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Exploring Retrospective Place Attachment Toward Foster Homes Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-10-21 Taylor Shorting, Lindsay J. McCunn, Karissa Sawyer
Place attachment is the cognitive-emotional bond individuals develop for physical locations. It can develop toward residential settings and is often associated with positive emotions and psychological and physical comfort. Literature in social work, and other social sciences, lack an exploration of the physical features that contribute to the development of place attachment toward residences for children
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Need for Foster Homes, Foster Parent Recruitment, and Licensure: Comparing Foster Parent and Child Welfare Worker Perspectives Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-10-19 Morgan E. Cooley, Martie Gillen, Heather M. Thompson, Marianna L. Colvin
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Book Review: The Routledge handbook of the political economy of health and healthcare by David Primrose, Rodney Loeppky, and Robin Chang Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-10-18 Mersy Delty Kainama, Minnalia Soakakone, Advend Sri Rizky Sianturi
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Book Review: Public health, public trust, and American fragility in a pandemic era by Goldfield, Norbert Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-10-17 Pollan Versilia Wurtimur, Fandro Armando Tasijawa
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Evaluating the effectiveness of social workers as lead community care coordinators of a large integrated veteran affairs health care system in the Southeast region Soc. Work Health Care (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-13 Lisette Riley
A Veteran Affairs Health Care System (VAHCS) in the Southeast region implemented the Social Workers as Lead Community Care Coordinators (SWLCCC) program to prevent delays in care coordination for v...
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The End of Quantitative Research in Social Work? The Threat Posed by Postmodern/Critical Theory's Increasing Colonization of Academia Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-10-16 David R. Hodge, Brett Drake
Quantitative research plays an instrumental role in facilitating health and wellness. Effective interventions are developed, assessed, and refined through the application of logic and empirical evidence in a scientific milieu characterized by diverse views. However, the increasing colonization of academic discourse by postmodern/critical theory (PCT) may undermine foundational concepts upon which quantitative
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Patterns of Vicarious Police Contact and Youths’ Stress and Attitudes About the Police Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-10-13 Luke Muentner, Alexander Testa, Rebecca L. Fix, Dylan B. Jackson
Youth of color residing in urban areas face elevated risks of vicarious police contact which can intensify feelings of fear, anger, and cynicism toward law enforcement. However, little is known as to how vicarious police stops are patterned across youths’ social circles and how these diverse vicarious exposures shape youths’ attitudes toward and stress about police. The current study analyzed data
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Fostering Self-Determination: A Review and Research Agenda Advancing Self-Determination Theory as a Unifying Framework for Youth Well-Being in Foster Care Research Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-10-13 Catelyn N. Smeyne, Carlie D. Trott, Stacie Furst-Holloway, Farrah Jacquez
Young people in the United States foster care system face unique challenges related to their involvement in the system, often stemming from placement instability, disconnected policy and action, and an overburdened child welfare system. These experiences often result in limited opportunities for self-advocacy and change, difficulties forming quality relationships with peers and important adults, and
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Father–Child Relationship Quality and Social Functioning Among Children at Risk for Child Maltreatment Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-10-13 Susan Yoon, Dalhee Yoon, Uwe Wernekinck, Seungjin Lee, Choong Rai Nho, Ick-Joong Chung
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Efficacy and Effectiveness Research on Interventions in Sweden Between 1990 and 2019 Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-10-10 Anna Ryan Bengtsson, Katarina Hollertz, Tina M. Olsson, Knut Sundell
Purpose: This article investigates the extent of effectiveness studies of behavioral, psychological, and social interventions aiming for measurable changes at the individual level in Sweden 1990–2019. Methods: The data stems from a retrospective analysis of published literature on effect studies between 1990 and 2019. Results: The results show an increase in published articles reporting on effect studies
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Using living experience and practitioner research to create unique programmes providing help for caregivers, professionals and students to increase support for children living with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-10-10 Anita Gibbs
In this article, I draw on my intersectional identities as a caregiver of a child with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, as a registered social worker with extensive experience in the justice sector, and as an employed educator and researcher at a tertiary institute, to explore how I have used these multiple identities to create new initiatives that support families where Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
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International graduates of social work in Australia: A longitudinal study of those who struggle to develop professional identity International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-10-10 Hui-Yu Yao, Catherine Flynn
Professional identity development in social work students and graduates is complicated by intertwining internal and external factors. This article reports findings from a subset of data from a longitudinal qualitative study which aims to understand what factors contribute to this group’s sense of professional identity. It draws on multiple interviews conducted with six international students/graduates
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Navigating the holistic conceptualizations of mental health issue in social work: a cross-cultural study of practitioner perspectives Soc. Work Health Care (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-09 Jialiang Cui
Holistic approaches, such as the Biopsychosocial model, have become mainstream frameworks for organizing mental health services in recent decades. However, little research has explored how frontlin...
