Concerned about tobacco use in kids?  Consider taking part in Tar Wars!

Tar Wars is a tobacco-free education program for fourth- and fifth-grade students. The program is designed to teach kids about the short-term health effects of tobacco use, the cost associated with using tobacco products, and the advertising techniques used by the tobacco industry to market their products to youth.

Please bookmark the following page as we will be updating it regularly as more schools sign up. We will also send out sign-up emails when more schools join, but it will always be this same link.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1bbe4BHQidS2-oIyb9rreWyIYie7_CMzoBpp4YaXZHQo/edit?usp=sharing

On this document you will find the presentation dates and school info as well as the Tar Wars lead contact information if you have any questions. The Tar Wars leader will reach out to the volunteers who signed up to finalize transportation plans and timing a few days prior to each presentation. There is no limit on the number of volunteers each day (2-3 total is normal), and if you can only make a partial day then please communicate with the Tar Wars lead for that school.

 

Health Science Library presents Still Around

Includes 15 short films commemorating the anniversary of the epidemic and guest speaker Manuel Venegas, City of Seattle LGBTQ Commission

Date: 2/20 from 11 am – 12:30 pm

Wednesday, January 29⋅5:15 – 6:45pm

Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center

3931 Brooklyn Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98105, USA

Come join the student mental health taskforce as we work on creating a system for students to thrive at UW. We are looking for your input, and want to understand your struggles, your strengths and resilience, hear your thoughts on existing mental health services, and ideas for improvement. This will help shape our recommendations both for immediate action and long term plans.

Everyone is welcome, including students, staff and faculty. Snacks will be provided. 

Questions about the taskforce can be emailed to wellbeing@uw.edu

Questions about the forum can be emailed to fookune@uw.edu

You’re invited to our annual Lobby Day for Health Equity! 

What is Lobby Day?

Every year on President’s Day (February 17, 2020), Health Equity Circle brings 50+ students (from schools of public health, nursing, medicine, law, social work, and more) to Olympia to voice support for or against the passage of specific bills that are critical to health equity in Washington State.

During Lobby Day, small teams will meet with individual policymakers to tell their stories and influence votes.  Lobby Day a chance to advance policy around social justice issues as well as a great opportunity to gain lobbying skills, become familiar with the legislative process in Washington, and meet and collaborate  with students from across UW.

When is Lobby Day?

Monday, February 17, 2020 from 9am – 3pm (meet at 6:30am to carpool to Olympia)

Training dates: 2 options provided and TBD –  will be held 2-3 weeks prior to February 17th

SIGN UP

Click this link to fill out a survey and sign up to participate in Lobby Day 2020: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7XighqvHmOkHNDj-rgXeXI6vsdcWsqN2pZDjatgKT3MFRkw/viewform?usp=sf_link

You do not need to be affiliated with Health Equity Circle to attend. Please spread the word to your classmates and colleagues! If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Health Equity Circle, Lobby Day Planning Committee at: hec.lobbyday@gmail.com

SoundJobFair

We are interested in engaging with SSW students to learn about students’ experiences within the healthcare system in the context of race. Our hope is to develop a space to think about and create alternative responses to confronting racist health practices. The purpose of this questionnaire is to learn more about the experiences of our classmates in the healthcare system in relation to their racial identity, but also added intersectional components of gender identity and age. For any questions related to this project, please contact Taquesha (tdean94@uw.edu), Annie (anncantr@uw.edu), or Aya (azouhri@uw.edu). All responses are collected confidentially and will be reported during the SOC W 504 presentation.

Link: https://forms.gle/isba6VJrqDogTL8A6

Dear School Social Work Community-

I wanted to let everyone know about an upcoming training for:

Professionals who are working to heal and reverse the multi system impact of complex trauma (a.k.a. all layers of oppression), and who are interested in learning an evidenced based approach to facilitate holistic change & healing, interpersonally and systemically.

The training is applicable for social workers, activists, mental health clinicians, yoga teachers, educators, activists, and other healthcare professionals.

No prior yoga training is required.

I am attending and would love to see some familiar faces.

http://www.morganvanderpool.com/register-here/tc-trauma-sensitive-yoga-as-a-pathway-to-anti-oppressive-practice-seattle-wa-nov-2019

 

Please join us for the Health Equity Circle General Assembly on November 4^th from 5:30-7:30pm in SCC 301.

HEC is a interprofessional student group where you can learn how to organize and develop teams to take action on social determinants of health.

Questions: Cassie Pawloski, casspaw@uw.edu

General Assembly 2019

UW Medicine’s Health Equity department and the UW TGNB Health Program are hosting a community conversation on Tuesday October 22nd from 6pm to 8pm. This is an opportunity for the TGNB community and their caregivers to tell UW Medicine about their experiences with the UW health system as TGNB identified folks and/or their caregivers.

