The Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) Equity & Inclusion Committee will launch Reproductive Justice & Social Work: A Learning Community this fall to collectively deepen our knowledge about reproductive justice more broadly, as well as abortion access specifically. The School will utilize a multi-media approach to develop social work-specific expertise regarding how racism […]
In an article exploring the prevalence and effects of the symptom cluster known as long Covid, STAT looks to Associate Professor Linda Sprague Martinez of Boston University School of Social Work (BUSSW) to understand the societal impact. Excerpt from “Estimates of long Covid are startlingly high. Here’s how to understand them” by Elizabeth Cooney, originally […]
Social Determinants of Health (SDoH), a group of factors that includes housing, income, employment, and education, are often the reason for variations in health outcomes and rates of hospitalization. Although SDoH screening during medical visits has been adopted by many health systems, medical education has continued to focus on the identification and treatment of disease […]
Communities Connecting to Research is a new free online course designed by BU School of Social Work (BUSSW) Prof. Linda Sprague Martinez and Senior Academic Researcher Deborah Chassler focused on improving the relationship between academic researchers and communities. Funded by the BU Clinical Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Community Engagement Program and distributed by The Network […]