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A gamified exercise app helps older adults reduce risk for falls
AUSTIN, Texas — Although older adults face high risk for falls, many are unable to utilize community-based fall prevention programs...
Read moreA coordinated, compassionate response to COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed existing systemic inequities in the United States’ health care system and highlighted the need for...
Read moreJunior Grace Farley receives President's Leadership Award from Texas Exes
Junior Grace Farley, who is majoring in social work and Plan II Honors Program, is the recipient of a 2021...
Read moreCubbin and Jones inducted as AASWSW Fellows
The American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare has inducted Steve Hicks School professors Catherine Cubbin and Barbara Jones...
Read moreNeighborhood racial segregation linked to premature births
WASHINGTON, D.C.— New research on neighborhood racial segregation and sentiments toward people of color is highlighting how racism-related stress may be contributing...
Read moreFong receives 2021 Distinguished Career Achievement Award from SSWR
Rowena Fong, PhD, the Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor Emerita in Services to Children and Families at the Steve Hicks...
Read moreWhat makes youth in foster care feel supported?
More than 80% of children who enter into foster care after the age of 12 end up emancipating from care...
Read moreTexas Mental Health Creative Arts Contest open to all ages
AUSTIN, Texas—Texas System of Care, the Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health at the Steve Hicks School of Social...
Read moreRemove barriers to Medicaid birth control
Texas officials are leaving our most economically disadvantaged residents out in the cold in yet another attempt to politicize reproductive...
Read moreSupporting the wellbeing of immigrant families
Girasol, a program at the Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing, has released its 2018-2020 report. The program strives...
Read moreCongratulations 2020 Fall Graduates!
Congratulations Steve Hicks School of Social Work Class of 2020! Your hard work and intellectual curiosity as well as your...
Read moreNew federal grant to improve services for young Texans experiencing psychosis
AUSTIN, Texas – Early or first-episode psychosis can be a first sign of serious mental illness such as schizophrenia. Acting...
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