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Book Review: The politics of migrant labour: Exit, Voice, and social reproduction by Gabriella Alberti and Devi Sacchetto Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-10-09 Bonar Situmorang, Dearni Nurhasanah Sinaga
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Advancing Our Understanding of Complex Intervention Development in Social Work: Co-Producing Support for Youth Transitioning from Out-of-Home Care Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-10-05 Tina M. Olsson, Martin Bergström, Magda Välikoski, Matilda Karlsson, Therése Skoog
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Flourishing After Foster Care: Examining Factors Affecting Flourishing in Transition Age Youth in the United States Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-10-05 Amanda Cruce, Paige Sable, Deborah J. Moon
It is often unclear what leads to long term success for young adults that spent time in foster care. In this study we examined individual and systemic factors, including time in foster care, involvement in leadership programs, and health insurance coverage, seeking their impact on flourishing. Drawing on a national sample of 379 young adults that spent time in foster care, the survey examined individual
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Self-Regulation Interventions for Children in Living Poverty in the United States: A Systematic Review Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-10-04 Hao Wen, Jiawen Cui, Husel Husile
Purpose: This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to investigate the overall effects of self-regulation interventions for children living in poverty. Methods: The initial search identified 473 publications of randomized controlled trials, including 25 that met the inclusion criteria. We used a random effect meta-analysis with robust variance estimation to calculate the overall and subgroup effects
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The Impact of Tobacco Use on Weight Loss During a Peer-Led Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for People With Serious Mental Illness Living in Permanent Supportive Housing Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-10-03 Mark R. Hawes, Michael Park, Leopoldo J. Cabassa
Purpose: Over 50% of people with serious mental illness (SMI) smoke cigarettes. This study evaluated whether tobacco use impacted weight loss outcomes during a peer-led healthy lifestyle intervention (PGLB) for people with SMI living in permanent supportive housing (PSH). Method: Data from an effectiveness trial of PGLB examined whether baseline tobacco use moderated the effectiveness of the intervention
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Prescription for health-care social work - labor unions. Soc. Work Health Care (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-10-02 Margaret A Cristofalo,Laura Wood
Transformations in health care and attendant social work responses have eroded a health-care social work role grounded in holism and social justice. Tracing events at the intersection of social work, the labor movement, and health-care provision, this paper examines the evolution of social work's gravitation to micro-level practice and professionalism at the expense of macro practice, including labor
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Research Challenges: Unmentionables? Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-10-01 Eileen Gambrill
Unmentioned challenges to conducting valuable research in social work include the politicization of education and weakened educational standards at all levels. Discovery of what helps clients requires free speech and free inquiry, always a threat to those who prefer authoritarian approaches.
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Moving Beyond ChatGPT: Local Large Language Models (LLMs) and the Secure Analysis of Confidential Unstructured Text Data in Social Work Research Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-30 Brian E. Perron, Hui Luan, Bryan G. Victor, Oliver Hiltz-Perron, Joseph Ryan
Purpose: Large language models (LLMs) have demonstrated remarkable abilities in natural language tasks. However, their use in social work research is limited by confidentiality and security concerns when processing sensitive data. This study addresses these challenges by evaluating the performance of local LLMs (LocalLLMs) in classifying and extracting substance-related problems from unstructured child
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The Status of Social Work Research Infrastructure: A Commentary on an Analysis by Ronald Feldman Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-28 Marilyn L. Flynn
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Book Review: Research on Community-Centered Poverty-Alleviation Social Work by Wen, Jun and Wu, Yuefei Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-27 Fariz Eko Septiawan, Dearni Nurhasanah Sinaga
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Long-term impacts of socioeconomic status and childhood trauma on depression in older adults: social work strategies Soc. Work Health Care (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-26 Feng Jiang, Yaqing Liu, Haoran Niu, Sixian Du, Liwen Gong, Xu Yang, Feifei Rao, Hui Wang, Huan Wu
This study explores the impact of life course socioeconomic status (SES) and childhood trauma on depressive symptoms in Chinese middle-aged and older adults, while also examining the role of chroni...
