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“He’s Not Marrying my Daughter”: Stigma against People in Recovery from Substance Use Disorder

February 18, 2020

Austin McNeill Brown
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KEY FINDINGS

We are generally unwilling to accept people who are recovering from substance use disorders into our social and professional circles.
People in recovery, regardless of the label used to describe them, may experience social distancing from others as the intimacy of the relationship increases.
In an experimental study, vignettes that described substance use recovery in any form prompted a greater desire for social distance. In contrast, the control group vignette that did not mention substance use or recovery at all elicited no desire for social distance under any context.

Lerner Center Awarded Grant to Train Healthcare Providers on Plans of Safe Care for Babies born with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome

February 13, 2020

The Lerner Center was awarded a grant by the Mother Cabrini Health Foundation for their project: “Implementing and Evaluating the Efficacy of a New Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome Plan of Safe Care.” The project aims to increase health provider education surrounding the successful development of Plans of Safe Care (POSC) for mothers with addiction and babies who were exposed to opioids prior to birth. Continue Reading

Lerner Chair, Shannon Monnat, has new article on age, period, and cohort patterns of substance use in the U.S.

February 13, 2020

Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, is a coauthor on a new article published in the journal Socius, titled: “Visualizing Age, Period, and Cohort Patterns of Substance Use in the U.S. Opioid Crisis.” Continue Reading

Lerner Center announces its Request for Proposal for the 2020 Faculty Fellows Program

February 12, 2020

The Lerner Center for Public Health Promotion in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University is proud to announce its 2020 Lerner Center Faculty Fellows Grant Program. The Faculty Fellows Grant Program intends to fund at least two research/evaluation awards in the areas of population health and/or health promotion. Awards will be funded up to a maximum of $25,000 for 24 months. Click here for more details on how to apply.

Lerner Center Fellow Xiaoyan Zhang featured on WAER for data slice on child poverty rates among single mother families

February 7, 2020

Xiaoyan Zhang, Lerner Center Fellow and PhD candidate in the department of Human Development and Family Science, was interviewed on WAER for her latest data slice on child poverty rates for single mother families. Continue Reading

Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health is Better in States that Mandate More School Mental Health Policies

February 4, 2020

Stephanie Spera and Shannon Monnat
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Key findings:

States with more mandated mental health policies in public schools have significantly lower adolescent suicide and substance abuse rates.
States that mandate school-based mental health centers, professional development in suicide prevention, and social-emotional curriculums have significantly lower adolescent suicide and substance abuse rates.
Mandated anti-bullying and family engagement policies are also associated with significantly lower adolescent suicide rates.

Maxwell team wins grant from Department of Justice for opioid study

January 29, 2020

Shannon Monnat, Lerner Chair for Public Health Promotion, along with Lerner Center Associate Director Alexandra Punch, will work along side the the Maxwell X Lab to conduct research on various opioid court treatments in New York State. Read the full story here: https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/stories/Maxwell_team_wins_grant_from_Department_of_Justice_for_opioid_study/.

Prenatal Care for Undocumented Immigrants: Implications for Policy, Practice, and Ethics

January 21, 2020

Rachel Fabi
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KEY FINDINGS

Policies that cover undocumented immigrants during pregnancy sometimes restrict what services can be covered.
Health care providers feel like they cannot always treat all of their patients the same due to policy restrictions.
Some providers develop workarounds in order to meet their undocumented patients’ needs.

Lerner Chair, Shannon Monnat, is quoted in Marie Claire article about rural dermatology deserts.

January 8, 2020

This article highlights how dermatologists are heading to metropolitan areas of the U.S. for new business, leaving rural areas throughout the country scarce resources to care for and prevent skin cancers, like melanoma. Read more in the article: What is Teledermatology – and How Did It Become So Popular?

New York State’s Population is Aging: Will Communities Be Ready?

January 7, 2020

Claire Pendergrast
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Ellen is 79 years old and lives alone in a two-bedroom house in a small town in upstate New York. She has owned her home for thirty years, and she loves her town. She raised her daughter there, she volunteers at the local library, and she loves the people and the place. Since her husband passed two years ago, Continue Reading