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Guaranteed income and its close cousin Universal Basic Income have been proposed as solutions for both social justice and economic stimulus for decades, with leading voices as disparate as Martin Luther King, Jr. and economist Milton Friedman advocating for the establishment of a guaranteed income. While some say it is a form of welfare, advocates argue that it would help to relieve dramatic socioeconomic disparities and even potentially reduce dependence on government programs.
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September is Healthy Aging Month and the beginning of Latinx Heritage Month, an important time to shine a light on the latest research around Alzheimer’s and dementia prevention for one of the highest affected populations.
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In a melding of nationally recognized health care experts, researchers, community partners and legislators with entertainment industry artists and professionals, City of Hope’s Music, Film and Entertainment Industry group presented the inaugural California Coalition of Cancer Equity (C3E) Symposium in conjunction with Closing the Care Gap on June 21 and 22, 2022 at the GRAMMY museum.
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Counting is the core of scientific research. This is not the case today for LGBTQ+ people at the most fundamental level: the death count. While it is well documented that LGBTQ+ people have higher rates of suicidal ideation, substance abuse and other potentially life-threatening behavioral health risks, there are no standard statistics that record the number of deaths each year for those who identify as LGBTQ+. Their lives — and deaths — are literally not counted.
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An estimated 83% of the 20 million LGBTQ+ people in the United States have experienced abuse or significant adverse childhood experiences (ACE) that have significantly impacted their mental health as adults compared to their heteronormative peers.
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Dean Sarah Gehlert of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work has been invited by the White House to join its new nonpartisan White House Health Equity Leaders Roundtable and has accepted the honor. The White House Office of Public Engagement established the group to provide key communication and expert perspective regarding health care access, one of this administration’s central issues.
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The concept of using AI for social good is a relatively new one.
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Social Worker Leads Transdisciplinary Study on Alzheimer’s and Sleep Quality Among African Americans
With a body of work that brings rigorous, transdisciplinary research directly into the communities that need it most, Karen Lincoln, associate professor at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, contradicts the myth that social work is a discipline, not a science. Lincoln’s work proves it can be both.
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Eight professors of the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work are recognized among the top 2% of scientists in the world for 2021 in a study by Elsevier and Stanford University. The ranking considers 22 scientific fields and 176 subfields. Based on the bibliometric information contained in the Scopus database, it represents approximately 180,000 scientific researchers from a pool of more than 8 million globally.
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The goals and timelines of academic researchers and those of policymakers are often not aligned to create an effective or timely bridge from research to policy. The Children’s Data Network (CDN) at the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, led by co-directors Jacquelyn McCroskey and Emily Putnam-Hornstein, is helping to change that.