Fall 2017 - Winter 2018 MSU School of Social Work Newsletter MSU-Social-Work-2017-2018-Newsletter | Page 5

Jaclynn Hawkins involved in research
effort to inform physical and mental
health interventions for black men
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ssistant Professor Jaclynn Hawkins, PhD, Michigan State University
School of Social Work, was part of a research project led by Daphne
C. Watkins, PhD, University of Michigan School of Social Work titled
“Physical and Mental Health Interventions for Black Men in the United States.”
The authors reviewed the physical and mental health interventions for black
men in the United States, with an aim to inform and provide the knowledge needed
to develop culturally sensitive and gender-specific health interventions for those
individuals. This field scan also provides an important basis for policy decisions
regarding physical and mental health services and in designing interventions that
will be most effective for subgroups of black men.
The project is part of RISE for Boys and Men of Color, which is a field
advancement effort that aims to better understand and strategically improve the
lives, experiences, and outcomes of boys and men of color in the United States.
The program is supported by The Atlantic Philanthropies, The Annie E. Casey
Foundation, Marguerite Casey Foundation, W. K. Kellogg Foundation, and
members of the Executives’ Alliance to Expand Opportunities for Boys and Men
of Color.

Dr. Hawkins stated, “These field scans are very important in the men’s health
field and were written by national/international leaders in the field of men’s
health and mental health research.”
FACULTY RESEARCH
Dr. Jaclynn Hawkins
This field scan also provides a n important basis for policy decisions
regarding physical and mental health services and in designing
interventions that will be most effective for subgroups of black men.
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