Social Work Today: Prof. Lopez Brings Trauma-Informed Social Work to Border Studies Program
Boston University’s (BU) Mexico-US Border Studies Program provides students with the unique opportunity to collaborate with and learn from community organizations supporting immigrants in transitional housing camps. BUSSW Prof. Luz M. Lopez, CISWH’s Global Health Core director, lends her experti [...]
Outcomes at 18 Months from a Community Health Worker and Peer Leader Diabetes Self-Management Program for Latino Adults
An article assessing a peer-led diabetes intervention. Participants either received monthly calls from a CHW, or monthly calls plus weekly peer-led meetings. HBA1c, diabetes distress, depressive symptoms, and other indicators were measured.
PEER Center
The PEER Center aimed to improve HIV-related health outcomes for communities of color and reduce health disparities through HIV peer education by: Providing training and education to HIV peer educators Replicating successful peer education programs through training-of-trainers Building capacity in [...]
CISWH Partner, University of Global Health Equity in Rwanda, Launches Community-Based Education Program for International Students
Photo by Paul Kagame, provided under Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 The University of Global Health Equity (UGHE) in Rwanda, a partner of the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) at the BU School of Social Work (BUSSW), is now accepting applications for its first Commu [...]
Differences between adults with a history of methamphetamine use and non-drug users enrolled in a program to increase access to oral health services for people living with HIV
BU Today – Border Studies Program Gives Opportunity to Learn About Migrant Communities
Photo Courtesy of BU Today Boston University’s Mexico-US Border Studies Program gave students the unique opportunity to work with migrants directly at the Texas/Mexico border in March. Traveling with a number of BU faculty, including CISWH’s Professor Luz López, students from several BU sch [...]
CISWH’s Prof. López Joins BU Colleagues and Students to Support Migrant Communities at Texas Border
Photo by Barbara Zandoval on Unsplash Dr. Luz M López, director of CISWH’s Global Health Core and clinical professor at BUSSW, will join a Border Studies Program at the Texas border from March 4 – March 14, 2022. The program is focused on identifying practices to best support migrants at th [...]
Digital Story: Los Pares Cambian Las Vidas – Peers Change Lives
This video tells the story of one peer and one client who worked together to build a healing relationship to improve the client’s well-being and adherence to HIV treatment. In their own words, the peer and client relate how the client was restored to care and regained hope for the future. (In [...]
PPT Slide Deck: Paths to Financial Sustainability for Comprehensive Pediatric Complex Care Programs: A Medicaid Policy Toolkit for Title V Programs
This slide deck, originally presented at the Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs’ 2021 virtual conference, outlines a number of policy opportunities for Title V programs to utilize in sustaining funding for pediatric complex care. The presentation breaks down these policy opportuniti [...]
Building the capacity of HIV peer educators to be part of the health care team
The PEER Center team presented this seminar at the US conference on AIDS, Sept. 18 – 21, 2008 in Miami Beach, FL. In this 3-hour seminar, trainers, including a former peer advocate, demonstrated how to build peer skills on adherence to HIV treatment, peer counseling, and navigating the health [...]
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