Social Work Practice for Promoting Health and Wellbeing Critical Issues

Name: Social Work Practice for Promoting Health and Wellbeing Critical Issues
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ISBN: 9780415535212

ISBN-10: 0415535212

ISBN-13: 9780415535212

Edition: 2014

Authors: Liz Beddoe, Jane Maidment

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Promoting health and wellbeing is an essential part of all effective social work – not just for practice in healthcare settings. In fact, the IFSW holds that ‘social workers in all settings are engaged in health work’ and physical and mental resilience can make a major difference to all service users’ lives. Drawing on international literature and research, the authors collected here encourage thinking about the social, political, cultural, emotional, spiritual, economic and spatial aspects of health and wellbeing, and how they impact on the unique strengths and challenges of working with particular populations and communities. Divided into three parts, the first section outlines the major…

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List price: $46.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group
Publication date: 12/24/2013
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 280
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English

Jane Maidment is an associate professor in social work at Central Queensland University. Ronnie Egan is a social work practitioner and community supervisor. She currently lectures in social work at Victoria University, Melbourne.




Social Work Practice for Promoting Health and Wellbeing




Current Themes and Critical Issues in Health and Well-Being



Exploring Interpretations of Health and Wellbeing for Social Work




Globalisation, Social Work and Health




Facing the Challenges Together - a Future Vision for Health Social Work




Risk and Vulnerability Discourses in Contemporary Health Care




Stress, Resilience and Responding to Civil Defence Emergencies and Natural Disasters: an Ecological Approach




Stigma in Health and Social Work: Towards a New Paradigm




The Natural Environment and Well-Being




Diverse Communities: Culture, Identity, Spirituality and Health



Indigenous Australian Social-Health Theory: Decolonisation, Healing-Reclaiming Wellbeing




Whai Ora-Maori Health




Pacific Health




Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual People and Discourses of Health and Wellbeing




Disability-Inclusive Social Work Practice




Messages from Research



Collaborative Practice and Family Meetings in Childrene's Health




Improving Public Spaces for Young People: The Contribution of Participatory Research




Ageing in Resiliency: Learning from the Experiences and Perceptions of Migrant Older Adults




Refugee Resettlement: Considerations of Health and Wellbeing




Mental Health, Social Work and Professionalism




Partnering in the Field of Chronic Care Service Provision




Crafting Social Connectedness: A Community Development Model




Pregnancy in an Age of Medical Technology: Decisions, Loss, and Research with a Vulnerable Population