Crown Family School of Social Work, Policy, and Practice Research Publications

Importance: Many of the approximately 2 million people being held in US correctional facilities are experiencing an opioid use disorder (OUD). Providing medications fo [...]

The ecosocial work approach incorporates the environment into social justice frameworks. It calls for holistic practices that centre Indigenous and Global South voices, t [...]

Background: Drug abuse and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), remain significant public health concerns in the U [...]

As new approaches of political economy gain ground in some sectors, American health care still reflects many aspects of neoliberalism. In this piece, we build on proposal [...]

Community members seeking alternatives to policing have played a substantive role in promoting safety and responding to harm for decades. The Survival Line was formed as [...]

Many young people in low-income neighbourhoods are considered to be at risk of poor social outcomes and of becoming victims of violence and crime. This exploratory study [...]

Background: Few studies have examined where clients receive methadone treatment for opioid use disorder relative to their residences. Commuting time affects access to [...]

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Objectives: Hypertension can lead to significant health complications if left unmanaged due to unhealthy behaviors. This study investigates hypertension related health [...]

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This paper presents comparative information on the strength of the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and literacy skills at ages 6–8, drawing on data from Fr [...]

Education holds significant implications for individual health. This work aims to examine the relationship between educational attainment, lifestyle, self-rated health, a [...]

Background: The outcomes of planned implementation efforts have been mixed, with some applications failing to achieve the desired change or impact. While reasons for m [...]

The city of Mumbai is engaged in large-scale urban restructuring efforts. Foundational to these is the demolition of many of the city's informal settlements and the reloc [...]

Importance: The 2021 Child Tax Credit (CTC) expansion, as part of the American Rescue Plan Act, offered financial relief through generous monthly tax benefits to famil [...]

Reflecting upon Mary Richmond’s early call for formalized social work training to address the historical struggles of the field, this analysis examines how American soc [...]

Beyond the many structural obstacles to obtaining abortion care in the United States, abortion stigma is a forceful impediment to accessing timely services and an injurio [...]

Background: Enhancing care integration and coordination to improve patient outcomes in opioid use disorder treatment is a growing focus in the field. Understanding of [...]

This study used longitudinal survey data of Filipino American and Korean American youth in the Chicago Metropolitan area (N = 786, M_AGE = 15.00, SD = 1.91 at W [...]

Background: Developing an understanding of the negative impact of discrimination is critical when examining the suicidality of Black young adults in the US. Suicide ra [...]

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Increasingly scholars have argued that, if the United States is to reduce Black–White disparities in incarceration, it is necessary to move away from race-neutral effor [...]

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Context: Insurance coverage for abortion in states where care remains legal can alleviate financial burdens for patients and increase access. Recent policy changes in [...]

Importance: Medicaid is a key policy lever to improve opioid use disorder treatment, covering approximately 40% of Americans with opioid use disorder. Although approxi [...]