podcast_episode / 1d ago
<p>In this episode of the EmpowHERment Show, Dr. Aishatu Yusuf from Impact Justice discusses her journey into criminal justice reform, emphasizing the importance of centering women's voices and experiences in the justice system. She highlights the unique challenges faced by women, particularly marginalized women, and the innovative approaches being taken to address these issues. The conversation also covers the Homecoming Project, which provides housing for formerly incarcerated individuals, and the need for community engagement and partnership in creating effective change.<br/><br/></p><p><b>Here are the episode takeaways:<br/></b><br/></p>Aishatu reminds us that real...
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Aishatu Yusuf. she/her | Vice President of Innovation Programs. Innovations · Food In Prison · Housing Lab · California Justice Leaders · Ellie Smith. she/her | ...
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Movement Building through Community Organizing (feat. Aishatu Yusuf). News. In the News. Prison food is a national crisis. Sustainable sourcing could be a ...
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Aishatu Yusuf. she/her | Vice President of Innovation Programs · Innovations · Food In Prison · Housing Lab · California Justice Leaders. Alex Busansky. he/him ...
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Executive Team · Emily Chonde · Michela Bowman · Alex Busansky · Antoinette Davis · Kate Feeney · Jenni Trovillion · Aishatu Yusuf.
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Expert: Aishatu Yusuf. “For incarcerated people experiencing menopause, the harm is exponential. As the country ages, so too does the ...
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Aishatu Yusuf. she/her | Vice President of Innovation Programs. Innovations · Food In Prison · Housing Lab · California Justice Leaders · Heile Gantan-Keo. she/ ...
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Aishatu Yusuf has spent the majority of her career working within multiple social systems with the purpose of creating better outcomes for ...
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... Aishatu Yusuf, VP of Innovation Programs at Impact Justice where she has created, evaluated, and sustained a portfolio of transformational ...
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Team: Aishatu Yusuf, she/her | Vice President of Innovation Programs, Innovations Food In Prison, Housing Lab California Justice Leaders.
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They are joined by Aishatu Yusuf, Vice President of Innovation Programs at Impact Justice. Joe and Aishatu her work with the Homecoming Project ...
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Aishatu Yusuf has her career creating better outcomes for marginalized youth, young people, and their families.
paper / 1d ago
Background: Depression has been a persistent public health issue. Less is known about the severity of depressive symptoms among certain populations (i.e., intimate partner violence (IPV) survivors). Objectives: This study assessed the factors associated with severity of depressive symptoms among women IPV survivors of Lesotho. Design: A cross-sectional design was used. Methods: The sample (n = 754) of women IPV survivors was extracted from the 2023 to 2024 Lesotho’s Demographic and Health Survey. The outcome variable was severity of depressive symptoms, a dummy variable (i.e., no to minimal depression vs mild to severe depression). The severity of depressive symptoms was calculated based on Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), that assessed symptoms such as having had little interest, hopelessness, sleep or appetite problems, and suicidal thoughts in the past 2 weeks. The exposure variables were different types of IPV. We included sociodemographic characteristics (i.e., age, education, wealth index quintile, employment, urban/rural), household compositions (i.e., gender, relationship to head of household, number of children), and other covariates (i.e., chronic diseases, witnessing father’s physical abuse toward the respondents’ mothers, access to healthcare). Descriptive analysis and Pearson chi-squared test of independence were performed. A multivariable binary logistic regression analysis was fitted to predict severity of depressive symptoms among the sample population. Results: About 34.85% (n = 252) of sample experienced mild to severe depressive symptoms. The binary logistic regression results showed that the emotional IPV survivors (adjusted odds ratio (aOR) = 1.76), sexual IPV survivors (aOR = 1.70), those from the poorer wealth quintile (aOR = 2.04), those who had chronic diseases (aOR = 1.79), and those who reported “big problem accessing healthcare” (aOR = 1.88) had higher odds of reporting mild to severe depressive symptoms compared to the reference categories. All p-values <0.05. Conclusion: Findings suggest that urgent attention is needed to address mild to severe depressive symptoms, especially among poor women IPV survivors with chronic diseases and those who may face challenges in accessing healthcare.
news_article / 1d ago
San Francisco Launches Housing Program to Prevent Homelessness for Formerly Incarcerated - Davis Vanguard