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Drs. Nabila El-Bassel and Anindita Dasgupta presented and heard stories of gender inequality -- from all ends of the earth -- about violence against women, child marriage, sex trafficking, female genital mutilation, HIV infection, and negative sexual and reproductive health. Dr. Dasgupta walked away with one key message: Gender inequality exists for every girl and woman in some capacity at some point in their lives, whether in Mumbai, the Middle East, or Manhattan.
The E-WORTH protocol is for research scientists, community healthcare providers, and academics interested in a detailed description of an evidence-based multimedia intervention designed to reduce risks for HIV, sexually transmitted infections, and intimate partner violence among African American women who use drugs and are under community supervision in New York.
Read more about the study and one of the women who implemented E-WORTH at the Fortune Society.
The SIG team, New York State Lieutenant Governor, New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, and New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) collaborate to address the opioid epidemic
Dr. El-Bassel is presenting the keynote at the Ending Gender Inequalities: Evidence to Impact conference in South Africa
Global leaders including most of the SIG team recently convened at the International AIDS Society conference #AIDS2018 to discuss the rising HIV epidemic in Central Asia. Our Director Dr. Nabila El-Bassel shares her reflections.
A new project funded by UNICEF, the Uzbekistan Social Work Education for Excellence Project (USWEEP), aims to help bolster the field of social work in Uzbekistan.
Drug use and HIV among Men in Community Correction Programs and Their Female Primary Sex Partners
We are pleased to welcome two new faculty members to the Social Intervention Group (SIG): Drs. Brooke West and Alissa Davis.
In celebration of #PRIDEMonth, a team of researchers at the Columbia University School of Social Work’s Social Intervention Group weighed in on how #PRIDE is reflected in their day to day research.
Researchers and scientists from the Social Intervention Group (SIG) and the Global Health Research Center of Central Asia (GHRCCA) are participating in multiple sessions at the 22nd International AIDS Conference.
Could engaging stigmatized communities through social networks help maintain their health and well-being?
What does trauma look like beyond the Western conceptualization? Do individuals express trauma differently in other parts of the world, and if so, what are their symptoms?
An article by SIG Director Dr. Nabila El-Bassel was just published in The Conversation, a rigorous news site featuring articles from the academic research community.
To honor World Health Day this April 7th, and World Health Worker Week, we asked a few of our researchers what this year's theme #HealthforAll means to them.