In a one-of-a-kind partnership between Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) and Starbucks, fourteen BU students from the School of Social Work, the School of Hospitality Administration and BUSPH organized a database of information on COVID-19 policies affecting businesses and restaurants to help Starbucks employees navigate the safety policies they’ll need to reopen. Excerpted […]
In ProPublica, Prof. Linda Sprague Martinez explains the devastating toll race disparities take on the health of Black Americans. Excerpted from “How COVID-19 Hollowed Out a Generation of Young Black Men” by Akilah Johnson and Nina Martin. Everyone thinks about racism as something that is personally mediated, like someone insulting me,” said Linda Sprague Martinez, a professor at Boston […]
Monday, December 14, 2020 5:30pm-7:00pm Zoom online webinar REGISTER Since Governor Baker’s eviction and foreclosure moratorium expired in October 2020, individuals and families across Massachusetts are now facing the added threat of unstable housing and homelessness during the height of the pandemic. People experiencing homelessness are particularly vulnerable to the dangers of COVID-19, and many U.S. […]
According to a new study led by BUSSW Associate Professor Hyeouk Hahm, clinical symptoms of depression, anxiety and PTSD have risen sharply since the onset of Covid-19 and could be affecting as many as 45% of young adults. In the Public Health Post, Hahm and study collaborators Kirsten Fleming and Cindy H. Liu share the […]