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Health Research Projects

WEBThe Lerner Center conducts, coordinates and promotes population and community health research focused on the social, spatial and structural determinants of physical, mental …

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URL: https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/lerner-center/health-research

How Well do We Understand Mental Health

WEBAshley Van Slyke. DOWNLOAD THE BRIEF [PDF] View our other research briefs. Roughly 9.8 million adults in the United States, representing 4% of the U.S. adult population, …

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Population Health Research Brief Series

WEBThe closure of community health centers is likely to have widespread detrimental impacts on the country’s public health and economy for years to come.

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Health Equity for People With IDD Requires Vast …

WEBIn closing, recommendations to improve health surveillance of people with IDD in COVID-19 and other public health emergencies will be offered. "Health equity for people with …

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Using Taxes to Reform Health Insurance: Pitfalls and …

WEBUsing Taxes to Reform Health Insurance: Pitfalls and Promises. Leonard Burman. Brookings Institution Press, December 2008. Few people realize that one of the nation’s …

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Health Econometrics

WEBHealth economics is an important and challenging area of research for applied econometricians, due to complexity embedded in the data, arising from issues such as …

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Health Promotion for Older Adults: What Is the Potential

WEBThis report is sponsered by The Herbert Lourie Memorial Lecture series, which is jointly sponsored by the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs and …

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Population Health Research Brief Series

WEBMay 2022. The COVID-19 pandemic is quickly reshaping U.S. mortality patterns, especially among those aged 65 and older. While U.S. Latinos have historically had lower mortality …

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Social Infrastructure (“Third Places”) is Not Distributed …

WEBSocial Infrastructure (“Third Places”) is Not Distributed Equally Across the U.S. Third places are the physical spaces in a community where people can gather to connect and share …

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Health Services Administration and Policy

WEBThe Certificate of Advanced Study in Health Services Administration and Policy is a 12-credit certificate designed for two semesters of study. The certificate is designed to …

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There are Costs from Spending Too Much Time on Social Media

WEBNinety percent of young adults in the U.S. are now on social media, and the majority visit these sites at least once per day. 1 Nearly half of all social media users in the U.S. visit …

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Reflecting on the New York State Clean Indoor Air Act of 2003

WEBMarch 2021. New York State’s Clean Indoor Air Act of 2003 (CAA03) and similar state laws are credited with curtailing several smoking-related diseases and deaths in the U.S. Yet …

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Shannon Monnat, Professor

WEBShannon Monnat is the Lerner Chair in Public Health Promotion and Population Health, director of the Center for Policy Research, and professor of sociology in the Maxwell …

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Gratitude as an Antidote to Anxiety and Depression: All the …

WEBGratitude is connected to systems of the brain that regulate emotions and support stress relief, such as heart rate, arousal levels, and pain. 6 When activated, …

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Jennifer Karas Montez, University Professor

WEBJennifer Karas Montez earned a Ph.D. in sociology with a demography specialization from the University of Texas at Austin in 2011. Afterwards, she spent two …

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Why Coronavirus Could Hit Rural Areas Harder

WEBMarch 2020. As rates of coronavirus (COVID-19) infection and death continue to rise, it is important to consider how rural areas may be differentially affected. Rural economies …

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Population Health Research Brief Series

WEBSuicide rates among middle-aged white women in the U.S. have soared since the early 2000s. Rates for white women have increased across all age groups, but they are the …

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