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Promoting productive aging.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19728483 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Wheeler DP, Giunta N Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Posttraumatic stress disorder and government initiatives to relieve it.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19728482 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Shea-Porter C Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Sexuality and life-threatening illness: implications for social work and palliative care.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article provides a critical analysis of the previous literature on sexuality and terminal illness. The authors address systemic barriers, such as institutional policies that marginalize already vulnerable groups. Several recommendations are provided for social workers, including skills, core dimensions for assessment and intervention, and implications for interdisciplinary teamwork. PMID: 19728481 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Cagle JG, Bolte S Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

The impact of emotional and material social support on women's drug treatment completion.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study assessed how women's perceptions of emotional and material social support affect their completion of residential drug treatment. Although previous research has examined how social support affects recovery, few studies, if any, have examined both the types and the sources of social support. The study hypothesized that women's perceptions of the emotional and material social support they receive from family, friends, partners, drug treatment, child welfare, and welfare agencies will affect treatment completion. The sample consisted of 117 women who were enrolled in a women's residential treatment program. Data wer...
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Lewandowski CA, Hill TJ Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Parental self-efficacy and stress-related growth in the transition to parenthood: a comparison between parents of pre- and full-term babies.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of the study reported in this article was to examine how the unique circumstances of the birth of a premature baby affect the perception of parental self-efficacy and stress-related growth--which is the experience of positive change in one's life following stressful circumstances--among first-time parents and to examine the contribution of the parents' personal resources of self-esteem and attachment style, and their infant's temperament and medical condition, to their self-efficacy and stress-related growth. Forty-nine sets of parents of preterm babies and 50 sets of parents of full-term babies completed q...
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Spielman V, Taubman-Ben-Ari O Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Neuroplasticity, psychosocial genomics, and the biopsychosocial paradigm in the 21st century.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The biopsychosocial perspective is a foundation of social work theory and practice. Recent research on neuroplasticity and psychosocial genomics lends compelling support to this perspective by elucidating mechanisms through which psychosocial forces shape neurobiology. Investigations of neuroplasticity demonstrate that the adult brain can continue to form novel neural connections and grow new neurons in response to learning or training even into old age. These findings are complemented by the contributions of psychosocial genomics, a field of scientific inquiry that explores the modulating effects of experience on gene...
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Garland EL, Howard MO Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Parent mentoring and child anticipatory guidance with Latino and African American families.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Poor health and developmental outcomes for children are linked to scarcity of economic resources, various barriers in the delivery of health services, and inadequate parenting. To mitigate such adverse effects and address the needs of 50 high-risk, low-income Latino and African American families receiving well-baby care at an urban primary care health center, a collaborative team from the social work, nursing, and education fields piloted a preventive two-year parent mentoring project. The intervention was theoretically anchored in the transactional model of child development. The mentoring practices used an activity-b...
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Farber ML Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Childhood body mass index in community context: neighborhood safety, television viewing, and growth trajectories of BMI.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The United States is currently experiencing an epidemic of children who are overweight or obese. Recently, research on child obesity has begun to examine the relationship between neighborhood environments and the health behaviors of youths. The current study used growth curve analysis based on multilevel modeling to examine the relationship between parents' perceptions of neighborhood safety and children's body mass index (BMI). Parents' perceptions of neighborhood safety had a significant association with children's BMI, and this relationship was fully mediated by television viewing. The results of this study suggest ...
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Cecil-Karb R, Grogan-Kaylor A Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

The emerging needs of veterans: a call to action for the social work profession.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19728475 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Franklin E Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Mounting a social work response to the worsening HIV epidemic in black communities.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19425346 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Wheeler DP Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Posttraumatic stress disorder: a treatable public health problem.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19425345 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Salvatore RP Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Eradicating perinatal HIV transmission is possible: a model for social work practitioners.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19425344 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Washington TA, Meyer-Adams N, Anaya S Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

