In an article published by The Washington Post, BU School of Social associate professor Linda Sprague Martinez explains why community health organizations have been a lifeline for Latino communities ravaged by Covid-19. Excerpted from “Death in the prime of life: Covid-19 proves especially lethal to younger Latinos” (The Washington Post) by Akila Johnson: A medical […]
Hosted by the University of Pennsylvania’s Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, “Addressing Social Needs to Improve Health” is a virtual conversation with BU School of Social Work dean Jorge Delva, Caroline Fichtenberg and Kathleen Noonan, moderated by Rachel Werner. Dean Jorge Delva is a nationally recognized expert on substance use disorders and ethnic health […]
Join BUSSW’s Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) for COVID-19, Black Communities, and Health Justice, a virtual panel event exploring the role that social work, health care, public health, community organizations, and policy can play in advancing health equity. PANELISTS: Linda Sprague Martinez, Ph.D, Chair of Macro Practice and Associate Professor, Boston […]
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 […]