John E. Christensen Community Chair in Child Welfare
University of Nebraska Omaha
Dr. Heidi Rueda is an Associate Professor and the John E. Christensen Community Chair in Child Welfare in the Grace Abbott School of Social Work at the University of Nebraska Omaha. Her research focuses on adolescent dating and sexual relationships within ecodevelopmental contexts, particularly among understudied youth populations including Mexican American youth, pregnant and parenting youth in foster care, and adolescents with disabilities. Within a holistic approach to dating health, her work aims to prevent teen dating violence and to foster strong foundations for healthy adolescent and lifelong partnering. She utilizes mixed methods to inform the design and evaluation of effective preventative interventions and social work practice with adolescents. She is a Network Co-Lead for the Building Healthy Relationships to End Violence Grand Challenge in Social Work. She is also on the Editorial Board for Children & Schools, and is a co-moderator for Heterodox Academy's Social Work community. Together with colleagues, she published a book through NASW Press entitled "Disability, Intimacy, and Sexual Health: A Social Work Perspective" which is utilized widely among social work educators and practitioners.
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