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Public Health and Human Rights in an Era of Epidemics

WEBFrom the 2015 issue of the Advocates' Forum. Public Health and Human Rights in an Era of Epidemics Ryan Rollinson. Abstract This article explores the tension between individual human rights and the need to protect the public health. It focuses on the role of social workers, who have a moral and ethical responsibility to protect the human …

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New Book by Colleen M. Grogan details the history of the …

WEBColleen M. Grogan's new book, Grow and Hide is a sweeping history of the American health care state that reveals the public has been intentionally misled about the true role of government. The US government has always invested federal, state, and local dollars in public health protection and prevention. Despite this public funding, however, …

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Book Talk: Grow and Hide: The History of America's Health Care …

WEBColleen Grogan, PhD, Deborah R. and Edgar D. Jannotta Professor and Deputy Dean for Curriculum in the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice will discuss her new book, Grow and Hide (Oxford, 2023) which details the history of the American health care state and argues that the public has been …

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The Susan and Richard Kiphart Center for Global Health and Social

WEBThe Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice hosted a launch event for the Susan and Richard Kiphart Center for Global Health and Social Development on May 18, 2022 in Edith Abbott Hall. The Kiphart Center will build on the University’s global health efforts and aims to further integrate multidisciplinary resources …

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Global Mental Health Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, …

WEBBuilding on these explorations, we will then turn to the tools, programs, and practices that constitute the somewhat amorphous movement called “Global Mental Health.”. Ongoing debates of this movement will also be examined. This course will take an interdisciplinary approach, with readings drawn from psychiatry, public policy, anthropology

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Racial Capitalism and Black Maternal Mortality Rates in Chicago

WEBMedicaid coverage plays a significant role in the limited care that many Black women receive, and a 2019 Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) report found that “women covered by Medicaid were nearly three times more likely to experience a pregnancy-associated death than women with private insurance” and 71% of women …

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Reimagining Mental Health Supports for Migrant Arrivals in …

WEBDr. Hilado and colleagues from Lurie Children's Hospital and the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health have developed and implemented a capacity-building curriculum for non-mental health professionals supporting migrant arrivals who were forcibly relocated to Chicago under TX Gov. Abbott's Operation Lone Star Busing Program. The project in …

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Alida Bouris Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and …

WEBAlida Bouris is an Associate Professor in the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice. As a social work scholar, her research is broadly focused on the relationship between social context and health, with a particular emphasis on understanding how social inequality, social networks, and social support shape the …

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Waldo E. Johnson

WEBJohnson studies family formation, parenting and African-American families. He is principal investigator for the Chicago Parenting Initiative Evaluation Study, a multi-year OAPP evaluation study of the impact of male enhancement services provision to young fathers on their physical and psychological well-being, as well as the well-being of adolescent …

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Studying Mental Health in a Developing Country

WEBVOLUME 24 | ISSUE 1 | WINTER 2017 Exposure to violence, deprivation, and other adverse childhood experiences affect multiple mental health outcomes among children with effects that are often long lasting. SSA Assistant Professor Leyla Ismayilova shows in new research in the western African country of Burkina Faso how those …

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Colleen M Grogan, PhD

WEBProfessor Grogan is among the intellectual leaders studying health policy and politics with a primary focus on the US health care system and its complex entitlement programs. She is currently Co-Principal Investigator of a large multi-institution NIH study to determine the effect of Medicaid Managed Care Organizations’ coverage on access to treatment and …

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AAAC 2024 Symposium Crown Family School of Social Work, …

WEBImage Celebrate Black History Month with us at the AAAC Symposium, commemorating a longstanding tradition dedicated to exploring vital issues facing our community. Following the COVID-19 pandemic, Black men have faced unique challenges when accessing mental health and wellness services. In response, this year's AAAC …

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Looking at the Cultural Aspects of Mental Health

WEBVOLUME 24 | ISSUE 2 | SUMMER 2017 Immigrants and people from marginalized communities have more culturally-based attitudes towards mental health than most mental health researchers and practitioners have realized, contends SSA Assistant Professor Miwa Yasui, whose research calls for a paradigm shift in the way mental …

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Global Child Mental Health Symposium Crown Family School of …

WEBLeyla Ismayilova, PhD is an Associate Professor at the University of Chicago Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice.Specializing in developing and adapting family-based interventions to enhance child well-being on a global scale, she has contributed to international research projects in sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East, …

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Jacqueline Reed Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and …

WEB"Every Block a Village". 1994 Recipient of the Elizabeth Butler Award. Past Award Winners. Published in the Fall 2010 issue of SSA Magazine. When St. Anne's Hospital closed in 1988, Jacqueline Reed was busy as a third-year extended evening Program student at Crown Family School, a fellow at the Chicago Community trust and a mother raising four …

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J. Curtis McMillen, PhD

WEBCho, E., Tugendrajch, S.K., McMillen, J.Curtis et al. (2022).Implementation of Evidence-Based Practices within Treatment-As-Usual and Evidence-Based Practice Initiatives.

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Economic Instability and the Everyday Struggles of Families

WEBVOLUME 25 | ISSUE 1 | SPRING 2018 Poverty isn't a static condition. New research is showing how unstable life is for many low-income families. For them, poverty is a roller coaster, marked by uncertain and irregular employment, erratic work schedules, fluctuating public benefits, shifting household composition, frequent housing moves, and …

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