News Archive
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Rep. Karen Bass addressed the potential impact of government budget cuts and health care reform legislation on older adults during the 2011 Roybal Memorial Lecture at USC Town & Gown on Feb. 23.
Sponsored by the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work and co-hosted by Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard, the annual event commemorates the institute's namesake, honoring Edward Roybal's legacy as a passionate advocate for civil rights and equal opportunity, as well as services for the elderly.
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With recent news that the state of California lost tens of millions of dollars in federal funding to provide health care to uninsured children – because it didn't enroll enough children to qualify for Medicaid and Medi-Cal – the importance of patient advocacy has become clearer than ever before.
Bruce Jansson, professor with the USC School of Social Work, has written a new book, Improving Healthcare Through Advocacy: A Guide for the Health and Helping Professions, to address problems just like this.
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Los Angeles is arguably the capital of homelessness in the United States. Recent studies have found that on any given day, nearly 50,000 people are living on the streets of Los Angeles County—including 4,200 youth and 6,500 veterans.
Along with an increase in supportive housing, effective and proven interventions are desperately needed to address the myriad issues plaguing the homeless population: drug and alcohol abuse, violence, sexual assault, disease, and a general lack of shelter, food, and vital resources.
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The Institute of Medicine has appointed Maria Aranda, an associate professor at the USC School of Social Work, to its Committee on the Mental Health Workforce for Geriatric Populations.
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Former USC social work librarian Ruth Britton died in Rosemead on Jan. 27. She was 88.
An Oklahoma native, Britton graduated from the University of Oklahoma with an associate's degree in social work and from the University of Illinois with bachelor's and master's degrees in library science.
Britton was the head of USC's social work library for more than two decades. She retired in 2000 after more than 43 years of service to the university.
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It was 1961 when a courageous band of activists challenged segregation laws in the South, forever transforming the Civil Rights Movement. To celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Freedom Rides, the USC School of Social Work invited participants to share their experiences on All School Day.
"It's a hallmark of our profession of social work that we devote this kind of time and attention to social justice and diversity," Dean Marilyn Flynn said of All School Day, which began in 1992 after racial tensions sparked the Los Angeles riots.
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The City of Los Angeles recently recognized Ralph Fertig, a clinical professor at the USC School of Social Work, for his participation in the 1961 Freedom Rides, as part of a celebration to commemorate the historic journey's 50th anniversary.
Marking a turning point in the Civil Rights Movement, the trip brought together more than 400 activists who rode together on buses and trains across the South in non-violent protest of racial segregation in public transportation.
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Dilip Jeste, a leading expert in the field of aging, discussed his ongoing research on the criteria and determinants of successful aging on Jan. 27 as part of the USC Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics Seminar Series.
The event was sponsored by the USC Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics; the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging; the USC School of Policy, Planning, and Development; the Titus Family Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Economics and Policy; and the USC School of Pharmacy.
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Lt. Col. Stéphane Grenier returned home to Canada after serving in Rwanda for nine months in the mid-1990s with the Canadian Forces. Though he didn't experience combat while he was there, he wasn't the same when he came back. Grenier soon descended into a deep depression and became suicidal.
It turned out he had post-traumatic stress disorder, but since he hadn't seen combat, was he even allowed to have those feelings?
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The USC School of Social Work's Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) co-hosted a consortium with the Army Behavioral Health Division's Marriage and Family Therapy Program to develop a competency model for training mental health professionals treating military personnel and their families.