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Monnat study on US policies, rural population health published in Public Policy & Aging Report

Feb 12, 2021

The Unique Impacts of U.S. Social and Health Policies on Rural Population Health and Aging

Danielle C. Rhubart, Shannon M. Monnat, Leif Jensen & Claire Pendergrast

Public Policy & Aging Report, February 2021

Shannon Monnat

Shannon Monnat


"The Unique Impacts of U.S. Social and Health Policies on Rural Population Health and Aging," co-authored by Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion Shannon Monnat, Lerner Postdoctoral Scholar Danielle Rhubart, and Lerner Graduate Fellow Claire Pendergrast, was published in Public Policy & Aging Report. The authors discuss three large, national policies/programs as exemplars of how policies differentially affect population health and aging in rural versus urban populations: the Older Americans Act, the Affordable Care Act, and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. They also discuss implications for policymakers and identify promising areas for research on the spatially disparate impacts of policies on population health and aging. 02/15/21