The influence of religiosity on depression among low-income people with diabetes.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
People with diabetes experience depression at a significantly higher rate than do their nondiabetic counterparts. The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of multiple dimensions of religiosity on depression among a lower income population of people with diabetes. Using a cross-sectional design, the study focused on a combined clinical and community sample of people with diabetes from low-income neighborhoods. On the basis of previous studies and confirmatory factor analyses of study data, five distinct dimensions of religiosity emerged: religious belief, reading religious materials, prayer, religious attenda...
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Kilbourne B, Cummings SM, Levine RS Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Understanding rape survivors' decisions not to seek help from formal social systems.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
In this study, 29 female rape survivors who did not seek any postassault formal help were interviewed about why they did not reach out to these systems for assistance. Using qualitative methodology, this study found that survivors believed that formal social systems would or could not help or would psychologically harm them. Specifically, survivors thought that systems would not help because survivors themselves believed that they were unworthy of services or that their rape experience did not match stereotypical conceptions of rape. Survivors did not see how the systems could help or protect them from their assailants. Fi...
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Patterson D, Greeson M, Campbell R Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Illness of the mind or illness of the spirit? Mental health-related conceptualization and practices of older Iranian immigrants.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this qualitative phenomenological study was to explore whether the way mental health is conceptualized by older Iranian immigrants can influence their mental health-related practices. In-depth interviews were conducted with 15 Iranians who had immigrated to the United States after the age of 50. The findings from this study revealed that the older Iranian immigrants were reluctant to seek mental health care services in the United States.This resistance was largely attributed to the cultural differences in mental health conceptualization (language, definitions, and terminology) and lack of trust in the ef...
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Martin SS Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

HIV-infected African parents living in Stockholm, Sweden: disclosure and planning for their children's future.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study highlights the low HIV-disclosure rate to children of HIV-infected African immigrant parents and the importance of support from social workers. PMID: 19425340 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Asander AS, Björkman A, Belfrage E, Faxelid E Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

The many layers of social support: capturing the voices of young people with spina bifida and their parents.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Young people with physical disabilities experience greater difficulty than their able-bodied peers in many psychosocial domains as they transition toward adulthood. However, firsthand knowledge of the dimensions of social support that young people with physical disabilities find useful during this stage is lacking. This qualitative study involved 50 participants (21 youths with spina bifida and 29 parents) and focused on gaining an insider's perspective on the nature of social support. Building on the work of LaGreca, themes were mapped into four broad support domains: tangible, information, companionship/belonging/mut...
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Antle BJ, Montgomery G, Stapleford C Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Posttraumatic stress and growth: the contribution of cognitive appraisal and sense of belonging to the country.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The study has three aims: (1) to compare the effect of the Qassam attacks in two types of communities: development town and kibbutz; (2) to examine the relationship between posttraumatic stress (PTS) and posttraumatic growth (PTG); and (3) to examine the contribution that level of exposure, cognitive appraisal, and sense of belonging to the country make to PTS and PTG. The sample consisted of 134 residents, 67 living on two kibbutzim and 67 living in the development town of Sderot. Results revealed that the development town residents reported more PTS symptoms and more PTG than did the kibbutz residents, and the associ...
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Dekel R, Nuttman-Shwartz O Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Health care reform: the importance of a public option.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19425337 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gorin SH Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Building capacity for evidence we can believe in: the argument for social change as an evidence-based practice agenda.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19281104 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - February 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Wheeler DP, Parchment TM Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003: implications for the future of health care.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19281103 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - February 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Bakk L Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

The changing face of opioid addiction: prescription pain pill dependence and treatment.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19281102 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - February 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Byrne MH, Lander L, Ferris M Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Roles, responsibilities, and relationships among older husbands caring for wives with progressive dementia and other chronic conditions.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Men are playing greater roles in the provision of care for older adults with chronic health conditions. Husbands, in particular, encounter many role transformations as they witness their wives grow in levels of dependence as a result of their illnesses. This qualitative study examines the changes that occurred in the roles, responsibilities, and relationships of 17 husbands who were providing care for their wives with memory loss and other chronic health conditions. The results suggest that husbands experience changes in the ways that they adapt their marital roles to the new roles they assume as caregivers. It was fou...
Source: Health and Social Work - February 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sanders S, Power J Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

