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Sexuality and social work
- Authors:
- BYWATER Julie, JONES Rhiannon
- Publisher:
- Learning Matters
- Publication year:
- 2007
- Pagination:
- 158p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Exeter
Sexuality remains a neglected and largely taboo area within practice, but it can be a demanding aspect of social work. Social workers may be familiar with the importance of issues such as racism and ethnicity, but sexuality is also a very significant part of people's lives, closest relationships and sense of identity. This valuable resource introduces the topic, using a combination of perspectives to consider sexual diversity and examining related issues across the life-course, including sexual orientation, disability, HIV, sexual abuse, mental health and sexual exploitation. It also includes recent legislation which has significant implications for social work practice.
HIV-related cognitive dysfunction: implications for aging and social work
- Authors:
- VANCE David E., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Social Work in Mental Health, 13(6), 2015, pp.553-570.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Half of adults with HIV experience HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND). HIV infects microglial and macrophages in the brain, resulting in a neurotoxic environment that inhibits the function of neurons, thus impairing cognition. Social workers require an understanding of how HIV-related cognitive dysfunction develops within the larger context of mental illness, substance use, and socioeconomic status. This article briefly reviews the clinical diagnosis of HAND and some interrelated neurobiological and psychosocial factors. Research implications for improving cognition are important as one considers: (1) The impact of the ageing process on cognition and (2) the growing number of older adults with HIV. (Edited publisher abstract)
Interpersonal violence and its impact on persons living with HIV: a social work response
- Authors:
- MILLER Patricia A., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services, 14(3), 2015, pp.308-318.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
The burden of interpersonal violence (IPV) among those living with HIV is significant. At the Southern Alberta Clinic in Calgary, Alberta, there has been ongoing attention given to the interplay of IPV and HIV. The author's data reveal the potential risks, specifically physical harm, emotional suffering, and, in turn, lack of follow-through on HIV medical care. They also know that health care social workers are key clinical team members in service delivery around prevention, intervention, and education, in relation to IPV and its impact on HIV patients. Social workers’ knowledge and understanding of the impacts of IPV in the lives of persons living with HIV provides them with a significant role in addressing this social phenomenon, its impact, and its relationship with the comorbid health issue of HIV. Social workers are also trained to delineate how the personal histories of IPV are interconnected and linked to structural oppression in social and cultural processes. (Edited publisher abstract)
The haunt of misery: critical essays in social work and helping
- Editors:
- ROJEK Chris, PEACOCK Geraldine, COLLINS Stewart
- Publisher:
- Routledge
- Publication year:
- 1988
- Pagination:
- 195p., bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- London
Exploration of some of the main problems facing social workers in a society which is becoming more materialistic and concerned with the individual reather than the community.
Round pegs in round holes: a social work care management service for 'vulnerable adults' in West Oxfordshire
- Author:
- GILDERS Ian
- Journal article citation:
- Practice: Social Work in Action, 9(3), 1997, pp.45-58.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Over recent years many Social Services Departments have tended towards specialist teams and away from genericism. This article describes a pilot post of social worker
Controversial issues in social work
- Editors:
- GAMBRILL Eileen, PRUGER Robert
- Publisher:
- Allyn and Bacon
- Publication year:
- 1992
- Pagination:
- 410p.,bibliogs.
- Place of publication:
- Needham Heights, MA
American text covering issues such as: union membership; working for the private sector; licensing of social workers; and whistle blowing. Section 2 deals with debates about social work knowledge and section 3 with social work practice, including: use of volunteers; objective setting; written contracts; private practice; and performance related pay. Section 4 looks at specific client groups, including: mentally ill people; drug abusers; and people with HIV/AIDS.
Social work in the Netherlands: current developments
- Editors:
- HESSER Karl-Ernst H., KOOLE Wibo
- Publisher:
- Hogeschool van Amsterdam. Faculty of Social Work
- Publication year:
- 1994
- Pagination:
- 127p.,tables,bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- Amsterdam
Introduces social work in the Netherlands and goes on to look at: social work and drug addiction - the Amsterdam model; female social work or gender-specific social work with women and girls; gender-specific social work with men and boys; the office for children of drug addicted parents; Opstap, a preventive home based programme; social work with people with learning difficulties, older people, migrants, people with mental health problems, and young people; AIDS prevention; community development; child welfare; and an overview of social work education in the Netherlands.