News Archive
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Min-Kyoung Rhee, a doctoral student at the USC School of Social Work, first became interested in the employment issues facing older adults when she was living in South Korea during the Asian financial crisis in 1997.
“I observed massive unemployment and involuntary early retirement for people in their mid-40s and 50s,” she said.
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Patricia Lenahan, an adjunct lecturer in the USC School of Social Work, was honored by the Orange County chapter of the National Association of Social Workers as Social Worker of the Year, which recognizes a member of NASW who exemplifies the best of the profession’s values and achievements through outstanding accomplishments in the practice of social work.
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For teens without a home, paying the monthly subscription to a data plan for their smart phone is just as important as eating or a drug habit, according to Eric Rice of the USC School of Social Work, whose study was published in the December issue of the Journal of Urban Health.
Rice sees potential in using existing technology to extend the safety net for homeless youth. Social media and cell phones are tools rarely used today, in part because it was not known if, or how many, children without a home or a job could access the Internet.
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A new book by Margaret Fetting, an adjunct professor with the USC School of Social Work, draws on her 30 years of clinical experience in chemical dependency treatment to offer a comprehensive and reflective overview of the field, as well as an imaginative treatment model.
In Perspectives on Addiction: An Integrative Treatment Model with Clinical Case Studies, released this month by Sage Publications, Fetting outlines the underlying causes and consequences of substance use disorders and presents a reader-friendly guide to developing effective treatment skills.
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Mexican-American neighborhoods are often characterized as areas with high poverty rates, poor access to health care, and low educational and socioeconomic attainment, but they also seem to offer protective health benefits for the older adults who live there, a new USC study finds.
The study, published in the Journal of Aging and Health, suggests older Mexican-Americans who live in ethnically dense Mexican-American neighborhoods have a lower risk for increased frailty than those who live in more ethnically heterogeneous neighborhoods.
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The USC Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) at the USC School of Social Work has received nearly $1 million in funding from Prudential Financial, Inc.
CIR is one of 10 organizations to benefit from Prudential’s initial $6.2 million in grants to groups that help U.S. military veterans and their families transition back into civilian life.
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A delegation from the University of Southern California will visit academic, government and business leaders in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo, Brazil this week to learn about national trends in higher education policy, build ties with top universities, corporations and policymakers, and reconnect with USC alumni across the country.
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CarolAnn Peterson, an adjunct associate professor at the USC School of Social Work, received the Humanitarian Award from Face Forward, a non-profit organization that provides reconstructive surgeries to women and children who have been victims of violence.
Peterson, who was honored at Face Forward’s 2nd Annual Gala for a New Beginning fundraiser at the InterContinental Hotel in Century City, was recognized for spearheading transformative work in domestic violence.
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PhD candidate Anamika Barman-Adhikari was selected by the American Public Health Association as the recipient of its 2011 Robert Keefe Social Work Section Student Award, which recognizes the top research abstract submitted by a student.
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MSW student Keyon Mitchell is one of four national winners of the inaugural Gold Standard Scholarship Program, sponsored by the National Basketball Association and Bacardi USA, Inc.