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Health Literacy: A Social Worker’s Role as Patient Advocate

The Centers for Disease Control defines personal health literacy as “the degree to which individuals have the ability to find, understand, and use information and services to … See more

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Feel the HAES®

WEBSamuelle Voltaire, MSW, is a recent graduate from the School of Social Policy and Practice, and a current Master’s in Public Health student at the University of …

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Addressing the Social Determinants of Health

WEBIn September 2019, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine released its consensus report on Integrating Social Care into the Delivery of …

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Self-Care A-Z: Earth Day and Self-Care—It’s All Connected

WEBby Erlene Grise-Owens, EdD, LCSW, MSW, MRE, lead co-editor of The A-to-Z Self-Care Handbook for Social Workers and Other Helping Professionals Happy …

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The New Social Worker Online Blog: July 2011

WEBWhew! There have been some big changes happening around here since I last blogged we've had temperatures over 100* and same sex marriage began to take effect!

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A Policy and Practice Pandemic: Social Work Is a Blend of Macro …

WEBThe continuing pandemic is shifting the lens of macro social work. With clinicians working from their bedrooms, coffee tables, bathrooms with good lighting, and …

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Person-Centered Work With Patients With a Life-Limiting Illness

WEBPerson-centered care is a trend that has been building in the social work community over the last few years, and I had considered the idea of person-centered …

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Ethics Alive: Special Report on the 2021 Revisions to the NASW …

WEBOn May 18, 2021, NASW introduced these new provisions in an informative and inspirational webinar led by Dawn Hobdy (NASW’s Vice President of Ethics, Diversity, …

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Building a Mental Health Crisis System Beyond 988: Social Workers

WEBby Jenna Mehnert Baker, DPA, MSW, CAE, SHRM-CP In the decades since John F. Kennedy began the process of deinstitutionalizing people living with mental …

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EMS in the Era of Healthcare Reform

WEBOur Mobile Integrated Healthcare program (South King C.A.R.E.S) integrates different providers, both clinical and non-clinical, in meeting the holistic needs of the …

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Protecting the Health & Well-Being of Our Nation's Children: An …

WEBThere is a silent epidemic that is devastating and destroying the lives of our country’s most vulnerable citizens. The epidemic is known as child abuse and neglect, …

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Presenting a Patient or Client to the Medical Team

WEBThe time to implement your organization plan is when you sit down with the client, not when you are faced with a presentation or written notes. Know what you are …

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Social Work at the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinics: An Interview with …

WEBBy Brad Forenza, Ph.D. The San Francisco counterculture of the late 1960s birthed new ways of thinking about the world through music, politics, and art, but it also …

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Preventing Retraumatization: A Macro Social Work Approach to …

WEBby Patricia Shelly, MSW, Shelley Hitzel, MSW, and Karen Zgoda, MSW, LCSW This article is based on conversation and materials shared during the February …

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Suicide Prevention: 5 Key Clinical Strategies for Engaging At-Risk

WEBby Dana Alonzo, Ph.D. (Editor's Note: This article is part of our Suicide Prevention Month series.) Research has demonstrated that up to 84% of adults aged …

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Therapeutic Intervention for Chronic Pain—Using Acceptance and …

WEBThe National Institutes of Health (NIH) defines chronic pain as “pain that lasts more than several months (longer than ‘normal healing’).”. Alongside the pain itself, …

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What’s in Your Backpack

WEBby Jacquelyn Lee, PhD, LCSW In academic training, intellectual rigor is prized. We aim to challenge students to think in multiple ways, question old and new …

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Social Work Month Project 2019

WEBThe New Social Worker magazine's Social Work Month Project 2019 features daily items during March 2019 by social workers and social work students showcasing the six core …

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Infusing Social Work and Reproductive Justice To Advocate for …

WEBI’m new to social work, but have been involved in various aspects of the sexual and reproductive justice movement for nearly 10 years. What drew me to social …

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The Tuskegee Syphilis Study and Its Implications for the 21st Century

WEBby Carol A. Heintzelman, DSW, ACSW, LSW. The Tuskegee Study of Untreated Syphilis in the African American Male is the longest nontherapeutic …

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