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ASPIRE aims to examine secondary trauma that providers face in working with their clients. The findings from this research would inform training of the mental health providers.
Members of the Columbia University School of Social Work, the Social Intervention Group, and the ASPIRE project will be leading a symposium at the 22nd annual Society for Social Work and Research conference on Friday, January 12th.
In 2018, we look forward to working with our communities here in New York City at Columbia University, and globally!
It was a full house for our World AIDS Day event this year, with four leading scientists presenting on the topic "Political, Social, and Structural Forces Driving the HIV Epidemic."
Though tremendous progress has been made toward ending the HIV epidemic, we still have a very long way to go to achieve the UNAIDS goal of ending the epidemic by 2030.
What if the social and behavioral research being conducted causes harm to the very people the research is trying to help?
Dr. Hunt shared SIG's work on couples-based HIV/STI prevention and mediators impacting implementation of SIG's evidence-based intervention CONNECT HIP. .
Silence can perpetuate this violence, and, as illustrated in the story of Devineil Brown written by The Ink NYC, silence can be deadly.
While the overall rate of incarceration has declined nationally, the rate of female incarceration has increased at nearly double the rate of male incarceration since 2002.
The Columbia University Community Collaborative Research Network (CCRN) works to strengthen community-researcher collaboration through training, education, research, and advocacy
What if these same social media platforms, used to share our own personal updates, could also be used to prevent HIV?
As they conduct cross-country business, truck drivers in Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) can face lines at the border that last for days.
In Kazakhstan, only one-third of the 19,000 HIV-positive people who inject drugs in needle syringe programs are linked to HIV care. Scaling up integrated, cost-efficient HIV services for this community is sorely needed.
Women who use drugs and/or alcohol are three to five times more likely to experience Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) than the general population. Yet, only one out of 20 ever receive help to stop this violence.
Congratulations, GHRCCA! GHRCCA just won two awards from the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in Kazakhstan.