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Professors Kristin Ferguson and Haluk Soydan of the USC School of Social Work will team up with the Salvation Army, which has been awarded a $1 million grant, to create and evaluate the Partnership to Rescue Our Minors from Sexual Exploitation (PROMISE). The grant, which will be received over two years, is funded by the Department of Justice and the Office for Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
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Making a mammogram a part of a woman’s regular check-up is important because early detection is key in beating breast cancer.
But for years, many low-income, ethnic women who go to the trouble of getting examined fail or delay the next tests such as a repeat mammogram and biopsy – follow-ups that could save their lives.
Kathleen Ell of the USC School of Social Work thought she might have a way to change that.
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Leopoldo J. Cabassa, assistant professor in the USC School of Social Work, will work on two new grants to study the relationship between Hispanics, diabetes and depression, and Hispanics and depression care.
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The Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research (IPR) at the Keck School of Medicine of USC has been awarded $380,000 over three years by the National Institutes of Health to develop and implement global health research initiatives aimed at Pacific Rim populations.
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Kristin M. Ferguson, assistant professor of social work, was selected as the inaugural winner of the Frank Turner Award for best article in International Social Work, the official publication of the International Association of Schools of Social Work, the International Council on Social Welfare and the International Federation of Social Workers.
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Ron Avi Astor, a professor who holds joint positions in the USC School of Social Work and USC Rossier School of Education, was given the second place distinction by the American Psychological Association's Division One 2006 William James Book Award. The accolade, which honors outstanding scientific volume in general psychology across specialty areas, was awarded to Astor along with co-author Rami Benbenishty of Hebrew University for their book School Violence in Context: Neighborhood, Family, School and Gender, published by Oxford University Press in 2005.
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Kathleen Ell, the Ernest P. Larson Professor of Health, Ethnicity and Poverty at the USC School of Social Work, has received a $250,000 grant from the California Health Care Foundation to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a program designed to improve depression care among low-income ethnic minority patients with congestive heart failure.
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Janet Schneiderman, assistant professor of social work, recently won a grant from the Children and Families Research Consortium to examine the issues foster children caregivers face in accessing and using pediatric health services.
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In recognition of his schizophrenia research to improve the effectiveness of community mental health rehabilitation, John Brekke, the Frances G. Larson Professor of Social Work Research at the USC School of Social Work, received the 2006 Insight Award at PORTALS' 50th Anniversary Golden Bell Awards Gala held in May at the Skirball Cultural Center.
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Chinese teens who think of themselves as fat, even if they were normal or underweight, are at a greater risk for depression and school-related stress, a new USC study has found.
Girls who said they were overweight reported an overall grade point average of 3.06 versus 3.20 for other girls, according to the study of nearly 7,000 middle- and high-school students in seven Chinese cities. Boys who felt obese reported being more prone to rudeness and losing their tempers. The study appears in the March issue of the American Journal of Health Behavior.