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."
See related: COVID-19, New York State, Race & Ethnicity, State & Local
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.
See related: Black, COVID-19, Income, U.S. Health Policy, United States
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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Lerner Chair Monnat, has new article on age, period, and cohort patterns of substance use in U.S.
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Lerner Center announces its Request for Proposal for the 2020 Faculty Fellows Program
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Monnat quoted in BuzzFeed article on increase in US life expectancy
"While life expectancy has continued to improve in large highly educated urban hubs, life expectancy declines have been much more pronounced in former industrial cities, much of Appalachia, and in many small towns and cities across America’s heartland," says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
See related: Longevity, Rural Issues, United States
Maxwell team wins grant from Department of Justice for opioid study
A group comprised of four researchers — representing the Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion and the Maxwell X Lab — will receive approximately $500,000 over three years in support of their research on different opioid court treatment interventions across New York State.
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Monnat quoted in Marie Claire article on dermatology deserts
"There is less access to healthcare overall in rural towns compared to urban areas of the U.S. Many rural parts of the country don’t even have a hospital, much less specialty care like dermatology," says Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
See related: Rural Issues, United States
Lerner Chair, Shannon Monnat, is quoted in Marie Claire article about rural dermatology deserts.
“There is less access to healthcare overall in rural towns compared to urban areas of the U.S. Many rural parts of the country don’t even have a hospital, much less specialty care like dermatology,” says Shannon Monnat, associate professor of sociology and Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion.
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