Integrating Public Health and Social Work Approaches in Working with Immigrants and Refugees
Date and time
Location
BU - College of Arts and Sciences
725 Commonwealth Avenue Room B12 (Basement level) Boston, MA 02215Description
Wednesday, December 20, 2017
BU CAS Building, 725 Commonwealth Avenue, Room B12 (Basement level)
5:30 - 7:00pm
Speakers:
Saida Abdi, LICSW (BUSSW '10)
Associate Director of Community Relations, Boston Children’s Hospital Refugee Trauma and Resilience Center
Kathleen Flinton, LICSW
Associate Clinical Director, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights at Boston Medical Center
Eric Kamba, MSW, MPH (BUSSW '04; BUSPH '05)
Executive Director, Congolese Development Center
Mojdeh Rohani, LICSW (BUSSW '99)
Executive Director, Community Legal Services and Counseling Center
Moderator:
Luz López, PhD, MSW, MPH
Clinical Professor, BUSSW
This event will highlight the speakers' work with immigrants and refugees, with a particular focus on how they integrate social work and public health approaches and use trans-disciplinary approaches.
*2 free CEs available
This event is jointly sponsored by the Center for Innovation in Social Work and Health and the BU-ALPS (Advancing Leadership in Public Health Social Work) HRSA grant.
Questions? ciswh@bu.edu
For more information on the Center for Innovation in Social Work & Health, please visit our website: www.bu.edu/ciswh
This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under grant number G05HP31425, Leadership in Public Health Social Work Education Grant Program, in the amount of $300,000 awarded to Trustees of Boston University. No percentage of this project was financed with nongovernmental sources. This information or content and conclusions are those of the author and should not be construed as the official position or policy of, nor should any endorsements be inferred by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.