In this video, Jennifer Sandu (Capacity Building Specialist, London Cross Cultural Learner Centre) discusses the launch of the Yazidi Refugee Mental Health Peer Support Program
Making the invisible visible: Exploring explicit, implicit, and structural stigma for people who inject drugs within a hospital environment
In this video, Javeed Sukhera (Associate Professor of Psychiatry/Paediatrics, Scientist, Centre for Education Research & Innovation Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University) discusses his research on Making the invisible visible: Exploring explicit, implicit, and structural stigma for people who inject drugs within a hospital environment
Susana Caxaj presents at the City Symposium
In this video, Susana Caxaj (Assistant Professor, Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University) presents her research on migrant worker health. (Filmed at the Aeolian Hall)
You can also read more coverage of Susana Caxaj’s research here:
Research explores state of migrant worker protections (Western News)
Migrant worker research (CBC Windsor)
Does the seasonal agricultural worker program protect workers? (CBC London)
Sharing Research Through Art and Poetry
On behalf of Drs. Mantler (Health Studies, Western), O’Keefe-McCarthy (Nursing, Brock University) and Jackson (Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing, Western University), you are invited to join an evening of research shared through art and poetry. This event features an artistic interpretation of a novel health care intervention to support at-risk women during the antenatal period.
Tuesday October 8th, 2019
7:00 – 9:00 pm
The Atrium of the International and Graduate Affairs Building,
Western University (Map)
RSVP: kim.jackson@uwo.ca
Join us for an evening of poetry, art, refreshments and music. All are welcome. This is a free event.
Mental health care delivery in Canada and Ghana: enhancing community integration of people diagnosed and treated for mental illness
On April 30, 2019, graduate student Joseph Adu delivered a poster presentation at Lawson Health Research Day regarding his proposed comparative analysis of community integration post-mental health hospitalization in Canada and Ghana. Both high-income and low-income nations face challenges in responding to the rising burden of mental illness. To mitigate the negative impacts of mental illnesses, it is imperative that those who seek acute care services are able to comfortably return to the community and to employment post-discharge.
It is hoped that this proposed study will identify the key issues affecting the integration of mental health patients into communities and influence policy and practice where mental health services delivery are concerned.
Adu, J. & Oudshoorn, A. (Apr 30, 2019). Mental health care delivery in Canada and Ghana: Identifying resources and support networks to enhance community integration of people diagnosed and treated for mental illness.
Lawson Health Research Day, London, ON.