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CISWH Promotes Civic Health with Vot-ER
As Civic Health Month in August wraps up, the Center for Innovation for Social Work and Health (CISWH) at BUSSW continues to collaborate with Vot-ER, a national nonprofit and nonpartisan organization, to address social work leadership in healthcare and promote civic health engagement. The partnership is…
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…
Elevating Social Work in Health in Nicaragua
A team from The Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health’s (CISWH) Global Health Core completed a productive trip to Nicaragua this past month as part of an ongoing partnership between CISWH, the Superemos Foundation, the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua FAREM-Estelí (UNAN-FAREM), and La Mariposa Spanish…
Those Who Remain: Supporting Separated Families in Nicaragua
People migrating from South and Central America to the United States face a harrowing journey, braving some of the world’s most inhospitable environments by foot, often exposed to violence along the way. Those who make it to Mexico and the U.S. border are then faced with further trauma in…
CISWH Joins Steering Committee for National Advocacy Campaign
The Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health, in partnership with the National Coalition on Social Work in Health, joins a 2-year campaign that will advocate for social work innovations and policy change, as well as sustainable infrastructure and roles for integrated care settings. The committee was…
Social Work in Nicaragua with CISWH: A BUSSW Student’s Perspective
by Lauren Glaser (BUSSW MSW ’23) This past academic year, I worked as a global health research assistant at the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health (CISWH) under the supervision of Professor Dr. Luz López. In this role, I helped prepare and deliver mental health trainings to…
Community Connection in Changing Times: CISWH’s Executive Director reflects on her return to Ecuador
by Eleanor Zambrano, CISWH Executive Director In August 2022, I traveled to Ecuador to visit my family after seven years away. I was overwhelmed with a mix of nerves and anticipation. I was reminded of one of my first experiences in Ecuador in 2002, where I learned to…
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…
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 expertise by ensuring students are properly informed…
CISWH’s Black Women First Initiative Uses Participatory Art to Promote Health and Empower Client Voices
Art can be an impactful tool to process emotions and grief, spark capacity for empathy, and promote healing. In a new research brief, the Black Women First Initiative (BWF), a project from the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health at BU School of Social Work (BUSSW), shares how…