Although Black women are among those who often struggle with binge eating, research has shown they are less likely to have access to or engage with needed treatment. Assistant professor Rachel W. Goode is aiming to change that.
Associate professor David Ansong is collaborating on a new international initiative that aims to improve the financial capability and security of socially and financially marginalized populations in Africa and further strengthen the continent’s overall economic well-being.
UNC School of Social Work has been awarded a nearly $415,000 grant from the National Institute on Minority Health & Health Disparities to examine how intersectional stigma and resilience affect HIV prevention among young Latinx sexual minority men.
Faculty, staff and students affiliated with UNC School of Social Work, Global Social Development Innovations (GSDI), recently participated in the Virtual International Consortium for Development (ICSD) 22nd Biennial Conference.
The study will flip the traditional health services model by working closely with schools to bring every young adolescent, around age 13, and enrolled in their last year of primary school into a health clinic.
Very little is known about how a youth’s positive and negative experiences with sexual identity development may impact their mental health. UNC School of Social Work assistant professor Will Hall and fellow researchers hope to provide more answers to these questions.