The influence of community-based services on the burden of spouses caring for their partners with dementia.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study further found that spousal caregivers experience a relatively high level of service-related stress. However, when examined alongside care recipient behavioral challenges and frequency of day program use, caregivers' perceptions of and experiences with the service system did not uniquely explain their burden. Implications of the findings for policy, research, and practice are discussed. PMID: 19281100 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - February 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Sussman T, Regehr C Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Education: a complex and empowering social work intervention at the end of life.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article conceptualizes education as a fundamental social work intervention and discusses the role social workers play in providing information that is both empowering and culturally sensitive. In particular, this article focuses on social workers working with patients and families facing life-threatening situations, including those in hospice and other end-of-life care settings. After reviewing the relevant literature and theory and exploring the inherent complexities of educational interventions, the authors recommend strategies for more effectively helping patients and families access the information they need. ...
Source: Health and Social Work - February 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Cagle JG, Kovacs PJ Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

From hospital to nursing facility: factors influencing decisions.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study addresses the factors influencing decisions to send medicine-surgical (med-surg) patients home or to nursing facilities (NFs). The sample (n = 7,852) was taken from a large, urban, teaching, med-surg unit where discharges were documented and data collected over a two-and-a-half-year period. Using logistical regression, the factors found to most influence the decision were age (z = 26.99, p = .000; odds = 1.06); patients diagnosed with "musculoskeletal system" problems (z = 11.07, p = .000; odds = 5.36); and needing skilled professional care (z = -15.03, p = .000; odds = .21) or nonprofessional personal care (z =...
Source: Health and Social Work - February 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Mason SE, Auerbach C, LaPorte HH Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

'Long time coming': are we on the brink of universal health care coverage?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19281097 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - February 1, 2009 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gorin SH Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Intimate partner violence: a call for social work action.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19070278 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Murphy SB, Ouimet LV Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Parents of preterm infants two months after discharge from the hospital: are they still at (parental) risk?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
It is well-known and documented that the premature birth of an infant and its subsequent hospitalization in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is a source of considerable stress for parents. However, little is known about the parents' emotional state and functioning during the months following the infant's discharge from the NICU. The present study compares parental stress and perceptions of parental competence among mothers and fathers of preterm infants two months after discharge from the NICU in Israel with those of parents of full-term infants. The findings show that even at this point in time parents of prete...
Source: Health and Social Work - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Olshtain-Mann O, Auslander GK Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Self-perceived risk of HIV among women with protective orders against male partners.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Previous research indicates that many individuals who perceive themselves to be at no risk of HIV have recently engaged in risky sexual behaviors (Klein et al., 2003; Schroder et al., 2001). Because HIV risk has been associated with partner violence (Maman et al., 2000), it is important to examine self-perceived risk and actual sexual risk behaviors among partner violence victims. Findings are from a study of adult women (N = 569) who were recruited from courts after they had obtained a protective order against a male intimate partner. Two groups were developed on the basis of self-reported perceptions of risk of HIV a...
Source: Health and Social Work - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Cole J, Logan TK, Shannon L Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

The functions of social support in the mental health of male and female migrant workers in China.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The study reported herein adopted a stress and coping framework to examine the functions of social support in protecting the mental health of migrant workers who experience migration stress during settlement in Shanghai, China. A total of 475 migrant workers from four major districts in Shanghai were recruited for a survey through multistage cluster sampling. The results suggest that migration stress, particularly financial and employment difficulties, difficulties in interpersonal relationships, and social companionship support contributed substantially to the mental health of both male and female migrant workers. Alt...
Source: Health and Social Work - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Wong DF, Leung G Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Barriers to hospice use among African Americans: a systematic review.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The present review was undertaken to explore recent evidence in the professional literature pertaining to use of hospice services by African Americans. The article addresses the research methods that have been used to study African American hospice use, obstacles to African American participation in hospice that have been identified, and interventions designed to increase the number of African Americans using hospice services that have been tested. Results indicate that both qualitative and quantitative methods have identified the following key factors that contribute to the underuse of hospice services by members of t...
Source: Health and Social Work - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Washington KT, Bickel-Swenson D, Stephens N Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

