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Handbook for public health social work / edited by Public Health Social Work Section of the American Public Health Association ; Robert H. Keefe, Elaine T. Jurkowski, managing editors.

"Public health social work is an interdisciplinary, epidemiologically oriented approach to improving human health and well-being. About one quarter of all social workers in the United States currently work in medical or public health settings, a number that is expected to increase significantly...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Corporate Author: American Public Health Association. Public Health Social Work Section
Other Authors: Keefe, Robert H., Jurkowski, Elaine Theresa
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Springer Pub., ©2013.
Subjects:
Medical social work > United States.
Public health > United States.
Social service.
Social service
Medical social work
Public health
United States
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction to public health social work / Robert H. Keefe and Theora A. Evans
  • Ethics for public health social workers / Elaine Congress
  • Maternal and child health / Chris Anne Rodgers Arthur, Whitney E. Mendel and Theora A. Evans
  • Adolescent health / William J. Hall and Kathleen Rounds
  • Aging and caregiving / Elaine T. Jurkowski
  • Immigrants and health care / Elaine Congress
  • HIV/AIDS and public health social work / Julie Cederbaum & Robert H. Keefe
  • Public health social work and genetic health services delivery / Joseph Telfair
  • Disabilities and secondary conditions / Patricia Welch Saleeby & Elaine T. Jurkowski
  • Chronic health conditions / Patricia Welch Saleeby and Elaine T. Jurkowski
  • Substance abuse / Patricia A. Ely, Tammie L. Scamell, and Elaine T. Jurkowski
  • Global health / Karun Karki, Mizanur Miah, and Elaine Jurkowski
  • Mental health / Mary Helen Hogue and Elaine T. Jurkowski
  • Rural health and mental health / Jeanne Saunders and Edward Saunders
  • Neighborhoods and health / Robert H. Keefe
  • Improving local health and development through community-based participatory research / Michele A. Kelley
  • Public health social work in the uniformed services / Gary Lounsberry
  • Health insurance and access in the United States / Julia Hastings and Robert H. Keefe
  • Workforce issues / Bari Cornet
  • Emerging issues/conclusion / Robert H. Keefe, Betty J. Ruth, Derek R. Smith, and Abigail Ross.

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