Addressing Policy and Other Systemic Barriers to Effective Social Work Practice

Presenter(s)

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  Erick da Luz Scherf, MSSW, PhD (Student)

  Ph.D. Student & Graduate Council Fellow
  School of Social Work
  The University of Alabama
  Tuscaloosa, AL, United States
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  Natalia Natasha Smith, MSW, LICSW-S, PIP (she/her/hers)

  Assistant Professor
  School of Social Work
  East Carolina University
  Greenville, NC, United States

Presentations:

• 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM CT

  Immigration Policy as a Social Determinant of Health Among Brazilian Immigrants in the United States
  

  Presenter: Erick da Luz Scherf, MSSW, PhD (Student) – The University of Alabama
• 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM CT

  Exploiting the Bleeding Hearts': Systematic Barriers to Minor Sex Trafficking Intervention
  

  Presenter: Natalia Natasha L. Smith, MSW, LICSW-S, PIP (she/her/hers) – East Carolina University