News Archive
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Even though Winston Wong now has a big job as medical director of community benefit at Kaiser Permanente, the nation’s largest non-profit health care provider, he still maintains a small family medicine practice.
“I want to always learn and remember what our patients face every day,” said Wong, who is tasked with developing partnerships with communities in advancing population management and evidence-based medicine, with an emphasis on safety net providers and elimination of health disparities, at Kaiser.
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A vigorous debate on the globalization of social work capped off a weeklong gathering of the International Association of Schools of Social Work (IASSW) hosted by the University of Southern California, allowing a diverse group of participants to share their perspectives on the consequences of cultural and scholarly exchange across geographic boundaries.
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Conrad Fuentes, a clinical assistant professor in field education at the USC School of Social Work, has been honored with the 2012 Outstanding Service and Community Inspiration Award at the Third Annual Community Gang Intervention Conference, which was held at the Orange County Academic Center.
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The USC School of Social Work has released the inaugural issue of Military Behavioral Health: An International Journal of Research and Community Study, the first academic journal dedicated to the biopsychosocial health and well-being of servicemembers, veterans and families impacted by military service.
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LOS ANGELES—Multiple deployments during the long wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are impacting not only the men and women who have served overseas, but are also causing strain on their adolescent family members at home.
A new study from researchers at the University of Southern California School of Social Work finds a connection between increased drug and alcohol use among middle and high school students and deployments of either a military parent or sibling. The patterns of increased substance use were consistent for lifetime use, as well as in the most recent 30-day period.
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Maria Aranda, an associate professor at the USC School of Social Work and core faculty of the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging, was presented the California Elder Mental Health and Aging Coalition’s Older Adult Leadership and Advocacy Award at the California Association of Area Agencies on Aging (C4A) Annual Meeting and Allied Conference for her efforts to improve the mental health and well-being of aging Latinos in the state.
“I realize that this type of recognition—although it’s for me the recipient of this year’s award—is really meant for everyone here,” Aranda said.
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When Tara Wise joined the U.S. Navy in 1992, she was excited to be the first woman in her family to follow its tradition of military service. But after six years of active duty and life-altering experiences with sexual trauma that led to thoughts of suicide, Wise's initial enthusiasm gave way to a new commitment. One she hoped would bring to light the realities of military life for women.
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Beth Lucas, MSW ’98, has joined the USC School of Social Work Board of Councilors.
An ardent advocate for at-risk youth, Lucas has dedicated her career to bettering their lives through two decades of work with teens in group homes, gang members in schools, victims of domestic violence, the severely and persistently mentally ill, and kids in the foster and adoption systems.
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When one child teaches a skill or concept to another child, the experience benefits both of them.
That’s the idea behind Learning Together, a peer-teaching intervention funded by the USC School of Social Work’s Building Capacity in Military-Connected Schools project that is being implemented this year with middle school students at San Onofre School on Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton.
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The USC School of Social Work’s Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military Families (CIR) has received a grant from the Newman’s Own Foundation to gather critical data that will help identify where resources are needed most for veterans and their families and how best to serve them.