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Families
Heather Coleman
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Families Introduction This entry identifies family resources with reference to social work family theories. Given the multidisciplinary work in...
Family Policy
Neil Gilbert
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Family Policy Introduction As a field of study, the boundaries of family policy have shifted over time in response to changing concerns about f...
Family Services
Toni Naccarato, Katharine Briar-Lawson, Brian D. Roland
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2010-12-27
Family Services IntroductionEncompassing a broad range of programs, practices, and strategies, family services address individual family members and i...
Family Violence
Bonnie E. Carlson
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Family Violence Introduction Since the 1970s, a great deal has been learned about different types of family violence, including child abuse, ad...
Fathering Among Families Served By Child Welfare
Jennifer Bellamy
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-04-14
Fathering Among Families Served by Child Welfare Introduction Fathering among families served by child welfare is a relatively underdeveloped b...
Field Education
Marion Bogo
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Field Education Introduction Field education in social work is a component of social work education programs where students learn to pr...
Foster Care
Joan Shireman
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-04-24
Foster Care Introduction There have always been children who need temporary care outside their own homes, and in the United States, family fost...
Gay Men
James I. Martin
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Gay Men Introduction Gay men are generally considered to be men who have sexual desires for other men, although this is an oversimplificati...
Group Work
Mark J. Macgowan
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Group Work Introduction Group work can be defined as “goal-directed activity with small treatment and task groups aimed at meeting socioemot...
Group Work across Populations, Challenges, and Settings
Mark J. Macgowan
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Group Work across Populations, Challenges, and Settings Introduction Group work may be defined as “goal-directed activity with small treatm...
Group Work, Research, Best Practices, and Evidence-based
Mark J. Macgowan
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Research, Best Practices, and Evidence-based Group Work Introduction Both the methods used to study groups and discussions on the use of re...
Health Care Reform
Stephen H. Gorin
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-05-23
Health Care Reform Introduction Efforts to expand access to health care in the United States date back to at least 1798, when Congress enacted...
Health Disparities
Sarah Gehlert
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Health Disparities Introduction Health disparities is defined by the National Institutes of Health as differences in the incidence, prevalence,...
Health Social Work
Sarah Gehlert
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Health Social Work Introduction Health social workers provide psychosocial support to individuals, families, and communities that are faced wit...
HIV/AIDS
Peter A. Newman
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
HIV/AIDS Introduction AIDS is one of the most catastrophic epidemics ever to befall humankind. Over 1 million people have been diagnosed with A...
HIV/AIDS Prevention with Adolescents
Geetha Gopalan, Candice Baugh, Mary McKay
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-08-29
HIV/AIDS Prevention with Adolescents Introduction Adolescence is marked by the onset of physical and emotional maturation, which is accompanie...
Homelessness
Yin-Ling Irene Wong
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-06-26
Homelessness Introduction Homelessness is a complex social problem. Homelessness affects people of both genders and all ages and racial and et...
Housing
Anna Maria Santiago
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2012-07-24
Housing Introduction Beginning in the early 2000s the availability of affordable housing worsened in US cities and throughout the world as pro...
Human Needs
Michael A. Dover
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Human Needs Introduction As a profession, social work has long been concerned with understanding and meeting human needs. The preamble of th...
Human Trafficking, Victims of
Rowena Fong
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Victims of Human Trafficking Introduction Human trafficking has become a growing problem at both the international level and the domestic level...
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