What Makes a Good Program? A Case Study of a School Admitting High Academic Achievers by Ching Man Lam

“…A school admitting high academic achievers was selected, and site visits, as well as individual and focus group interviews, were conducted with the program coordinator, social worker, and course teachers. The results suggested that clear vision and program goals, high quality of curriculum, helpful leadership, positive teacher attitude, and strong administrative support are factors for program success. …”
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Reduction in bacterial culture positivity rates at a human milk bank facility of a tertiary care hospital: a quality improvement initiative by Vaishnavi Bhagat, Sailusha Vadapalli, Chhaya Valvi, Rahul M Dawre, Aarti A Kinikar, Sangeeta Chivale, Sameer Pawar

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Theoretical Orientation of Mental Health Workers in Turkey by Mustafa Savci, Yasin Demir, Mustafa Kutlu, Ferda Aysan

“…The aim of the study is to evaluate the primary theoretical orientation of mental health workers (psychiatrist, psychologist, psychological counselor and social worker) in Turkey. The study was conducted with 133 psychiatrists, 312 psychologists, 430 psychological counselors and 198 social workers, a total 1073 (572 female, 501 male) mental health workers. …”
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La construcción de paz en la Arquidiócesis de Cali: un horizonte estratégico para el Trabajo Social by Erika Barón Rodríguez, José Daniel Lara Giraldo, Laura Isabel Serna Agudelo

“…The purpose was informing about the limits and possibilities experienced by the social workers to carry on actions based on the historical-critical perspective in specific contexts. …”
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SOCIAL WORK ROLES AND THE WELLBEING OF ORPHANS AND VULNERABLE CHILDREN IN CALABAR MUNICIPALITY, CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA by NNANA OKOI OFEM, RITA NGOZI OKAFOR, LILIAN OTU UBI

“…From the analysis of findings, the following recommendation was made amongst others: Social worker should help using social work skills in the enumeration of the effects associated to orphan and vulnerable children. …”
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An Interview Regarding Enactivism by Ralph D. Ellis

“…He subsequently received a post-doctoral M.S. in Public Affairs at Georgia State University, and worked also as a social worker in both Pittsburgh and Atlanta. Partly as a result of those experiences, as well as being a life-long practitioner of Gene Gendlin’s focusing method, he gravitated toward emotion research and the intersection of philosophy, psychology and the brain sciences from the enactivist perspective, arguing that action, as opposed to mere reaction, has to be emotionally motivated, and that the understanding of all modalities of consciousness should include that perspective. …”
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Mindfulness-based relapse prevention for drug addiction in Nepal: impact and implications of an initial 2-day training of trainers by Arun Jha, Bharat Goit, Robin Jha, Prerna Jha, Prabhat Kiran Pradhan, Achyut Acharya

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Judge's Managerial Competences: a Case Study of a High-Performance Court by Livia Lúcia Oliveira Borba, Fabricio Castagna Lunardi, Tomas Aquino Guimarães

“…We interviewed 13 key actors in that judicial unit, including four judges, the court secretariat manager, five officials, a social worker, a prosecutor, and a lawyer. Each interview was conducted using a semi-structured interview schedule. …”
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Examining the Effectiveness of a Case Management Program for Custodial Grandparent Families by Lenora Campbell, Dana L. Carthron, Margaret Shandor Miles, LaShanda Brown

“…This paper describes a case management program for custodial grandparent families using a nurse-social worker case management team. data were collected from 50 grandparents and 33 children using surveys and semi-structured instruments. …”
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Social support for families raising children with autism spectrum disorders by Danutė Klokmanienė, Loreta Klokmanienė, Audronė Rimkuvienė

“…The theoretical part presents the concept of Autism Spectrum Disorders and reviews the legal acts regulating family support and the need for social worker’s assistance for those families. The disorder usually manifests itself in early childhood, but the symptoms of autism can also appear later when social norms exceed the individual’s capabilities. …”

Psychosocial Factors in End-Stage Kidney Disease Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Australia by Charan Bale, Alexandra Douglas, Dev Jegatheesan, Linh Pham, Sonny Huynh, Atul Mulay, Dwarakanathan Ranganathan

“…All patients underwent psychosocial assessments by one, full-time renal social worker. Patient demographics, cumulative social issues, and subsequent interventions were recorded directly into a database. …”
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Perceived Preparedness for the Clinical Practice Among Medical Interns: A Cross-Sectional Study by Sharief WM, Mahdy NH, Al-Eraky M

