Social Work Visions from Around the Globe: Citizens, Methods, and Approaches

by Metteri; Anna

• ISBN13: 9780789023674
• ISBN10: 0789023679
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2005-03-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Increase the effectiveness of the services you provide to clients Social Work Visions from Around the Globe examines the fundamental principles and dilemmas of social work with people whose health is under threat. This valuable resource was compiled from material presented at the Third International Conference on Social Work in Health and Mental Health in Tampere, Finland. The book explores key issues in social work in health and mental health, from the early historical roots of social work in health to developing a human rights perspective on the lives of men who face capital punishment. Using tables, figures, case studies, and interviews, the text will help you provide holistic, client-based care to children, men, women, and families. Social Work Visions from Around the Globe is divided into two sections: the first half discusses the position of individuals and families as users of health and mental health care services. Specific cases in the book include social work situations for children with disabilities, the mentally ill, the elderly, cancer, and HIV/AIDS. This text includes research and findings on the challenges and solutions faced by social workers in North America, Australia, Europe, Asia, and Africa. In the second half, Social Work Visions from Around the Globe focuses on various approaches to social work in health and mental health that address: the diversity of societies strengthening the voice of the social worker and service user the expertise of service users development of methods family life and childhood in global comparison human rights issues in social work

Table of Contents

PART I: CITIZENS' NEEDS AND PARTICIPATION IN HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH
Introduction: Women's and Men's Needs as a Challenge for Gender-Sensitive Services	3	(4)
Teppo Kroger
Anna Metteri
Anneli Pohjola
Pirkko-Liisa Rauhala
Opening Remarks, 1 July 2001, Tampere	7	(4)
Jorma Sipila
Understanding the Interconnections Between Ethnicity, Gender, Social Class and Health: Experiences of Minority Ethnic Women in Britain	11	(18)
Ravinder Barn
Kalwant Sidhu
Psychosocial Problems and Coping Patterns of HIV Seropositive Wives of Men with HIV/AIDS	29	(20)
Elizabeth Betcy Joseph
Ranbir S. Bhatti
Rehabilitation of the Wandering Seriously Mentally III (WSMI) Women: The Banyan Experience	49	(18)
P. Nalini Rao
Time to Father	67	(22)
Natalie Bolzan
Fran Gale
Michael Dudley
Disabled Children and Their Families in Ukraine: Health and Mental Health Issues for Families Caring for Their Disabled Child at Home	89	(18)
Gillian Bridge
Parents as Advocates: Stories of Surplus Suffering When a Child Is Diagnosed and Treated for Cancer	107	(22)
Juanne N. Clarke
Paula Fletcher
The Long-Term Psychosocial Effects of Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment on Children and Their Families	129	(22)
Suzanne Quin
Coping and Resilience of Children of a Mentally III Parent	151	(14)
Pirjo Polkki
Sari-Anne Ervast
Marika Huupponen
Citizenship and Participation of Users
The Experience of Urban Aboriginals with Health Care Services in Canada: Implications for Social Work Practice	165	(16)
Ron Levin
Margot Herbert
Participation and Citizenship of Elderly Persons: User Experiences from Finland	181	(28)
Heli Valokivi
Mental Homelessness: Locked Within, Locked Without	209	(18)
Shuvit Melamed
Danny Shalit-Kenig
Marc Gelkopf
Arturo Lerner
Arad Kodesh
PART II: SOCIAL WORK METHODS IN HEALTH AND MENTAL HEALTH
Introduction: Part II	227	(4)
Pirkko-Liisa Rauhala
Anna Metteri
Teppo Kroger
Anneli Pohjola
Increasing Cultural Competence in Services: Managing Diversity
Cultural Competence in Psychosocial and Psychiatric Care: A Critical Perspective with Reference to Research and Clinical Experiences in California, US and in Germany	231	(18)
Dagmar Schultz
Cultural and Ethical Issues in Working with Culturally Diverse Patients and Their Families: The Use of the Culturagram to Promote Cultural Competent Practice in Health Care Settings	249	(14)
Elaine P. Congress
Transforming the Legacies of Childhood Trauma in Couple and Family Therapy	263	(24)
Kathryn Basham
Evolvement of Voice of Social Workers and Users in Interprofessional and Interagency Collaboration
Social Group Work: Building a Professional Collective of Hospital Social Workers	287	(22)
Joanne Sulman
Diane Savage
Paul Vrooman
Maureen McGillivray
Partnership in Mental Health and Child Welfare: Social Work Responses to Children Living with Parental Mental Illness	309	(16)
Rosemary Sheehan
Changing Practice: Involving Mental Health Service Users in Planning Service Provision	325	(18)
David M. Rea
Advancing Inclusive and Empowering Practice
Postmodern Social Work in Interdisciplinary Contexts: Making Space on Both Sides of the Table	343	(18)
Marty Dewees
Using Music as a Therapy Tool to Motivate Troubled Adolescents	361	(14)
Alexander W. Keen
Mental Health, Social Inclusion and the Green Agenda: An Evaluation of a Land Based Rehabilitation Project Designed to Promote Occupational Access and Inclusion of Service Users in North Somerset, UK	375	(24)
Paul Stepney
Paul Davis
Social Vaccine for HIV Prevention: A Study on Truck Drivers in South India	399	(16)
M. Ubaidullah
Focusing on the Unique Life-Cycle: Social Work Knowledge in Promoting Individual Life Changes and Human Rights
The Experience of Receiving a Diagnosis of Cystic Fibrosis After Age 20: Implicationsfor Social Work	415	(20)
Eileen Widerman
What Social Workers Can Do About Violence: Learning from the Lives of 37 Men	435	(20)
Dorothy Van Soest
Index	455