The impact of kin and fictive kin relationships on the mental health of black adult children of alcoholics.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The purpose of this qualitative study was to examine how kin and fictive kinship relationships help to ameliorate or buffer responses to parental alcoholism and the breakdown in parenting. This qualitative study investigated coping responses developed by college students, who self-identified as adult children of alcoholics (ACOAs) who lived with an alcoholic parent or caregiver. In-depth interviews and follow-up participant checks were used. A descriptive model was developed describing conditions that affected the development of positive self-esteem, the phenomena that arose from those conditions, the context that infl...
Source: Health and Social Work - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Hall JC Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Social work research on African Americans and suicidal behavior: a systematic 25-year review.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Suicide among African Americans is a neglected topic. Social workers practice in both clinical and nonclinical settings, and as the largest occupational group of mental health professionals, they have a unique opportunity to reach this underserved group. However, little is known about social work's empirical knowledge base for recognition and treatment of suicidal behavior among African Americans. The authors performed a systematic critical review of published articles by social workers on African American suicide and suicidal behavior, to ascertain the state of social worker's contribution to and knowledge of suicide ...
Source: Health and Social Work - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Joe S, Niedermeier DM Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Health care reform: postelection possibilities.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 19070271 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - November 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gorin SH, Flint SS Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Caribbean immigrants in the United States--health and health care: the need for a social agenda.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18773799 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Wheeler DP, Mahoney AM Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Determinants of quality of life in primary care patients with diabetes: implications for social workers.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Using a cross-sectional design of 400 primary care patients with diabetes, the authors evaluated demographics, health status, subjective health and mental health, health behaviors, health beliefs, knowledge of diabetes treatment, satisfaction with medical care, and quality of medical care as potential predictors of QoL and QoL in the hypothetical absence of diabetes. Those who reported difficulties meeting basic needs, diabetes-related complications, worse subjective health, and dissatisfaction with medical care were more likely to report worse QoL. Those who reported difficulties meeting basic needs, higher cholestero...
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ayalon L, Gross R, Tabenkin H, Porath A, Heymann A, Porter B Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Domestic violence shelters as prevention agents for HIV/AIDS?Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The article reports findings from a pilot study of 21 domestic violence shelters in a southwestern state in the United States. The survey instrument included descriptive information on shelter service delivery. Specifically, questions were asked about the practice of assessing a client's risk of HIV/AIDS, the provision of HIV/AIDS educational and prevention programs within shelters, and information about organizational characteristics that facilitate or impede the existence of these services. The findings suggest that shelters lacked sufficient HIV/AIDS policies and programs to respond to their client's heightened risk...
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Rountree MA, Pomeroy EC, Marsiglia FF Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Mothers raising children with sickle cell disease at the intersection of race, gender, and illness stigma.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This qualitative study used the long interview method with Canadian mothers of African and Caribbean descent to understand the underresearched experience of raising a child with sickle cell disease (SCD). Mothers' realities were explored through three levels of social organization: daily caregiver coping (micro level); community views of SCD, such as stigma (meso level); and systemic SCD health care provision (macro level). Through the use of population health and structural social work perspectives, mothers' experiences were examined in the context of perceived gender and racial oppression. Saturation was achieved aft...
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Burnes DP, Antle BJ, Williams CC, Cook L Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Risk and protective influences in the lives of siblings of youths with spina bifida.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The impact of childhood chronic health conditions like spina bifida (SB) is a shared family experience. However, the lived experience of siblings is not well known. One hundred and fifty-five brothers and sisters of a child with SB responded to an open-ended question included in an anonymous self-administered mail questionnaire designed to enhance awareness of how adolescent siblings experience this chronic condition. Content analysis performed by interdisciplinary authors identified four domains--Rewards and Consequences of Spina Bifida, Journey Toward Acceptance of Spina Bifida, Emotional Climate of Siblings, and Qua...
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Bellin MH, Kovacs PJ, Sawin KJ Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Mothers' marital adaptation following the birth of twins or singletons: empirical evidence and practical insights.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
Parenting twins is typically portrayed as more stressful than is parenting single children and, therefore, more of a strain on the marital relationship. With this in mind, the present study examined the contribution of infant characteristics and mother's internal resources (attachment style) and external resources (maternal and paternal grandmothers' perceived support) to their marital adaptation during the first month following delivery, comparing mothers of twins (n = 88) with mothers of singletons (n = 82). The findings indicate that both internal and external resources contribute to the marital adaptation of the tw...
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Taubman-Ben-Ari O, Findler L, Bendet C, Stanger V, Ben-Shlomo S, Kuint J Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Discharge planning in acute care hospitals in Israel: services planned and levels of implementation and adequacy.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study aimed to examine the implementation, adequacy, and outcomes of discharge planning. The authors carried out a prospective study of 1,426 adult patients discharged from 11 acute care hospitals in Israel. Social workers provided detailed discharge plans on each patient. Telephone interviews were conducted two weeks post-discharge. Findings showed 40 percent of patients were referred to institutional care and 60 percent were sent home with plans to receive community services. At follow-up, the rates of implementation varied by planned services. Among patients referred to institutional care, 46 percent of those refer...
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Auslander GK, Soskolne V, Stanger V, Ben-Shahar I, Kaplan G Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Developing a culturally responsive breast cancer screening promotion with Native Hawaiian women in churches.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article presents findings from research to develop the promotional component of a breast cancer screening program for Native Hawaiian women associated with historically Hawaiian churches in medically underserved communities.The literature on adherence to health recommendations and health promotions marketing guided inquiry on screening influences. Focus groups and individual interviews patterned on the culturally familiar practice of talk story were conducted with 60 Hawaiian women recruited through religious and social organizations.Text data were analyzed with an incremental process involving content analysis and Ai...
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Ka'opua LS Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

