Social Work articles from April 2007

Social Work archives from April 2007

The human subjects protection process: a subjective view.(EDITORIAL)
April 1, 2007... Currently, I am preparing to conduct a longitudinal study in another country to prospectively identify factors that may place pre-adolescents and adolescents at higher or lower risk of drug involvement. One of the concerns my colleagues and I...

Implementing a social enterprise intervention with homeless, street-living youths in Los Angeles.
April 1, 2007... In Los Angeles, homeless, street-dwelling youths are a barometer for social progress and a conspicuous reminder that educational and employment opportunities are often not a right to all, but a privilege to some. The Institute for the Study of...

Quality of care: expanding the social work dialogue.
April 1, 2007... The quality of our nation's social services system continues to gain attention. Funding groups aim to invest in programs shown to work (Hatry, 1997), while journalists' stories on the perceived failures of social services systems are rewarded...

Crucial individuals in the help-seeking pathway of Chinese caregivers of relatives with early psychosis in Hong Kong.
April 1, 2007... Studies on the help-seeking pathways of different cultural groups have consistently revealed that Chinese people with mental illness often experience a much longer delay in help seeking than other ethnic groups (Ryder, Bean, & Dion, 2000;...

Social justice and people of faith: a transnational perspective.
April 1, 2007... Social justice is a central social work value (NASW, 2000). Although no single, agreed-on conceptualization of social justice exists (Sterba, 1999), the construct has been associated with a wide variety of populations and perspectives. For...

Professional education and private practice: is there a disconnect?
April 1, 2007... This article summarizes results of a national study conducted to evaluate the private practice career intentions of MSW graduate student members of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) (n = 271), the extent to which these students...

Frontline worker perceptions of the empowerment process in community-based agencies.
April 1, 2007... Despite the lack of consensus about its I meaning, "empowerment" is a widely used term in social work and other human service professions. It is a key concept in social work and over the past few years has become an important concept in work...

The validity of the 2004 U.S. News & World Report's Rankings of Schools of Social Work: a response.(POINTS & VIEWPOINTS)(Critical essay)
April 1, 2007... In their recent article in this journal, "The Validity of the 2004 U.S. News & World Report's Rankings of Schools of Social Work," Green and colleagues (2006) offered what they called empirical support for the rankings of the educational...

Sexual orientation and religion from the perspective of the code of ethics.(COMMENTARY)
April 1, 2007... In the work setting, how do we address our employees about sexual orientation and religion from the perspective of the NASW Code of Ethics? Perhaps surprising to some, sexual orientation and religion receive equal attention in the Code (NASW,...

Too many eggs in the wrong basket: a queer critique of the same-sex marriage movement.(COMMENTARY)
April 1, 2007... The fight for legally recognized same-sex marriage dominates the contemporary gay rights movement and has ignited national debate. However, missing from the current discourse is a critical view of the privileges of marriage. Arguments for...

The strengths perspective: proving "My Strengths" and "It Works".(COMMENTARY)
April 1, 2007... I was in Tampa, Florida, recently conducting a day-long follow-up training session for care coordinators who a year prior had undergone basic training in strengths-based case management (SBCM). Since the initial training, they had been using a...

When Their World Falls Apart: Helping Families and Children Manage the Effects of Disasters.(Book review)
April 1, 2007... When Their World Falls Apart: Helping Families and Children Manage the Effects of Disasters. Lawrence B. Rosenfeld, Joanne S. Caye, Ofra Avalon, and Mooli Lahad. Washington, DC: NASW Press, 2004, 488 pages. ISBN: 0-87101-358-4 $54.99 paperback....

Persistence of perception.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007... I was most interested in the article, "The Validity of the 2004 US News &World Report's Rankings of Schools of Social Work," by Robert G. Green and colleagues (April 2006) regarding the evaluation of schools of social work, specifically by US....

Practical pieces.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007... Thank you for publishing Sandy Meyers' 'Role of the Social Worker in Old versus New Culture in Nursing Homes" (July 2006). It is among the more interesting and useful pieces that have appeared in the journal in a couple of years. There should...

Domestic and international adoption.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007... I am responding to the article in the July 2006 issue of Social Work, which focused on adoptions of African children by American families and adoptions of children from the public foster care system in the United States. The article brought to...

Works of David Hodge.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007... I've written two letters recently that started with the same question: What is it with all the articles by David Hodge? I've lost count but think it is seven now in the past few years. You have mentioned your article backlog. Why not give...

End-of-life decisions in Oregon.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007... This letter is written in response to the article by Mackelprang and Mackelprang (October 2005) titled,- Historical and Contemporary Issues in End-of-Life Decisions: Implications for Social Work." The authors state that it would be advantageous...

Social work's body of knowledge.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007... After reading your refreshing and inviting editorial in Social Work (January 2006), I felt compelled to write to you. Coincidentally, I read your editorial after I had completed an impromptu and informal inquiry into that same issue. ...

Social work and psychotropic medication.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
April 1, 2007... I read with great interest the article on psychiatric medication by Bentley, Walsh, and Farmer appearing in the October 2005 issue of Social Work. I have more than 30 years of clinical experience with the various classes of psychotropics....