News Category: Students
Qualitative study of complex patients article published by PhD student Bill O’Leary, Profs. Shelley Craig, David Brennan et al.
Categories: David Brennan, Faculty, Shelley Craig, Students
The lived experience of the hospital discharge “plan”: A longitudinal qualitative study of complex patients, received ‘Editor’s Pick’ in the January edition of the Journal of Hospital Medicine.
Background: Transitions in care are a high-risk time for patients. Complex patients account for the largest proportion of healthcare costs but experience lower quality and discontinuity of care. The experiences of complex patients can be used to identify gaps in hospital discharge practices and design interventions to improve outcomes.
SSWR Conference 2017: Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth
Categories: Barbara Fallon, Bryn King, Carmen Logie, David Brennan, Faculty, Faye Mishna, Izumi Sakamoto, Lin Fang, Micheal L. Shier, Peter Newman, Rupaleem Bhuyan, Shelley Craig, Students, Susan Stern, Tara BlackThe Society for Social Work and Research (SSWR) advances, disseminates, and translates research that addresses issues […]
Philip Baiden, PhD Candidate publishes research on Police Charging Decisions in Child Maltreatment Investigations
Categories: StudentsPhilip Baiden is the lead author of a study on police charging decisions in child maltreatment investigations. The study was co-authored by Professors Barbara Fallon, Tara Black, and PhD Candidate Wendy den Dunnen.
Manaal S., PhD Candidate and Erin Relyea, MSW student awarded CIHR-IA best poster awards
Categories: StudentsManaal S., PhD Candidate and Erin Relyea, MSW student are this year’s CIHR Institute of Aging […]
Natasha Brien, PhD Student, article on the overincarceration of Canadian Indigenous people
Categories: StudentsNatasha Brien, a 4th year PhD student recently published an article entitled “The Overincarceration of Canadian Indigenous People: Moving from Punitive Practices towards Healing Spirit Injuries” in the Indigenous Social Work Journal.
Natasha Brien, PhD Student, awarded the GADE Leadership and Service Award
Categories: StudentsNatasha will be presented with the award at the CSWE Conference in Atlanta, GA in November 2016. GADE stands for Group for the Advancement for Doctoral Education in Social Work.
Kofi Antwi-Boasiako, PhD Student, co-authors report on Poverty’s role on kids in CAS system
Categories: Barbara Fallon, Bryn King, Faculty, Students, Tara BlackA new report cites poverty as a key factor in families who come into contact with the child protection system
Kofi Antwi-Boasiako (FIFSW, PhD Student), Bryn King, Tara Black, Barbara Fallon, Nico Trocmé and Deborah Goodman co-author a report that for the first time calculates the effect of poverty in Ontario child protection and how it plays a significant role in the disproportionate number of black and aboriginal children being taken from their families and placed into care.
Click here to access the report.
FIFSW @ AIDS 2016!!!
Categories: Faculty, StudentsProfs. Peter Newman, Carmen Logie, and 3 PhD students to present in Durban, South Africa Profs. Peter […]
Bill O’Leary, PhD Student, report published at The Homeless Hub
Categories: StudentsUnhoused in Toronto: The delivery and experience of hospital healthcare services for homeless people
The objective of this paper is to review what is known about the impact of homelessness on a person’s health and in turn how healthcare delivered via an acute care hospital is experienced and utilized by a person that is homeless. This paper is focused on the homeless population in the city of Toronto.
Sophia Fantus recipient of Mervis-Simon Family Award in Bioethics
Categories: StudentsSophia Fantus, PhD candidate, is recipient of the Mervis-Simon Family Award in Bioethics from the UofT Joint Centre […]