On October 29th, Rutgers University held their 2021 Culture Conference featuring research on the ways that race, culture, and ethnicity impact people’s health and happiness. BUSSW Prof. Hyeouk Chris Hahm joined top academics in the field with her presentation, “The Impact of COVID-19 on Anti-Asian Discrimination: Asian Americans and Non-Asian American Young Adults.” Hahm’s talk […]
As part of the Grand Challenges for Social Work’s Eliminate Racism series, Prof. Dawn Belkin Martinez and Taylor Goyette-Frechette (SSW’20) will speak at the upcoming event, “Close the Health Gap & Advance Long & Productive Lives.” The last of this series, their talk will examine solutions and interventions at the intersection of racism and the […]
Despite the fact that the aging Latino population will reach 20% of older Americans by 2050, many Latino elders and their families are not getting healthcare services that reduce their risk or manage dementia. In an effort to better guide healthcare providers’ interactions with Latino patients and families, BU School of Social Work Professor Judith […]
Boston University’s Center for Antiracist Research has named BU School of Social Work Chair of Macro Practice and Associate Professor Linda Sprague Martinez as their new assistant director of research. Prof. Sprague Martinez specializes in tackling health inequities through social work. As a result, community-based participatory research (CBPR) and youth-led participatory action research (YPAR) are central […]