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Brown School DEI Faculty Syllabus Support Guide

This section encompasses a collection of resources on social work and public health on a global and international scale.

Scholarly articles
  • Cain, K. L., Salmon, J., Conway, T. L., Cerin, E., Hinckson, E., Mitáš, J., Schipperjin, J., & Sallis, J. F. (2021). International Physical Activity and Built Environment Study of adolescents: IPEN Adolescent design, protocol and measures. BMJ open, 11(1).
  • Cavazos-Rehg, P., Xu, C., Kasson, E., Byansi, W., Bahar, O. S., & Ssewamala, F. M. (2020). Social and economic equity and family cohesion as potential protective factors from depression among adolescents living with HIV in Uganda. AIDS and Behavior, 24, 2546-2554.
  • Keeney, A. J., Smart, A. M., Richards, R., Harrison, S., Carrillo, M., & Valentine, D. (2014). Human rights and social work codes of ethics: An international analysis. Journal of Social Welfare and Human Rights, 2(2), 1-16.
  • Mollica, R.F. (2011). Introduction and Global Mental Health Action Plan. In Mollica, R. (Ed.), Textbook of global mental health: Trauma and recovery (pp. 13-59). Harvard Program in Refugee Trauma.
  • Pinto, R. M., da Silva, S. B., & Soriano, R. (2012). Community health workers in Brazil’s Unified Health System: a framework of their praxis and contributions to patient health behaviors. Social science & medicine, 74(6), 940-947.
  • Ssewamala, F. M., Sauceda, J. A., Brathwaite, R., Neilands, T. B., Nabunya, P., Brown, D., Ogze, S. B., & Gwadz, M. (2023). Suubi+ Adherence4Youth: a study protocol to optimize the Suubi Intervention for Adherence to HIV treatment for youth living with HIV in Uganda. BMC public health, 23(1), 1-17.
  • Tsfati, M., Ben-Ari, A., & Lavi, I. (2022). Ethnocentrism, universalism, and refugees’ social rights: The Israeli perspective. International Social Work, 65(2), 356-369.
Books
  • Darrow, J. H. (2015). The politics and implementation of US refugee resettlement policy: A street-level analysis. The University of Chicago. (also see Historical Cases and Social Policy)
  • Harrison, G., & Melville, R. (2009). Rethinking social work in a global world. Bloomsbury Publishing.
  • Midgley, J. (2016). Social welfare for a global era: International perspectives on policy and practice. Sage Publications.
  • Noble, C., Strauss, H., & Littlechild, B. (Eds.). (2014). Global social work: Crossing borders, blurring boundaries. Sydney University Press.
  • Pugh, R., & Cheers, B. (2010). Rural social work: International perspectives. Policy Press. (also see Socioeconomic Status)
  • Song, K. H. (2016). Multicultural and international approaches in social work practice: An intercultural perspective. Rowman & Littlefield.
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