Expert perspectives on tuberculosis screening procedures for migrants by Marina Pinheiro, David N Moreira, Ana Aguiar, Raquel Duarte

“…The study also sheds light on the importance of involving trained nurses and social workers in the screening process and of networks to ensure continuity of care. …”
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Street Level Burocrats, welfare locale e transizione digitale: ostacoli e spazi di innovazione sociale by Maurizio Busacca

“…The article examines the adoption of digital innovation in the context of local welfare, focusing on the practices of labour market operators and social workers engaged in active labour market policy interventions in the region of Veneto. …”
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Praktikeres risikovurderinger: brugen af risikofaktorer i forebyggelsen af ungdomskriminalitet by Morten Ejrnæs, Merete Monrad

“…The study utilizes a sample of 312 health visitors, teachers (including nursery school teachers) and social workers. The results indicate that practitioners grossly overestimate the risk of apprehension for first-time offences in all three vignettes. …”
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Tempos modernos? by Rita Brandão, Mário José Filho

“…In fact, with the advent of such changes in the world of labor social workers are facing the need to develop new strategies of intervention, which require more professional competence and a better knowledge of new forms of management, rather than restricting their practice to the scarce social benefits. …”
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Navigating Suicidal Crisis in a Traditional Setting of Kyrgyzstan by Leila Salimova

“…It underscores the vital role of social workers in advocating for marginalized individuals like Azat, with suggested interventions including psychological support, collaboration with school professionals, and ongoing family visits to monitor progress and provide assistance. …”
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The decision of becoming a mother: Why some girls in foster group homes become adolescent mothers and others don’t? by Nair Elizabeth Zárate Alva, Josefina Sala-Roca, Laura Arnau-Sabatés

“…The role of foster parents, social educators, social workers and mentoring programs with the purpose to empower mothers to prevent children neglect is discussed.…”
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Social Work and Human Rights: Uncrossed Paths Between Exposure, Engagement, Lens, and Methods in Professional Practice by Maria Irene Carvalho, Cristina Albuquerque, Pedro Borrego

“…To achieve these aims, we used HRXSW, HRESW, HRLSW, and HRMSW index scales to carry out a survey amongst Portuguese social workers. This survey was sent to 4079 registered members (100%) of the Portuguese professional association, of which 259 were valid responses (6.3%). …”
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Community owned green gym of a village in Maharashtra, India: a case study of community empowerment by Devyani Wanjari, Radhika Sharma, Pravin Bhusari, Chanda Bhondwe, Abhishek V. Raut, Subodh S. Gupta, V.-CaN Collaboration Team

“…Various other factors like consistent community work by the social workers of the department for the health and wellbeing of the villagers, trust-based relationship with the medical institute, active participation of the Gram Panchayat of the village in central India and other village organizations like SHGs, sports club and enthusiasm of the villagers, etc. were the driving forces for the community participation. …”
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Assessing and Enhancing Health Care Providers’ Response to Domestic Violence by Tuija Leppäkoski, Aune Flinck, Eija Paavilainen

“…Information was collected by questionnaires from nurses, physicians, and social workers and supplemented by responses from the interviews. …”
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The intersection of infant substance exposure, foster care placement & child welfare policy by Abigail Novak, Colleen K. Gutman, Vitoria De Francisco Lopes, Brian B. Boutwell

“…Our results indicate out-of-home placement for substance-exposed infants may increase risk of negative developmental outcomes compared to keeping infants in their homes, and suggest social workers and practitioners should be cognizant of alternatives to out-of-home placement when evaluating cases of infant substance exposure. …”
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Exploring integrated tertiary care for children from Nunavut: experiences of families and healthcare providers at the Aakuluk clinic in Ottawa, Canada by Maria Cherba, Nancy Mike, Gwen Healey Akearok, Melissa Weber, Vesa Basha, Brianne Cantwell, Christine Paquette Cannalonga, Yipeng Ge, Radha Jetty

