SLU Public Health and Social Justice

Join SLU’s HRSA Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health (MCH) Education, Science, and Practice for a Virtual Open House at 12 p.m. Feb. 16. The Open House will take place via Zoom and will be a wonderful opportunity for you to get to know the Center’s leadership team, learn more about the MCH Post-Baccalaureate Certificate and scholarship opportunities, and ask any questions you may have. Learn more here: https://www.slu.edu/calendar/index.php?eID=11328

Join the School of Social Work on Tuesday, February 16th for a 'Graduate Admission Webinar' to ask admission questions and meet the admissions and program directors. Learn more: https://www.slu.edu/calendar/index.php?eID=11399

'SLU Researchers Develop App to Track COVID-19 Symptoms' Public health is related to everything, and location determines opportunity and outcomes, said Enbal Shacham, Ph.D., professor of behavioral science and health education and associate director of the SLU Geospatial Institute (GeoSLU) We can recognize in real-time when people are feeling sick, where they are sick, and how we can get them resources as quickly as possible.... Read more: https://www.slu.edu/news/2021/january/covid-tracking-app.php

Keon Gilbert, Dr.PH co-authored an opinion piece in The Guardian titled, "A colorblind vaccine approach isn’t good enough. The US needs racial equity" "Bottom line, applying a colorblind framework is not enough to ensure equitable vaccination of those who are most vulnerable." - Keon L Gilbert, associate professor of behavioral science and health education and founding co-director of the Institute for Health Justice and Equity at Saint Louis University & Rashawn Ray, David M Rubenstein fellow at the Brookings Institution and professor of sociology at the University of Maryland. #publichealth #socialjustice

Enbal Shacham, Ph.D. (Behavioral Science and Health Education) was quoted in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch about COVID-19 restrictions on the article 'As virus rates tumble across the region, Illinois relaxes restrictions in Metro East.' "There is also always uncertainty in COVID-19 data, because many of the infected are asymptomatic, or never get tested, said Enbal Shacham, a professor at St. Louis University’s College for Public Health and Social Justice. And while infections are down dramatically from November, she noted they still are not better than the summer." #publichealth #health #COVID19 #OneSLU

Would you like an Amazon gift card? Students, thank you for doing your part to improve public health and to protect yourself and our communities! As you continue to get your flu shots, be sure to take a selfie after getting your shot, send it to us on social media and you'll be entered to win an Amazon gift card!

Keon Gilbert, DrPH, Associate Behavioral Science and Health Education Professor and Institute for Healing Justice and Equity Co-founder, addresses how protests over social justice and racial equality impacted the election during a November 5th CapRadio podcast show. Listen here: https://www.capradio.org//presidential-election-updates-l/

Supported by The Doerr Center for Social Justice at Saint Louis University, Places for People is hosting Standing in the balance: A photovoice exhibit on coping with traumatic stress and substance use photography exhibit begins today at 3 p.m. through the 28th of this month. The 'Photovoice' project co-led by Brandy Maynard, PhD, Associate Professor at the School of Social Work at SLU, and Nathan Dell a SLU Social Work doctoral student, seeks to understand how individuals l...iving with co-occurring traumatic stress and substance use safely cope. Participants were provided with cameras to capture the feeling of safety and their experiences. The exhibition of their work was supposed to be held earlier this year, but had to be postponed. The exhibit is in the windowfront of Red Chair Studios on Cherokee Street to allow safe viewing opportunities. For more info, visit: https://www.placesforpeople.org//photovoice-exhibition-op/

Have you ever witnessed a caregiver struggling with their child in public and you weren't sure what to do? Join us to learn how to confidently defuse challenging moments between caregivers and their children in public. The College for Public Health and Social Justice will host, Support Over Silence for KIDS Virtual Training Session, online from 5 to 7 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 19. The session is free and open to the public.... https://supportoversilenceforkids.org/

A SLU research team has received a $427,276 grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research to study the needs of patients’ post-hospice discharge and how patients and their caregivers attempt to meet those needs: ow.ly/x7pr50CcTLM

Michael Mancini's Ph.D., M.S.W., (School of Social Work) has published a new work titled "Integrated Behavioral Health Practice," a valuable resource that prepares graduate-level students in social work and other helping professions to provide integrated behavioral health services in community-based health and mental healthcare settings. Responding to the increasing prevalence of behavioral health issues in the general U.S. population and the resulting additional responsibilities for social workers and health professionals, this textbook describes the latest evidence-based practices and interventions for common behavioral health disorders as well as issues related to suicide, violence, substance use, and trauma. Available as Hardcover and eBook at your library or springer.com/shop