Social Workers Invited to Participate in APHA Survey on COVID-19 Impact
The American Public Health Association Wants to Hear from You As social workers, we know that we must address the immediate, as well as the emergent, crises that accompany any pandemic. And yet, stay at home and social distancing orders have affected our ability to know social work’s role. Some of our workplaces have been […]
Barron’s: Coronavirus Leaves Children in Institutionalized Care at Risk
The Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health’s Senior Project Director Meg Comeau discusses how some of the most vulnerable children—those living in long-term care facilities—are being impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Excerpted from Barron’s: Thousands of America’s sickest children live in long-term care facilities. They have rare genetic disorders, traumatic brain injuries, complications […]
The “Aging Disaster” of COVID-19: Professor Gonyea and PhD Student O’Donnell Examine the Impact of Social Isolation on Boston’s Older Residents
Judith Gonyea, professor and associate dean of faculty affairs at BUSSW, is one of five BU faculty to receive funding from BU’s Initiative on Cities (IOC) call for COVID-19 Urban Research-to-Action proposals. Working with Co-PI PhD student Arden O’Donnell, in collaboration with the City of Boston’s Age Strong Commission, Gonyea and the team will examine the […]
Lessons from the Field: Are Paramedics Equipped to Manage Behavioral Health Emergencies?
Paramedics are frontline healthcare providers, responding to everyday emergencies from heart attacks and strokes, to public health crises like COVID-19 and the opioid epidemic. While these workers are skilled in life-saving resuscitation and stabilization, a study by BUSSW researchers finds that they are far less prepared in their training to deal with behavioral health issues. […]