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International students and social work education: a scoping review Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-24 Hanh Tu Duc Nguyen, Caroline Williams, Louise Harms, Kath Sellick
With increasing numbers of international students across the globe, it is essential that social work education continually adapts and innovates in ways that are inclusive of and responsive to this ...
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Delineation of core roles of oncology social workers in inpatient settings: a secondary data analysis Soc. Work Health Care (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-23 Karlynn BrintzenhofeSzoc, Ting Guan, Alyssa Middleton, Shirley Otis-Green, Tara Schapmire, Makeeta Rayton, Krista Nelson, Michael L. Grignon, Brad Zebrack
There is limited literature on the roles and tasks conducted by oncology social workers (OSW) who work with cancer patients in inpatient units. The purpose of this study was to delineate the roles ...
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The DSW to the Rescue? A Response to Feldman Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-23 Bruce A. Thyer
Feldman's appraisal of the current status of social work research, using as its touchstone the 1991 Austin Report, is a frank and fair appraisal of how the discipline has come short of fulfilling its aspirations to become a more science-based profession. In many ways, Feldman has stood in the center of research developments within our field for the past 40 years or longer. He offers informed and thoughtful
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Manifestations and drivers of secondary trauma among service providers working with Syrian refugees: A mixed-methods study from Istanbul, Turkey International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-23 Deniz Yükseker, Melissa Meinhart, Uğur Tekin, Neşe Şahin Taşğın, Elif Demirbaş, Anindita Dasgupta, Neeraj Kaushal, Nabila El-Bassel
This mixed-methods study explores the incidence, manifestations, and drivers of secondary traumatic stress among service providers who work with Syrian refugees in Istanbul, Turkey. A survey of 104 social workers and other providers working in 17 public and civil society agencies in Istanbul in 2018 demonstrates that 54.81% had Secondary Traumatic Stress Scale scores indicating mild to severe secondary
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To Belong: Narratives About Family Belonging Among Children in Foster Families or Where Custody has been Transferred Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-21 Sara Larsson, Elisabeth Punzi, Therése Wissö
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Identifying depression, diabetes distress, and suicidality among adolescents with diabetes Soc. Work Health Care (IF 2.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Bethany A Glick, K. Ming Chan Hong, Robert P. Hoffman
This study explored the frequency of adolescents with diabetes who endorse suicidality on the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) with varying degrees of depression scores. Additionally, compared ...
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The battle for bodies, hearts and minds in postwar Greece social worker Charles Schermerhorn in Thessaloniki, 1946–1951 Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-18 Amri Dhimas Maulana, Alif Ilman Mansyur, Usrotun Diniyah, Haryanto Haryanto
Published in Social Work Education: The International Journal (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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Youth Receiving Child Welfare Services and their Preferred Relationships With Their Service Providers Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Anam Khan, Michael Ungar
Purpose: This study explores the experiences of youth receiving Child Welfare Services (CWS) in Nova Scotia, Canada and their preferred relationships with different service providers and how these relationships may promote or hinder their resilience at different levels of risk exposure. Method: Qualitative interviews with 23 youth (aged 14–19) were analyzed using grounded theory. Results: The analysis
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The meaning of social work leadership. A local development process to enhance social services and reduce school dropout Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Sidsel Natland, Kjetil Wathne, Ragnhild Hansen
The study presents findings about social work leadership from a formative dialogue research project following an ongoing service development project in a Norwegian social services office. From obse...
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Understanding empathy in Norwegian social work education Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-17 Roar Stokken, Kirsten Flaten, Kristin Ljoså Sørheim, Torhild Høydalsvik
Empathy is pivotal to social work practice when interacting with clients, patients and their families. It is thus also important in social work education. Still, empathy as a skill is usually addre...
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‘Racialised nudity’ in social work education: critical reflections on cross-cultural pedagogies Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-16 Fatin Shabbar
Fostering cross-cultural learning is an important component in social work education in Australia. However, cross-cultural learning competencies are often criticized for lacking meaningful engageme...
