Health insurance coverage may elicit yawns from other people but it gets Cossy Hough fired up. She credits her 13 years working with Texas Medicaid for her conviction that social workers should understand the social justice implications of Medicaid expansion. What is the Affordable Care Act coverage gap? Due to… read more
Issues
To disclose or not to disclose?
LGBTQ patients have many reasons for not disclosing their sexual orientation or gender identity in healthcare settings – such as homophobic reactions and confidentiality concerns. At the same time, health equity advocates know that this information is needed to identify and eliminate disparities in healthcare. Doctoral student Jelena Todic and… read more
What happens to trauma patients after their lives have been saved?
The question nagged Katherine Houck, MSSW ‘98, a trauma social worker at University Medical Center Brackenridge in Austin. She noticed that many patients hospitalized for severe trauma (due to a car accident, for instance) developed post-traumatic stress symptoms such as flashbacks and nightmares. To answer the question, last year Houck… read more
