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November 7, 2009NU | UNL | UNMC | UNO | UNK | IANR 

News and Events

Nebraska DHHS Awarded Grant Money for Suicide Prevention

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services was notified last week it will receive $500,000 per year for 3 years to implement best practices to prevent youth suicide. The grant is from the federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) within the US Department of Health and Human Services. The Department of Health and Human Services will work with the University of Nebraska Public Policy Center and Interchurch Ministries of Nebraska to carry out grant activities and evaluate project progress.

To view the full article, click here.

For more information, go to the Nebraska Suicide Prevention Project page

HIV-AIDS: Issues in Treatment, Stigma, and Policy Symposium

A statewide symposium, HIV-AIDS: Issues in Treatment, Stigma, and Policy, sponsored by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Law/Psychology Program, UNL Psychology Department and the Public Policy Center, was held April 22-24, 1999.

The symposium took an interdisciplinary approach to the investigation of three closely related issues: life-sustaining treatment for persons with HIV-AIDS; the stigma of HIV-AIDS; and public policies intended to live with-or be protected from acquiring-HIV-AIDS.

The symposium presented a variety of approaches that explore the ways in which the stigma associated with HIV has had an impact on public policy and access to treatment from the perspective of the biomedical, behavioral science, and legal professions, as well as more practical, experiential aspects of public policy. Topics included Medical and Social Perspectives on Adherence Issues; Using Law to Assist Persons with HIV-AIDS; Stigma: A Barrier to Successful Treatment and Policy Interventions; Special Populations and Problems; and Research and Policy.

Symposium Speakers:

 
Sue Crumpton
Nebraska AIDS Project		 Mary Fran Flood, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Dept. of Psychology
   
Solomon M. Fulero, J.D., Ph.D.
Sinclair College		  Gregory M. Herek, Ph.D.
University of California, Davis
   
Jane Goodman-Delahunty, J.D., Ph.D.
U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission		 Patricia O'Connor, Ph.D.
The Sage Colleges
   
Clifford R. O'Donnell, Ph.D.
University of Hawaii

 Marcela Raffaelli
University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Dept.of Psychology and
Institute for Ethnic Studies
   
Mike Shriver
AIDS Policy Research Center,
University of California, San Francisco		 Susan Swindells, M.D.
University of Nebraska Medical Center
   
James Werth, Jr., Ph.D.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln,
Law/Psychology Program		 David B. Wexler, J.D.
University of Arizona Law School and 
University of Puerto Rico
   
Brian Wilcox, Ph.D.
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Center on Children, Families, and the Law		  

 

Related Sites:

International Network on Therapeutic Jurisprudence
National Rural Health Association
Nebraska AIDS Project
University of California, San Francisco AIDS Research Institute

 
Lead Contact:
Name: Alan Tomkins
E-mail: atomkins@nebraska.edu
Phone: (402) 472-5688


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