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Direct observations of practice in social work education: the role of professional autonomy in policy enactment Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-16 Jane Pye
Although the assessment of students via direct observation of practice is a regulatory requirement of social work qualifying programmes in England, there is relative freedom in exactly how this pol...
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Abstracts (French, Spanish, Chinese, Arabic) International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-14
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News from our societies: ICSW – Towards the summit of the future International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-14 Sergei Zelenev
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The Routledge international handbook of digital social work Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-13 María Inés Martínez Herrero
Published in Social Work Education: The International Journal (Ahead of Print, 2024)
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The relevance of exposure to and engagement in human rights in Latin American health students International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Felipe Agudelo-Hernández, Jhonatan Urrego-García
Despite its importance, there are no mechanisms available to investigate the presence of human rights as a part of mental health education in Latin America. Instruments such as Human Rights Exposure in Social Work and Human Rights Engagement in Social Work can be used to make this approach feasible in recovery processes.
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Integrating human rights in social work education in Europe Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-11 Alex Klein, Ingo Stamm, Sharon Du Plessis-Schneider, Mareike Niendorf, Marcin Boryczko
The engagement of social workers with human rights is deeply embedded in the history of the profession and discipline. Therefore, incorporating human rights into social work curricula is paramount....
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Insights for Clinical Providers and Community Leaders: Unaccompanied Immigrant Children’s Mental Health Includes Caregiver Support Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-09-06 Johanna Creswell Báez, Padma Swamy, Adriana Gutierrez, Ana Ortiz-Mejias, Jacquelyn Othon, Nohemi Garcia Roberts, Sanghamitra Misra
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Social work with frustrations: What can we do? How do we stay hopeful? International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-09-06 Patrick O’Leary, Ming-sum TSUI
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Evaluating community projects through participatory rural appraisal: case study of a CSR initiative in India Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Kiran Thampi, Saju Madavanakadu Devassy, Rajeev Selvaraj Prasanna, Jolly John Odathakkal
The success of any project depends on the stakeholder participation. There are many methods by which stakeholder participation is ensured in a project. Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA) is an app...
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Teaching the art of compassionate inquiry: involving survivors from 9/11 in social work education Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-09-03 Joe Duffy, Gillian O’Shea Brown, Carol Tosone
This paper reports findings from pedagogic research evaluating the impact of the involvement of survivors from the World Trade Center attacks in New York City in 2001 in trauma-specific social work...
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Examining the Protective Impact of Peer Relationships on Negative Self-Esteem among High-Risk Adolescents: The Interplay of Gender and Ethnicity Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Tola Seng, Eunju Lee, Mi Jin Choi
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The Role of Resilience as a Mediating Factor between Adverse Childhood Experience and Mental Health in Adolescents Receiving Child Welfare Services in Nova Scotia Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal (IF 1.4) Pub Date : 2024-08-26 Mehrdad Shahidi, Michael Ungar, Miryam Wedyaswari, Mahnaz Shojaee
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Crime-First Labels and Public Attitudes Toward Adolescent Girls in the Juvenile Legal System Research on Social Work Practice (IF 1.7) Pub Date : 2024-08-23 Douglas C. Smith, Ebonie M. Epinger, Shahana Begum, Rachel C. Garthe, Allison Carrington, Lisa Jacobs
Purpose: This study delves into the effects of labels, specifically crime-first language, on public attitudes toward adolescent girls within the juvenile legal system. Examining fictional vignettes depicting family conflict, the research explores whether the use of language influences the endorsement of punitive responses and if this effect varies across racial and ethnic lines. Method: A large online
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Juxtaposing indigenous evidence-based models in India with concept of Ubuntu: Implications for psychiatric social work practice International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-23 Aarti Jagannathan, Chhaya Kurhade
The philosophy and principles in ancient Indian scriptures and practices are similar to the Social Work concept of ‘Ubuntu’ that is, ‘Oneness’, ‘interconnectedness of all life’. Indian philosophy presents the interconnection between the mind and the body and states that a curative factor is creating a holistic balance within the individual. Several western models of social work have emerged for treating
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Toward development and validation of a child maltreatment pictorial card tool International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Rachel Lev-Wiesel, Nava Weiner, Bussakorn Binson