The event will be held at Lifelong, 1016 E Pike St 3rd Fl, Seattle, WA, 98122

TGNB Community Conversation Flyer FINAL with No Speakers (01 October 2019) (1)

Students Living with Chronic Illness Support Group

Seattle Public Library University Branch 5009 Roosevelt Way NE // 1st and 3rd Tuesdays // 4–5 p.m.

A support group for college and graduate students living with ongoing health challenges.

Please contact (425) 296-2705 or mswintern@thecenterforchronicillness.org with any questions.

This program is free of cost.

Please see website for additional services: https://www.thecenterforchronicillness.org/

Upcoming mindfulness classes

We are offering an expanded preview week of FREE classes with morning options.

Also we are taking intake forms for  Yoga for Healing (Trauma Informed Yoga) which is limited to 12 participants. Please send folks here https://forms.gle/NBicCWCN5txfrdXt7 to fill out the form.

Our website also got a refresh (for all our program areas) so feel free to send folks there as well. https://www.washington.edu/ima/classes/mindfulness/

Harborview Injury Prevention & Research Center in Seattle is seeking candidates for full-time research positions: three in firearm injury research and one in traumatic brain injury program coordination.

 

HIPRC’s Firearm Injury & Policy Research Program is seeking applicants for a research scientist position, a research consultant position, and a two-year postdoctoral fellowship.

 

The Research Scientist (Req #170186) will develop research proposals, lead firearms research projects, provide advanced methodological study design and data analysis expertise, write manuscripts, and supervise graduate students and more junior staff. Master’s degree in quantitative health, social sciences, or related field required; Ph.D. or equivalent desired.

 

The Research Consultant/Data Analyst (Req #170840) will review, analyze, and conduct advanced data analysis for research projects on firearm injuries and policies and provide methodological expertise on study design and data collection. Bachelor’s degree required; master’s degree in epidemiology or other quantitative field desired.

 

The two-year Postdoctoral Fellow will collaborate on mentored, applied research on firearm injury and policy. We are seeking individuals who have completed a doctoral degree program (M.D., Ph.D., or equivalent) and have made a long-term commitment to firearm violence research as their primary career research focus.

 

HIPRC’s Return to Learn program (RTL), which helps Washington schools support students returning after a concussion diagnosis, is seeking a research coordinator. The RTL Research Coordinator (Req #170939) will independently manage the day to day research study, including internal and external communications, data management, recruiting participant schools, tracking school participation, and scheduling team meetings. Bachelor’s degree in public health, education, health sciences or related field required.

NURS 581 Global Health Nursing and G H 574 Topics in Global Health

Please contact the Center for Global Health Nursing (cghn@uw.edu)  with any questions regarding this course listing. This course will explore global health from a health provider perspective and will give an overview of global health equity. All graduate health science students are encouraged to register. Undergraduates may be considered with instructor permission.

If you are getting your Graduate Certificate in International Humanitarian Response, Global Health or Global Health of Women, Adolescents, & Children, this course is listed as an elective.

Do you want to learn more about the ethics of healthcare?  Are you interested in becoming a member of your hospital’s ethics committee?

The UW School of Medicine’s Department of Bioethics & Humanities is now offering a discounted rate for their online certificate program, Advanced Training in Healthcare Ethics.  This program can help you prepare for the certification exam to be Healthcare Ethics Consultation-Certified by the American Society for Bioethics & Humanities.

Save $1500!  Applications received by 9/1/19 for admission to the 2019-2020 program, which begins in late September 2019, will receive a discount of $500/course for the Autumn, Winter, and Spring ATHE courses.

Aga Khan University –

Through a partnership with UW’s Population Health initiative, Aga Khan University makes international internships available to UW students.  Applications for 16 internships that start in Spring 2020 are being accepted until July 15.

Details of all internships can be found here.

Selected interns will receive monthly living stipend, shared accommodation (furnished apartments) and reimbursement of pre-arrival medical check-ups and internship visa cost. Please note that the selected intern will be responsible for purchasing their return ticket, travel and health insurance.

Application period: Apply by July 15

Applicants must complete TWO separate applications as part of this process. They should be submitted at the same time:

1. Internship application directly to AKU (apply here)
2. ‘Independent Learning’ application to UW Study Abroad (apply here) to maintain enrollment at UW during the internship

Interview dates:July 22 to August 2
Final intern selection: August 12 (if selected you must follow the UW’s Student International Travel Policy)
Placement start date: January 20, 2020 (*subject to internship pass approval)

If accepted into an AKU internship you must maintain your status as a student at the University of Washington for the duration of your placement by enrolling in Independent Learning through UW Study Abroad. The fee for Independent Learning is $350 per quarter which includes registration for up to 12 credits. As part of Independent Learning students will register their travel and purchase the UW Student Abroad Insurance before departure and for the duration of their placement. Students applying for internships in high-risk destinations (as defined by the U.S. State Department) will be prompted by UW to submit a travel waiver request.

