Margaret Lombe, PhD, is an Associate Professor at Boston College School of Social Work and Assistant Dean for the Doctoral Program. She is also a faculty associate at the Center for Social Development at Washington University in St. Louis. Dr. Lombe s area of expertise is international social development with an emphasis on social inclusion/exclusion and capacity building. She also specializes in methods for food security and nutrition assessment and evaluation of programs both locally and internationally. She uses an interdisciplinary research approach to examine poverty, food security, and livelihoods.
Dr. Lombe has conducted evaluations for Non-Governmental Organizations including Catholic Relief Services, Entreculturas, OXFAM America & OXFAM Great Britain, Global Ignatian Advocacy Networks (GIAN), and the Association of Member Episcopal Conference of Eastern Africa (AMECEA). She has also served as an ongoing consultant to the United Nations and has participated in a number of Ex
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Charlotte Bright knew that only a very special job could lure her away from her 13-year career and associate dean position at the University of Maryland School of Social Work in Baltimore.
She was open to a leadership opportunity at a social work program that was focused on social justice and anti-oppression, with an emphasis on applied research. It couldn’t be too large a program, because she would want to stay closely engaged with the faculty, staff and students.
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How marriage is impacted by a breast cancer diagnosis among African American women
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Newswise Most African American women described successfully navigating the challenges of a breast cancer diagnosis with their partners, finds a new analysis from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
However, one-third of the sample indicated relationship distress.
“We conducted a thematic analysis to examine how a breast cancer diagnosis affected not only African American patients but also how patients perceived their breast cancer to have affected their husbands’ health and their marriage,” said Tess Thompson, research assistant professor. “Our findings show variability in couples’ responses to cancer.”
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Most African American women described successfully navigating the challenges of a breast cancer diagnosis with their partners, finds a new analysis from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis.
However, one-third of the sample indicated relationship distress.
“We conducted a thematic analysis to examine how a breast cancer diagnosis affected not only African American patients but also how patients perceived their breast cancer to have affected their husbands’ health and their marriage,” said Tess Thompson, research assistant professor. “Our findings show variability in couples’ responses to cancer.”
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Thompson and her co-authors conducted a thematic analysis of interviews with 15 married African American breast cancer survivors who had participated in a larger randomized controlled trial.