Policy Briefs

Jennifer Karas Montez. 2017. “Deregulation, Devolution, and State Preemption Laws’ Impact on U.S. Mortality Trends.” American Journal of Public Health 107(11):1749-1750.

“Education and Health Disparity Across the US” Published in Scientia.

https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA172

“How state preemption laws prevent cities from taking steps to improve health and life expectancy” Scholars Strategy Network, Key Findings Brief.

 http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/brief/how-state-preemption-laws-prevent-cities-taking-steps-improve-health-and-life-expectancy

“How do U.S. States Influence their Residents’ Health and Longevity?” (Montez, Wolf, and Hayward). Scholars Strategy Network, Key Findings Brief.

http://www.scholarsstrategynetwork.org/brief/how-do-us-states-influence-health-and-longevity-their-residents

Jennifer Karas Montez and Anna Zajacova. 2014. “Why is Life Expectancy Declining among Low-Educated Women in the United States?” American Journal of Public Health 104(1):e5-e7. PMCID: PMC4167117.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4167117/40

Shannon M. Monnat and Khary K. Rigg. 2018. “The Opioid Crisis in Rural and Small Town America.” National Issue Brief #135. Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire.

 https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1342&context=carsey

Shannon M. Monnat. 2018. “Drug Overdose Rates are Highest in Places with the Most Economic and Family Distress.” National Issue Brief #134. Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire.

https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/drug-overdose-rates-highest-place-with-economicfamily-distress

Shannon M. Monnat and David L. Brown. 2017. “How Despair Helped Drive Trump to Victory.” Institute for New Economic Thinking.

https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/how-despair-helped-drive-trump-victory

Shannon M. Monnat. 2017. “Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide Represent Growing Share of U.S. Mortality.” Carsey Research National Brief. Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire.

https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/drugs-alcohol-suicide

Monnat, Shannon M. 2017. “Beyond Rural vs. Urban: The Importance of Considering Heterogeneity in U.S. Rural Health.” Robert Wood Johnson Foundation New Connections Blog Series.

http://rwjf-newconnections.org/blog/beyond-rural-vs-urban-importance-considering-heterogeneity-u-s-rural-health/

Shannon M. Monnat. 2016. “Hispanic Insurance Rates Differ between Established and New Hispanic Destinations.” Population Trends in Post-Recession Rural America Series. Applied Population Lab. University of Wisconsin, Madison.

http://w3001.apl.wisc.edu/pdfs/b02_16.pdf

Shannon M. Monnat. 2015. “Rural Adolescents are More Likely than their Urban Peers to Abuse Prescription Painkillers.” Carsey Research National Fact Sheet #32. Carsey School of Public Policy, University of New Hampshire.

https://carsey.unh.edu/publication/prescription-painkiller-abuse