(Not so) gently down the stream: choosing targets to ameliorate health disparities.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18773791 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - August 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Gehlert S, Mininger C, Sohmer D, Berg K Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

"I can't stop pulling my hair!" Using numbing cream as an adjunct treatment for trichotillomania.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18510130 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Dia DA Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Nurse social work practitioner: a new professional for health care settings.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18510129 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Schneiderman JU, Waugaman WR, Flynn MS Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Prisoner reentry.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
PMID: 18510128 [PubMed - in process]
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Wheeler D, Patterson G Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Perceptions of biopsychosocial services needs among older adults with severe mental illness: met and unmet needs.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This study sought to identify the psychiatric, physical, and social services needs experienced by older adults with severe mental illness (SMI) and to examine factors influencing their experience of need and service provision adequacy. Seventy-five older adults with SMI were recruited from a community mental health center to participate in the study. The typical client experienced a need for care in 10 areas, with the greatest needs occurring in the areas of psychological pain, physical illness, social contacts, looking after the home, and daily activities. The total number of unmet needs ranged from zero to 10, with the t...
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Cummings SM, Cassie KM Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Self-control, self-efficacy, role overload, and stress responses among siblings of children with cancer.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
The study focuses on healthy children's responses to a sibling's cancer and its aftermath, with particular scrutiny directed toward these healthy siblings' stress factors, duress responses, and coping resources. The authors investigated role overload as these siblings' stress factor, anxiety and psychosomatic symptoms as their duress responses, and self-control (SC) and self-efficacy (SE) as their coping resources. Participants comprised 100 (53 boys and 47 girls) Israeli Jewish healthy siblings (ages 8 to 19 years) of a child with cancer. Outcomes revealed that the stress experienced by healthy siblings ofa child with...
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Hamama L, Ronen T, Rahav G Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals

Cultural competence in a group intervention designed for Latino patients living with HIV/AIDS.Email this article to a colleague. Save this article to My Clippings. Discuss or comment on this article.
This article describes a group intervention designed for Latino patients living with HIV/AIDS in NewYork City. The intervention effectively integrates culturally competent practice with traditional social work practice with groups' skills to provide an arena for participants to explore issues commonly faced by patients living with HIV/AIDS in a cultural context. Case examples are used to describe themes that emerged during the intervention, which illustrate cultural influences on issues such as adherence, social isolation, stigma, disclosure, safer sex practices, and patient-provider communication. Cultural factors inheren...
Source: Health and Social Work - May 1, 2008 Category: Global & Universal Authors: Acevedo V Tags: Health Soc Work Source Type: journals