“…It was found that the interns were not well prepared regarding handling emergencies, dealing with dying patients (44%), inserting an intravenous line (35.8%), conducting a digital-rectal examination (31.2%), as well as speaking with the social worker about the patient (29%). Males scored significantly higher than females regarding the interpersonal domain.Conclusion & recommendations: The results revealed that most interns were adequately trained for their clinical experiences. …”
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Investigating the benefits and challenges of including bereaved women in research: a multifaceted perinatal audit in a socially disadvantaged French district by Jennifer Zeitlin, Priscille Sauvegrain

“…Of the women interviewed, 35% were referred to a medical professional, psychologist or social worker. Midwife-investigators’ experiences illustrated the benefits of a support group with three main themes identified: improving their interactions with bereaved women as well as medical teams and protecting their psychological well-being.Conclusion These results showed that including interviews with bereaved women in audit designs was feasible and provided valuable information on women’s care and social circumstances that were not available in medical records. …”
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Assessing psychosocial risk factors in children with Sickle Cell Disease by Nicole Frey, Julia E. LaMotte, Jillian R. Bouck, Lauren Fancher, Genese T. Parker, Allie Carter, Seethal A. Jacob

“…Methods The PAT was administered annually during routine clinical visits and scored by the SCD Social Worker to provide tailored resources to families. …”
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Canadian healthcare capacity gaps for disease-modifying treatment in Huntington’s disease: a survey of current practice and modelling of future needs by Sylvain Chouinard, Blair R Leavitt, Angèle Bénard, Nathalie Budd, Jennifer W Wu, Kerrie Schoffer

“…The average national incremental nursing, room, neurologist and social worker support required to provide IT DMT to all eligible patients is 0.73, 0.36, 0.30 and 0.21 FTE per HD centre, respectively. …”
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"Cross Paths": Once Again About the Relevance of a Combined Medical and Psychological Approach to a Person as a Client and a Patient at the Same Time by Alexander Kocharian, Nataliia Barinova

“…And only instrumental and laboratory tests, as well as psychodiagnostics, which objectify the complaints and/or requests of a person about bad health, can determine the defining aspect of the efforts of the relevant specialist (doctor, psychologist or social worker). It is emphasized that corrections should be introduced in the retraining of both psychologists and medical workers belonging to the primary health care sector, namely: in the retraining of psychologists, more attention should be paid to the medical aspects of understanding the course of stress, PTSD, altered emotional states, and personality pathology, somatogenic, etc. …”
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Developing an instrument to measure the quality of social work cancer counseling regarding return to work — psychometric properties of the German Quality of Cancer Counseling Quest... by Clara Breidenbach, Sabine Schneider, Marie Rösler, Nicole Ernstmann, Paula Heidkamp, Lina Heier, Kati Hiltrop, Sophie Schellack, Johannes Soff, Johanna Weiss, Christoph Kowalski

“…Abstract Purpose Counseling by social workers can be of great relevance supporting cancer survivors with their psychosocial challenges such as returning to work. …”
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A patient-led survey on information and communication needs of patients with metastatic breast cancer in Ireland and Northern Ireland (CTRIAL-IE 23–05) by Siobhan Gaynor, Yvonne O'Meara, Emer Mulvaney, Rachel J. Keogh, Catherine S. Weadick, Fran J. Duane, Ann Mc Brien, Helen Greally, Mary Jane O'Leary, Ieva Teiserskyte, Isabel Beristain, Jacinta Marron, Eibhlin Mulroe, Vicky Donachie, Sarah Mc Loughlin, Seamus O'Reilly

“…The routine early provision of palliative care, psycho-oncology, medical social worker and dedicated liaison nurse supports guided by national guidelines and education for healthcare professionals, integrated with living well with cancer clinics and a dedicated medically verified website would provide an ecosystem where MBC care could be optimised for patients and their families.…”
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The Knee-SCHOOL: a brief patient-centered multidisciplinary educational program for knee osteoarthritis by Denise Vianna Machado Ayres, Sabrina Saemy Tome Uchiyama, Andréa Oliveira Prates, Rosana Aparecida Freitas Lopes, Antenor Bispo Santos Silva, Denise Rodrigues Tsukimoto, Rosimeire Alves Amorim, Taynah Souza Ribeiro, Artur Cesar Aquino Santos, André Tadeu Sugawara, André Tadeu Sugawara, Marcos Montagnini, Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Marta Imamura, Marta Imamura

“…Participants attended educational sessions delivered by a multidisciplinary team (two physicians, two nurses, two physical therapists, one occupational therapist, one dietitian, one psychologist, one social worker, and one physical educator) addressing several aspects of KOA. …”
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Evolving Roles for International Social Work in Addressing Climate Change by Julie L. Nagoshi, Vijayan K. Pillai, Mashooq A. Salehin

“…Human rights frameworks guide social workers in addressing climate-related health and social inequalities, emphasizing empowerment and equity. …”
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