According to Tami Gouveia (SSW ‘01), social workers make ideal public servants — meaning they are perfectly suited for a career in politics. “We need to do much better by the people of the commonwealth,” Gouveia says. “We need a public health champion. Who better than a social worker?” An alumna of BU School of […]
Researchers from the Center for Innovation for Social Work and Health (CISWH) at BUSSW conducted a new study exploring the challenges people with HIV (PWH) face in obtaining gainful employment. The study’s goal is to better understand and address what limits PWH from achieving employment and housing and to develop interventions that can improve those outcomes. Excerpt from […]
In a recent interview for “Social Work Talks,” the National Association for Social Workers’s podcast, Kristina Whiton-O’Brien (SSW’95) discussed the tools that Vot-ER is providing to social workers and health care providers to promote better civic health. Whiton-O’Brien is a BU School of Social Work alumna, and former assistant director of online advising and field […]
This Civic Health Month, the Center for Innovation for Social Work and Health (CISWH) at BUSSW has partnered with Vot-ER in a nationwide effort to promote civic engagement – an essential component of individual and community health. Excerpt from “CISWH Promotes Civic Health with Vot-ER” (CISWH News): The COVID-19 pandemic bared the ugly truth about the […]