Research
Calzada: Authoritarian parenting can affect Latino children
Authoritarian parenting can lead to depression and somatization in young Mexican American and Dominican American children, according to new research...
Read moreNew study on healthcare access for older immigrants
Limited English proficiency is a unique vulnerability of older immigrants in the United States that poses significant risks to health...
Read moreMaxwell on K2 incidents
In the past 11 days, medics in Austin have treated more than 150 patients for bad reactions to the consumption of...
Read moreNew grant for adoption and guardianship support
Child welfare interventions that target adoptive/guardianship homes on the brink of disruption are often provided too late and therefore do...
Read moreJones elected to the National Academies of Practice
Assistant dean for health affairs Barbara Jones is one of five social workers recently elected to the National Academies of Practice...
Read moreNew report: Teen pregnancy prevention in Travis County
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Read moreSchool receives Social Work HEALS grant to train health care leaders
The School of Social Work at The University of Texas at Austin is one among ten institutions across the country to receive...
Read morePadilla will lead CSWE Center for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice
Dr. Yolanda Padilla is the leader of the new CSWE Center for Diversity and Social and Economic Justice. This center will...
Read moreTwo Graduate School Student Awards go to social work
Paula Yuma and Karin Wachter have received Student Awards for Excellence in Graduate Education from The University of Texas at Austin Graduate School. Yuma is...
Read moreZayas on mental health of U.S. citizen-children of undocumented parents
AUSTIN, Texas U.S.-born children of undocumented parents experience elevated levels of anxiety, and if their parents were detained or deported,...
Read moreBusch-Armendariz on ending backlog of untested sexual assault kits
Dr. Noël Busch-Armendariz and Caitlin Sulley, from the Institute on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault (IDVSA), co-authored an editorial on...
Read moreSalas-Wright on alcohol use and teen pregnancy
AUSTIN, Texas — New research from The University of Texas at Austin suggests that many teenagers, especially younger teens, may...
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