal of Public Health, July 2020

Shannon Monnat

Sociology Department

Aging Studies Institute

Center for Policy Research

Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and Population Health

State & Local

American Journal of Public Health

Shannon Monnat

"Rural Population Health and Aging: Toward a Multilevel and Multidimensional Research Agenda for the 2020s," co-authored by Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion Shannon Monnat, was published in American Journal of Public Health. According to the authors, rural communities are not monolithic, and although some rural places are characterized by declining health, others have seen large improvements in population health. They draw on these realities to call for new research in five areas. 07/28/20