Open Mic Night! #MacroSW Chat 1/7 at 9pm EST

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Welcome back from the busy holiday season! Join host @karenzgoda and the #MacroSW crew for an hour of YOUR issues, comments and ideas on Thursday, January 7, 2015 at 9pm EST.

Spring Schedule Highlights: We are excited to announce our new weekly chats!

Grand Challenges for Social Work Theme Nights. In these chats, we will explore the Grand Challenges initiative by the American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare. Our first Grand Challenge chat will be on 1/14 discussing Building Financial Capability for All.
#PoliticsNOW. We will be taking a deeper look at policy, politics, and the upcoming Presidential election. Our first #PoliticsNOW chat will be on 1/21.
Documentary movie nights. Our first movie night will be on 1/28 discussing the film Growing Up Trans.
Twitter Combination Hashtag event during Social Work Month. March is Social Work Month and we…

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Depressive Symptoms in Relation to Adverse Childhood Experiences, Discrimination, Hope, and Social Support in a Diverse Sample of College Students

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Structural Issues Associated with Pre-exposure Prophylaxis Use in Men Who Have Sex with Men

Abstract Background Limited access to healthcare has been associated with limited uptake of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM). This descriptive analysis examined, in a near universal healthcare setting, differences between MSM reporting using versus not using PrEP in the past 12 months. Method Data come from the 20 […]

Persistent Cost Efficiency at Public Community Colleges in the US: A Stochastic Frontier Analysis

Abstract This study utilizes an extensive panel data set spanning 15 years (2004–2018) and 752 public community colleges to investigate operating costs and persistent cost efficiency at public community colleges in the United States. We employ a generalized true random effects (GTRE) regression model that takes into account spatial correlation of costs among […]

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