The study introduces the Child Maltreatment Pictorial Cards (CMPC) comprising 26 cards: 15 depict child maltreatment (CM) forms, and 11 cards illustrate positive situations. A total of 102 participants (age range 6–17 years) – 63 abused children and 39 non-abused controls – were recruited following ethical approval. Convergent and discriminant validities were established by using the Medical Somatic
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Perceived effects of digitalization on social work in Finland: A network analysis approach International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Petra Saukkonen, Marko Elovainio, Samuel Salovaara, Lotta Virtanen, Anu-Marja Kaihlanen, Emma Kainiemi, Tuulikki Vehko, Tarja Heponiemi
Drawing on a socio-technical approach, we examined Finnish social welfare professionals’ (n = 990) perceptions of the effects of digitalization on their work and how these are associated with factors related to work and client information system usage using mixed graphical modelling. Overall, perceptions were predominantly positive. Digitally replaced services were most common in the non-public sector
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Building social work capacity in Ukraine in times of war: The role of global social work engagement International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Nataliia Gusak, Viktor Burlaka, Aytakin Huseynli, Cindy Sousa, Myrna McNitt, James Martin
This article uses the reflections from three international initiatives aimed at assisting professionals who provide psychosocial services to those affected by Russia’s war in Ukraine. It concludes by highlighting how the international social work community could offer its support to promote the well-being of colleagues experiencing war and political violence globally.
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A systematic review of cultural competence educational techniques in social work education International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Jaclyn M Williams, Eunyoung Lee
Cultural competence is a critical skill for social work professionals navigating the complexities of a diverse world. Despite its importance, practitioners express low self-efficacy when applying cultural competence skills. Conducting a systematic review, this study aims to identify the common approaches to teaching cultural competence in social work bachelor’s and master’s programs. Results categorize
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The association between trajectories of marital status and successful aging varies by sex: Findings from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Mabel Ho, Eleanor Pullenayegum, David Burnes, Esme Fuller-Thomson
This study examines the sex-specific impact of marital trajectories among older adults on successful aging to help social workers identify those most at risk for sub-optimal outcomes who may benefit from targeted interventions. Binary logistic regression analyses were used to investigate 7641 older Canadians who were classified as ‘aging successfully’ in the baseline wave of the Canadian Longitudinal
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Methodological bias in social work education: the silence of quantitative approaches in students’ research in Zimbabwe Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-22 Taruvinga Muzingili, John Chiwanza Magocha, Raymond Taruvinga
This study examines the factors contributing to the low utilization of quantitative research approaches among social work research students. A census sampling technique was employed to conduct a su...
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Campus climate assessment and action: disaggregating the social work experience in Canada Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Ann Curry-Stevens, Alissa Petovello, Esther Hayford
Climate surveys hold the potential to advance equity in organizations, serving to generate quantitative data on the depth and breadth of climate-related issues, with its forte being those related t...
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Framing the human rights curriculum in American social work education Social Work Education (IF 1.1) Pub Date : 2024-08-19 Chie Noyori-Corbett, David P. Moxley
In this paper, the authors take the position that human rights are not a principal discipline of American social work. Rather, within the United States, social work is a profession that makes the f...
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Financial technology (Fintech): A social work response International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-15 Sally A Hageman, Mathieu Despard
Financial social work extends inclusion by providing clients access to financial products, services, and technology. We summarize evidence about how financial technology impacts economic inequality and discuss implications for social work practice, education, and policy.
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Social work response to the earthquake disaster in the Middle East: Syria and Turkey as a case study International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Fakir Al Gharaibeh
This article discusses the provision of mental health support to the victims of the 2023 earthquake in Syria and Turkey by social workers. The recommendations are applicable to countries in which professional social work lacks recognition and have global implications for both policy and practice.
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Thinking beyond the stomach: Fixing social work’s food aid provision in displaced environments International Social Work (IF 1.2) Pub Date : 2024-08-14 Zaldy C Collado
This brief note underscores the negative consequences of food aid monotony to mealtime dynamics among war-affected internally displaced families. The article argues that this is rooted in an unethical food aid practice in which social work agencies naively dole out the same food items over a period of time. Caused by monotonic diets, the meal table witnesses poor family commensal activities. Social