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Judith Feder, one of the nation's foremost experts on the U.S. health insurance system, discussed the Affordable Care Act and Medicare on April 14 at the Ronald Tutor Campus Center as part of the 2011 USC Schaeffer Center seminar series.
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Each year more than 25,000 youth age out of the American foster care system to face uncertain futures as young adults. A quarter of them will experience homelessness, and as many as 50 percent will not finish high school. Four years after leaving care, less than half will be employed, and their earnings will remain well below the poverty line. And, they will face higher rates of mental health disorders, early pregnancy and parenthood, and incarceration.
But these young people have an advocate in Wendy Smith, who is determined to improve their lives.
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William A. Vega, the executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging at the USC School of Social Work, delivered the opening plenary lecture at the Many Faces of Dementia conference at the USC Davidson Conference Center on March 18.
The event was sponsored by the USC Memory and Aging Center, the USC College of Letters, Arts, and Sciences, the USC Keck School of Medicine - Office of Continuing Medical Education, the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, the Los Angeles Caregiver Resource Center, and the Alzheimer's Association - California Southland Chapter. -
USC School of Social Work Assistant Professor Eric Rice has received a three-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health to study social networking among homeless youth with the goal of creating innovative interventions to combat risky sexual and drug-use behaviors.
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The Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) gave its 2011 Excellence in Research Award to USC School of Social Work professor Ron Astor for his study on school violence in Israel schools.
Astor, the school's Richard M. and Ann L. Thor Professor of Urban Social Development, won the award for the article "School Violence and Theoretically Atypical Schools: The Principal's Centrality in Orchestrating Safe Schools," which was published in the American Educational Research Journal.
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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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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.