Category: Health and Public Health

Clinical Assistant Professor Phillipe Copeland, Boston University School of Social Work

Prof. Copeland Contributes to Attorney General’s Report Calling for Action on Racial Justice and Equity in Health

Professor Phillipe Copeland, an expert on racial justice, is a key contributor and consultant on the new report, Building Toward Racial Justice and Equity in Health: A Call to Action, issued by Attorney General Maura Healey. The report advances a far-reaching set of recommendations for reducing health inequities that impact communities of color in Massachusetts.  […]

HealthCity: Prof. Sprague Martinez on Why Health Systems Need Youth Participation

In Boston Medical Center’s HealthCity, BUSSW associate professor Linda Sprague Martinez and Dr. Katherine Gergen Barnett explain how young people can improve our health care systems. Excerpted from “Youth Engagement in Healthcare Systems and Delivery Methods” by Ilima Loomis: As a physician practicing family medicine, Katherine Gergen Barnett, MD, has seen many young patients brought […]

WCVB Channel 5: “Youth Researchers Focus on Public Health,” with Prof. Sprague Martinez

Emily Riemer from WCVB Channel 5 interviews BUSSW associate professor Linda Sprague Martinez and a young participant about their research empowering Boston-area adolescents to investigate health and well-being in their own communities. Excerpted from “Youth researchers focus on public health in Boston neighborhoods”: “Young people are very well aware of social factors that influence their […]