Students applying for internships in Karachi, Pakistan will have their travel waiver request reviewed by ITRASC, the UW’s travel risk and safety committee. The likelihood of approval will depend on the applicant’s familiarity with Pakistan. The committee will consider factors including, but not limited to, extended periods of residence in Pakistan and knowledge of Urdu. The UW’s Global Travel Security manager will contact applicants to Karachi positions for an initial assessment of their suitability for internships in Pakistan.

The University reserves the right to cancel or alter, at any time, any international program, internship or activity when, based on a review of the relevant information and resources, it is determined that there is undue risk to the health and safety of students in a particular destination.

• Questions about the specifics of individual internships should be directed to the AKU Programme Coordinator at aku.iip@aku.edu.
• Questions about UW policies and procedures related to Independent Learning or the Student International Travel Policy should be directed to studyabroad@uw.edu.

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Open to students enrolled in the UW School of Social Work and School of Medicine.

FALL QUARTER 2019
MONDAYS 5:30-6:50PM
HEALTH SCIENCES T-474A
Contact gshimkin@uw.edu for add codes

 

Students taking Epi 514 (Applied Epidemiologic Methods) will be presenting on their projects using BRFSS data this Thursday from 1-4.

The list of presentations and details for the mini-conference are attached and several of the topics seem like they may be of interest to our SSW community.

Please contact Alyson Littman (alyson@uw.edu) at SPH with any specific questions.

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Husky Help & Hope: H3 Suicide Awareness Walk

SATURDAY, MAY 18TH
10 AM – 1 PM
KANE HALL (WALKER AMES ROOM)
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON

Join us at the 2019 H3 Suicide Prevention Walk. Together, we can #EraseTheStigma. Walk with us.

The H3 Suicide Prevention Walk is a fundraiser to support Forefront Suicide Prevention. Our goal is raise $15,000 to sponsor one school through the Forefront in the Schools program!

Your donation will provide training, support, and resources for a high school community to develop a comprehensive suicide prevention program, with a greater awareness of mental health and social and emotional learning.

The event is FREE and dog friendly, and features food, inspirational speakers, musical acts, and a drawing for prizes provided by our sponsors. T-shirts will be available for sale at the event.

Please register above and feel free to email us at hspa@uw.edu for more information.

Let’s walk, let’s talk, let’s break the stigma.

Hosted by Huskies for Suicide Prevention and Awareness (HSPA), Forefront Suicide Prevention, and the UW School of Social Work.

Hi Everyone,

My name is Hyein. I am a BASW student here at UW Seattle.

I am currently working on a research project as part of my CSL with undergraduate Public Health students in partnership with the Hall Health, Health Promotion Office.

The purpose of the research project is to increase the awareness of PrEP use (please see the details below) among UW students and we would like to hear from you about the needs of HIV services including PrEP on campus. Your participation would be greatly appreciated.

The survey should only take less than 5 minutes to complete and your responses are completely anonymous.

Here is the link to the survey: https://forms.gle/sQED1R1P5hgSDEmE7

Upon completion of the survey, we will be conducting focus groups to further explore barriers and facilitators to PrEP use among UW students. Focus group participants will receive refreshments and a $30 amazon gift card for their time.  If you are interested in participating in the focus group, you can sign up from here: https://forms.gle/ZA1m4z2mhhQx7HJWA

 

If you have any questions regarding this project, please feel free to contact me at hyeinyoo@uw.edu.

Thank you again for your attention and participation!

Hyein Yoo

School of Social Work

University of Washington

About HIV and PrEP

HIV is a sexually transmitted infection that, if untreated, can lead to AIDS. It is most prevalent in Seattle among men who have sex with men, trans people, intravenous drug users, and sex workers. People of color disproportionately contract HIV.

PrEP – pre-exposure prophylaxis – is a daily medication that, if taken consistently, is about 92% effective in preventing HIV-negative people from becoming positive. Most insurance plans provide some coverage of PrEP, but underinsured and uninsured people may have difficulties obtaining it. Washington State and Gilead, the pharmaceutical company that makes Truvada, the most common PrEP medication, both offer programs to decrease cost for low-income people. However, we know very little about barriers and facilitators using PrEP among UW students.

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