“…The clinic team includes nurse case managers, physicians, social workers, interpreters, and several community partners. …”
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Assessing the Understanding of Primary School Teachers in the Rural Communities of Limpopo Province, South Africa—Are We Trauma Informed? by Muimeleli Munyadziwa, Lufuno Makhado, Angelina Maphula

“…Teachers employ strategies to assist affected learners, such as building rapport and involving social workers or school authorities when needed. Conclusions: This study highlighted teachers’ critical role in identifying and assisting traumatized children and underlined the necessity for effective training programs and school-based support systems. …”
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Secondary Data Analyses of Conclusions Drawn by the Program Implementers of a Positive Youth Development Program in Hong Kong by Andrew M. H. Siu, Daniel T.L. Shek

“…(Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programmes) is designed for adolescents with significant psychosocial needs, and its various programs are designed and implemented by social workers (program implementers) for specific student groups in different schools. …”
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Students Attitude Towards LGBTQ; the Future Counselor Challenges by Zadrian Ardi, Frischa Meivilona Yendi, Ifdil Ifdil

“…This has become an important concern for counselors as social workers who deal directly with this issue. Counseling and psychotherapist services are one of the important points in problem solving. …”
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The Application of Rehabilitation Therapy Occupational Competency Evaluation Model in the Improvement of College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship by Zhenghan Liang

“…Based on the perspective of role theory, we analyze the problems and reasons for the lack of competency in the role-playing process; integrate the three stages of understanding the role, playing the role, and adjusting the role with the competency model; and propose strategies to improve the competency of youth social workers in the process of playing the role, to help workers accurately understand the role, correctly play the role, and reasonably adjust the role. …”
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Who deserves to access their rights? Inequality in the action against non-take-up by Max Lovey, Jean-Michel Bonvin

“…Based on 45 semi-structured interviews with recipients, social workers and managers of these municipal programs, as well as stakeholders at cantonal level, we assess how the design, implementation and reception of the programs by their targeted population influence their unequal outcome. …”
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Positive Youth Development Programs Targeting Students with Greater Psychosocial Needs: A Replication by Tak Yan Lee, Daniel T.L. Shek

“…(Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programmes) targets adolescents with greater psychosocial needs, and the related programs were designed and implemented by school social workers. After completion of the Tier 2 Program (Secondary 1 Level), 9,931 participants in 212 schools responded to the Subjective Outcome Evaluation Form (Form C) in order to assess their views of the program, workers, and perceived effectiveness of the program. …”
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A qualitative study of parental caregiving experience in adolescents with depression from the perspective of positive psychology in China by Yueyan Zhao, Qunfang Miao, Siying Xin, Peiqing Li, Yaoyao Huang

“…Caregivers and medical social workers should focus on the inner experiences and needs of parents at various stages of caregiving. …”
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Positive Youth Development Programs Targeting Students with Greater Psychosocial Needs: Subjective Outcome Evaluation by Daniel T. L. Shek, Tak Yan Lee, Rachel C.F. Sun, Daniel W.M. Lung

“…(Positive Adolescent Training through Holistic Social Programmes) targets adolescents with greater psychosocial needs, and the related programs were designed and implemented by school social workers. After completion of the Tier 2 Program, 2,173 students in 52 schools responded to the Subjective Outcome Evaluation Form (Form C), assessing their views of the program, instructors, and perceived effectiveness of the program. …”
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The Unwritten Endings: A Deep Dive into the Story Completion Method in Management Research by Berivan Tatar

“…Our review of findings from seven studies shows that story completion-based research has focused on understanding the perception of menopausal women at work, teachers' teaching approach, and family life during the COVID-19 pandemic within the context of healthcare professionals, social workers, and teachers. Besides, these studies also concentrated on sensitive work-related research topics (discriminatory abuse, gender stereotypes etc.). …”
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