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A recent report led by Temple Law student Noelia Rivera-Calderón and released by the National Women’s Law Center has shown that one in seven Latina girls in Philadelphia has attempted suicide. 

The report, titled “,” was highlighted recently in an article in The Philadelphia Inquirer that included a quote from Bryn Mawr Assistant Professor of Social Work Carolina Hausmann-Stabile. Hausmann-Stabile has worked for more than a decade to improve Latinos' health and mental health across the U.S. and Latin America, with a focus on reducing suicidal behaviors among adolescent girls.

From the article:

Experts say Latina adolescents have been attempting suicide at a greater rate than other teenage girls for more than 30 years. “But nothing’s been done,” said Carolina Hausmann-Stabile, an assistant professor at �鶹AV who researches suicidal behaviors in minority youth. “This is the reality. We tend to neglect health outcomes among people we think have less value.”

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