Social Work - Oxford Bibliographies
Ethnicity
Haluk Soydan
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-05-25
Ethnicity Introduction Like social class, gender, and age, ethnicity defines the values, behavior patterns, and life styles acquired, held, and ...
Evidence-based Social Work Practice
Edward J. Mullen
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Evidence-Based Social Work Practice Introduction This entry identifies evidence-based practice (EBP) resources with specific reference to s...
Evidence-based Social Work Practice: Finding Evidence
Edward J. Mullen
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Evidence-based Social Work Practice: Finding Evidence Introduction This entry identifies and describes bibliographic resources useful f...
Evidence-based Social Work Practice: Issues, Controversies, and Debates
Edward J. Mullen
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2009-12-14
Evidence-based Social Work Practice: Issues, Controversies, and Debates Introduction This entry provides references to issues, controver...
Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs
Matthew Morton, Paul Montgomery
Subject: Social Work »
Date Added: 2011-06-29
Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs Introduction In strengthening social work’s ability to improve lives and communities, experimental ...
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...
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