1st Edition
Family Health Social Work Practice A Knowledge and Skills Casebook
248 Pages
by
Routledge
248 Pages
by
Routledge
254 Pages
by
Routledge
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A fundamental handbook to the family health model! Family Health Social Work Practice: A Knowledge and Skills Casebook is a comprehensive guide to an emerging practice paradigm in the social work field. Edited by pioneers of the family health approach (who also contribute several chapters each), this book introduces the theoretical model and skills of the practice, including a framework for... Read more
- About the Editors
- Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Section I: Essences of the Family Health Approach
- Chapter 1. An Overview of Family Health Social Work Practice
- Family Health Research
- Family Health and the Biomedical Model
- Conceptualizing Family Health
- Family Health and Systems Theory
- Family Health and the Ecological Approach
- Social Constructionism and Family Health
- Generalist and Family Health Practice
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Critical Concerns for Family Health Practice
- Human Behaviors and the Social Environment
- Diversity and Cultural Competency
- Values and Ethics
- Populations at Risk: Economic and Social Justice
- Policy and Planning
- Research and Practice Evaluation
- A Checklist for Family-Health-Centered Interventions
- Generalist, Advanced Generalist, Specialized Concentrations, or Family Health Social Work
- Future Directions
- Chapter 3. Intervention Strategies of the Family Health Perspective
- Assessment and Diagnostic Impressions
- Problem Sources and Manifestations
- Intervention Skills to Eliminate Both Sources and Manifestations
- Strategies to Evaluate Intervention
- Example Case Study and Intervention Template
- Conclusion
- Section II: Family Health Approach in Practice
- Chapter 4. Child Maltreatment and Family Health Practice
- Assessment and Diagnostic Impression
- Problem Sources and Manifestations
- Activities to Eliminate Both Sources and Manifestations
- Strategies to Evaluate Intervention
- Chapter 5. Intervening with Domestic Violence Using the Family Health Perspective
- Introduction
- Social Worker’s Initial Interview with Rita
- Assessment and Diagnostic Impressions
- Identification of the Problem Source and Manifestations
- Intervention Strategies and Skills to Eliminate Both the Sources and Manifestations of the Problems
- Strategies to Evaluate Intervention
- Conclusion
Biography
Yuen, Francis K.O.; Skibinski, Gregory J
