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@MaxwellSU Center that conducts, coordinates & promotes population health research, education & outreach. Read our briefs https://t.co/w0R101xqMl
Syracuse, NY
Joined July 2015
How can policymakers reduce old age food insecurity in the US? Read our experts’ five policy recommendations in this new #CPR #PolicyBrief: https://t.co/3qu6uuJZKm Follow along over the next 5 weeks as we continue to examine #foodinsecurity among #olderadults in the US.
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In 2023, 7.4 million adults ages 60 and over in the United States were food insecure. As the number of older people at risk of food insecurity in the U.S. continues to rise, effective policy respon...
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What share of older adults in the U.S. are food insecure? It’s higher than you think, and current definitions miss a large share of food insecure older adults. Learn more about how food insecurity is measured in brief 1/6 from our #SUFoodInsecuritySeries:
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture measures food insecurity based on whether households had problems affording food during the last twelve months. Based on the current definition, in 2023 9.2% of...
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📢 Call for Papers ‼️ Nutrients Special Issue: Food Insecurity and Nutritional Health Among Older Adults. ⭐️ For details about the Special Issue, please visit:
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Special Issue in journal Nutrients: Food Insecurity and Nutritional Health Among Older Adults
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Maxwell professor Colleen Heflin and the X Lab are partnering with @SyracuseVAMC & Instacart on a $700K study to see how access to healthy groceries improve veterans’ health over time.
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Maxwell Partners With VA Medical Center, Instacart to Bring Healthy Food to Local Veterans
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Via @nytimes: Professor David Larsen, lead epidemiologist for the NYS Wastewater Surveillance Network, says COVID levels in the city’s wastewater were below average.
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Patients are flooding medical practices with reports of the telltale signs of Covid and questions about whether they will be able to get vaccinated.
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Lerner Affiliate, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern spoke to @SyracuseUNews about her forthcoming book, "Will Work for Food," which chronicles labor across the food chain. Read the full Q&A here:
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Associate professor Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern, a food systems scholar and human geographer at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Pub ...
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How does food insecurity impact breast cancer screenings? A study co-authored by Lerner Affiliate, Colleen Heflin finds that in 2021, food insecure females had lower screening rates than food secure females. Read the study: https://t.co/TCXyFWH3R4
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Food insecurity, a household-level economic and social condition of limited or uncertain access to adequate food,1 has been a significant public health issue in the U.S. In 2023, 86.5% of U.S....
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CAPS affiliate Scott Landes received the 2025 Public Impact Award from the American Sociological Association Section on Aging and the Life Course (SALC).
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Lerner Affiliate, Dessa Bergen-Cico will provide academic leadership and guidance at the first Distinguished Humphrey Fellowship Program focused on combatting the production, trafficking, and use of illicit drugs. Learn more: https://t.co/ZSYZomCTDY
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Maxwell Welcomes International Professionals for Program Aimed at Combating Drug Trafficking
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Mothers with private insurance breastfeed for longer durations than mothers with public insurance. Learn more in this new @MaxwellSU #SULerner #PopHealth data slice: https://t.co/cVq3JiYXBD
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"Our entire food system is dependent on immigrants," said Lerner Affiliate, Laura-Anne Minkoff-Zern in an article by @KPBS on how immigration enforcement has impacted California's overall workforce. Learn more:
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The study from UC Merced shows that the decline in labor participation during a week of aggressive enforcement was similar to the first month of the Great Recession.
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Experts identified seven key themes that are challenging policymakers, planners, and families as the U.S. population rapidly ages—from chronic disease to climate change. https://t.co/ZTUl6Iqqat
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“For every meal provided by a food bank, SNAP provides nine,” says Allison Duda, Bloomberg @AmericanHealth Fellow. “SNAP is a vital source of nutrition, providing support to more than 480,000 people in our area.”
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Coming cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) are going to increase hunger in America, according to Johns Hopkins faculty and students who work in food assistance. These policy...
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Congrats to Professor Shannon Monnat on having been elected president of the Rural Sociological Society, a professional organization that promotes knowledge about rural people and places and seeks to enhance the quality of life and environment. @CPRMaxwell
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Shannon Monnat Selected to Lead Rural Sociological Society
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Cannabis has been used as a potential treatment for chronic pain, but this study by CAPS affiliate Joseph Ditre and colleagues shows that hazardous cannabis use can increase pain intensity. Learn more. 🔗
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Although cannabis has gained attention as a potential treatment for chronic pain, hazardous cannabis use (i.e. patterns of use that have harmful consequences) has been linked to negative health out...
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“We’re not seeing young people go live on communes,” said Lerner Affiliate Shana Gadarian. “They’re working at banks, they’re starting gig economies, they’re working in high tech. If that’s not capitalism, I’m not clear what would be. https://t.co/2SN7Rpvvlv
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Young people aren’t anti-capitalist. They’re just sick of corporate hypocrisy.
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“Mosquito-borne diseases cause a lot of human misery around the globe. We need solutions for that” says Lerner Affiliate David Larsen. Learn more about his work to reduce the transmission of deadly viruses spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito: https://t.co/LT5hjRj1oF
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An Inside Look at a Solution Combating Mosquito-Borne Diseases: David Larsen
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Via @FortuneMagazine: “We’re not seeing young people go live on communes,” says Professor Shana Gadarian. “They’re working at banks, they’re starting gig economies, they’re working in high tech. If that’s not capitalism, I’m not clear what would be.”
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Young people aren’t anti-capitalist. They’re just sick of corporate hypocrisy.
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Via @Forbes: “We often treat rural as a category of deficiency. But the truth is that rural communities have enormous assets...They just need systems that work with them, not around them,” says Professor Shannon Monnat. @CPRMaxwell @SULernerCenter
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This essay is the first in a 4-part series I’m calling Rural Health Resilience—a look at the state of rural health in America, how we got here, and how it affects us all.
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