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Taryn Lindhorst and Gunnar Almgren publish authoritative text on U.S. safety-net health care
March 21, 2012In their new book, Health Care at the Margins, professors Gunnar Almgren and Taryn Lindhorst provide critical, much-needed insight into the safety-net system and how the recession, unemployment and health care reform have accelerated its growth. An authoritative guide to the U.S. safety-net health care system, this book addresses how various populations deal with socio-economic pressures and difficult health issues.
Ideal for graduate students and early professionals in the health care field, this textbook:
- Includes narratives from patients and caregivers, which will help readers understand and empathize with the poor, homeless and other vulnerable populations.
- Discusses various health issues, including violence, chronic diseases, mental illness, victimization, and substance abuse and addiction.
- Examines overlaps in U.S. public health, social work, nursing and medical education.
- Analyzes the differences between the populations that depend on safety-net system providers and more advantaged populations that have access to the mainstream health care system.
Find out more or order this book at Amazon.com.
http://www.amazon.com/Safety-Net-Health-Care-System-Margins/dp/0826105718MSW Program ranked third in nation by US News
March 14, 2012The School of Social Work moved up a notch in the US News & World Report graduate school rankings - from fourth to third place among the nation's 153 social work graduate schools.
Read full article:Read full article: (UW Today)Jennifer Stuber draws on personal experience to support state bill
February 28, 2012One year ago this month, Matt Adler, a corporate attorney, took his own life.
Adler, 40, was bright, funny and driven. He loved his work and adored his wife and two young children. He was suffering from serious anxiety and depression. But he was taking medication to treat it and receiving counseling. How could this have happened?
5 years, 24 towns and 4,407 youth: new SDRG study demonstrates the power of prevention.
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Diana Pearce authors report on rising cost of living in Washington and its impact on families
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Fall 2011 PhD Awards and Fellowships
November 30, 2011Amelia Seraphia Derr has received a 2011 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion Student Research Award. For the past three years Amelia has been studying the role of religious beliefs and practices in access to health and mental health service use for immigrants in the U.S. in order to inform interventions, outreach, and service provider practices.
The SSSR provides these annual research awards to assist graduate students in their research. Although these awards are normally used for dissertation support, other significant research is eligible. Awards are intended to cover research expenses, travel, research assistance, and some stipend allowance for the researcher's time.
Allison Kristman-Valente has been given a Tobacco Studies Scholar Career Development Award from the UW Tobacco Studies Program, UW School of Public Health
This award provides an opportunity for students to broaden their knowledge about the impact of tobacco on public health through coursework and seminars, and supports other activities such as tobacco-related research projects and/or a presentation at a national tobacco control conference or public health meeting.
Valerie Shapiro honored with the 2012 Society for Social Work and Research Doctoral Fellows Award for her dissertation proposal entitled “Community Coalitions: Resolving the Gap Between Research and Practice for the Prevention of Mental, Emotional, and Behavioral Problems in Youth.” The committee making the award cited "the significance of the problem addressed in the research, the rigor of the analysis and its contribution to knowledge in social work and social welfare." The award will be presented at the 2012 SSWR Conference, at the Awards Presentation on Friday, January 13, 2012.
Mark Williams has been awarded a Hartford Dissertation Fellowship for 2011-2013 through the Hartford Geriatric Social Work Initiative. Mark is one of the twelve doctoral fellows nationwide for 2011-12. The fellowships provide $25,000 a year for up to two years to students doing dissertations in gerontological or geriatric social work field, Supplemental academic career guidance and mentoring, Professional development through institutes held at annual meetings of The Gerontological Society of America and the Council on Social Work Education, as well as interactive webinars, and Cohort building and peer networking among Hartford Doctoral Fellows, Hartford Faculty Scholars, leading gerontologists, and social work educators
Abstract: “Partnership Status and Differences in Health and Well-Being for Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Older Adults”
This proposal for Hartford Doctoral Fellows funding is for a study of the relationship between partnership status and the health and well-being of lesbian, gay and bisexual (LGB) older adults. Utilizing secondary data analysis of surveys of LGB older adults from across the United States, it will examine whether those in intimate partnerships enjoy better health and well-being outcomes and fewer depressive symptoms than LGB older adults without partners. Further, the analysis will examine whether relationship duration and gender moderate the effect of partnership status on these outcomes. Findings will extend the research literature on the social correlates of health, which posits that the exchange of social support and other tangible and intangible goods from an intimate partner buffers the challenges to physical and mental health that result from coping with crises and changes over time. Although the association of partnership status with health has been well established for heterosexual older adults, it remains to be seen whether LGB older adults, who experience particular health disparities and restricted access to legally recognize marriage, similarly benefit from long-lasting intimate partnerships. This research will contribute to current policy debates regarding the personal, social and economic benefits of sanctioning same-sex partnerships as well add to the relatively scarce literature on LGB health disparities. Further, it will establish a foundation upon which to build a research agenda further investigating LGB older adult health disparities and potential interventions to promote their health and well-being.
Telephone support for soldiers struggling with substance use
November 7, 2011The caller tells his UW counselor that he consumes 8 to 12 alcoholic drinks every night. He needs them to relax after work he says, even though he has a wife and two children who need his attention.
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Doctoral Students Garner National Recognition
October 28, 2011
Dean Uehara (left) and Research Associate Professor Karl Hill with doctoral students Carrie Moylan, Valerie Shaipro (back row), Eric Waithaka and Kimberly Hudson (front row) following the GADE luncheon, honoring the students’ work.
A distinguished group of School of Social Work doctoral students have been selected to receive the Group for the Advancement of Doctoral Education (GADE) Student Doctoral Award for Leadership and Service.
The students -- Amelia Derr, Kimberly Hudson, Carrie Moylan, Valerie Shapiro and Eric Waithaka -- are being honored for identifying and inspiring the School of Social Work faculty to support curricular innovations that make a vibrant connection between the lofty language of the School’s mission statement and the real-life experiences that define a doctoral education.
A summary of the project was presented at the October Council on Social Work Education (CWSE) annual conference in Atlanta, Georgia, in a panel presentation led by Kimberly Hudson, and including these students along with Dean Eddie Uehara.
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