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1424 resources listed:

Care for Caregivers: A psychosocial support model for child and youth care workers serving orphans and vulnerable children in South Africa

This case study offers a detailed examination of the C4C model. Information gathering took place in March and April 2009 at NACCW headquarters and selected program sites in Eastern Cape and Kwa-Zulu Natal. Identified strengths of the C4C program include implementation by clinically skilled persons external to the community, attention to reducing the stigma of mental health issues and HIV and AIDS, and a focus on improving team dynamics.  
Author(s): 
Tulane University, Tonya R. Thurman, Sun Yu Tory, M. Taylor
Year of Publication: 
2009

"What Are They Really Doing?" An exploration of student learning activities in field placement

Despite the fact that social work students consistently identify their field placement as having the greatest impact on their learning, research on learning activities used during placement and the impact on practice competency and social work identity is limited. The data were gathered from social work students’ experiences during placement. The findings shows that the more regularly students engaged in learning activities with their social work supervisor, the more likely they were to report a sense of social work identity and feelings of practice competence.

Author(s): 
Smith, D., Cleak, H., and Vreugdenhil, A.
Year of Publication: 
2014

Child Welfare: Addressing the Recruitment and retention dilemma

The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Research Page focuses on a number of studies that identify challenges to recruitment and retention; provides research and resource information that supports the importance of professional education for child welfare practice; highlights issues related to encouraging social workers to choose child welfare as a career path; and identifies outcomes from agency/university partnerships that affect recruitment and retention difficulties.

Author(s): 
Social Work Policy Institute
Year of Publication: 
2013

Task Shifting for Scale-up of HIV Care: Evaluation of nurse-centered antiretroviral treatment at rural health centers in Rwanda

Shortage of physicians is a barrier in achieving universal access to HIV care and treatment. In September 2005, a pilot program of nurse-centered antiretroviral treatment (ART) prescription was launched in three of the rural primary health centers in Rwanda. The feasibility and effectiveness of this task-shifting model was evaluated using descriptive data.

Author(s): 
Shumbusho, F., van Griensven, J., Lowrance, D., Turate, I., Weaver, M. A., Price, J., & Binagwaho, A.
Year of Publication: 
2009

Do Collaborations with Schools of Social Work Make a Difference for the Field of Child Welfare? Practice, retention and curriculum

The profession of social work has a leadership role in the field of child welfare. Opportunities were provided through public policies allowing schools of social work to recieve Title IV-E funding for professional development of child welfare workers. There are now hundreds of partnerships that spent millions of federal dollars to professionally educate Bachelor of Social Work and Master of Social Work students for careers in child welfare. But there is no research that will evaluate these partnerships’ effectiveness.

Author(s): 
Scannapieco, M., & Connell-Corrick, K.
Year of Publication: 
2003

Supervision of Social Work Practice in North-Eastern Romanian Rural Areas

The paper is based on an implicit assumption that supervision is carried out in rural areas without taking into consideration the best practices available in scientific literature. They intend to keep an implicit epistemic distance to that assumption. This research was conducted through a constructive Grounded Theory methodology using structured and directive interviews as the main technique.

Author(s): 
Sandu, A. & Unguru, E.
Year of Publication: 
2013

The Role of Self-Care on Compassion Satisfaction, Burnout and Secondary Trauma Among Child Welfare Workers

The article promotes awareness of secondary trauma among child welfare workers. The risk of experiencing burnout and secondary trauma increases when exposed to multiple traumatic events when working with children and families. Engaging in positive coping strategies, such as seeking supervision, attending trainings on secondary trauma, working within a team, balancing caseloads, and work–life balance are methods to negate effects of working with traumatized individuals.  

Author(s): 
Salloum, A., Kondrat, D., Johnco, C., and Olson, K.
Year of Publication: 
2015

The Purpose, Value and Structure of the Practicum in Higher Education: A literature review

This report discusses practicums and their important role in many of the professional courses in higher education. This research provides an overview of different ways in which the practicum has been conceptualized, implemented and evaluated in higher education. Findings indicate that whilst the practicum is widely accepted as a valuable and successful component of professional education, it has a number of shortcomings; and the lack of good quality research into the practicum makes it difficult to draw unequivocal conclusions.

Author(s): 
Ryan, G., Toohey, S., & Hughes, C.
Year of Publication: 
1996

Social Work and Law: Judicial policy and forensic practice

This paper exposes students to the ways in which social work and law intersect. Students will explore the judiciary’s contributions to important social policy issues and the knowledge social workers need to effectively participate in the judicial process. It presents basic legal concepts, describes the workings of the court system, and shares strategies for avoiding malpractice. The units that follow cover a variety of topics to give instructor’s options for their course and allow students to study their interests.

Author(s): 
Rome, S.H.
Year of Publication: 
2013

Preferences for Working in Rural Clinics Among Trainee Health Professionals in Uganda: A discrete choice experiment

The article is an investigation regarding preferences for job characteristics among final year medical, nursing, pharmacy, and laboratory students at select universities in Uganda. Participants were administered a cadre-specific discrete choice experiment that elicited preferences for attributes of potential job postings they were likely to pursue after graduation. Salary, facility quality and manager support were the attributes that affects almost all student-groups’ job posting choice.

Author(s): 
Rockers, P. C., Jaskiewicz W., Wurts L., Kruk M.E., Mgomella G.S., Ntalazi F. and Tulenko K.
Year of Publication: 
2012

Education for Children in Sub-Saharan Africa: Predictors impacting school attendance

The Education for All (EFA) and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are major campaigns on closing gaps on educational disparities. This study (N=124.592) examined the impact of these campaigns over eight years from five sub-Saharan African countries. Findings show that considerable progress has been made to close the disparity based on orphan status, and the gender gap is also closing.

Author(s): 
Roby, J. L., Erickson, L., and Nagaishi, C.
Year of Publication: 
2016

Effectiveness of Group Supervision Versus Combined Group and Individual Supervision

This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of large group supervision, and combined group and individual supervision with counseling students. Using a pre-test/post-test method, counselors were rated on growth in effectiveness and development according to self-report, supervisor, client, and objective rater responses.

Author(s): 
Ray, D., and Altekruse, M.
Year of Publication: 
2000

Use of Location-Allocation Models in Health Service Development Planning in Developing Nations

This paper reviews the use of location-allocation models in health service development planning in the developing nations. The purpose of this review is to examine the suitability of these methods for designing health care systems and their relevance to overall development problems in such countries.

Author(s): 
Rahman, S. U., & Smith, D. K.
Year of Publication: 
2000

Calling Evidence-Based Practice into Question: Acknowledging phronetic knowledge in social work

The article argues that evidence-based practice suffers from a dilemma whereby a narrow view of evidence is prioritized at the cost of relevance to social work and suggests that praxis-based knowledge informed by different forms of knowledge is a better option with a greater potential to enhance the use of knowledge in social work practice. The article highights that phronesis is important for making social science matter in practice, and that this holds true in particular for social work. 

Author(s): 
Petersén, A. C., and Olsson, J. I.
Year of Publication: 
2015

Building Capacity in Implementation Science Research Training at the University of Nairobi

This report follows a program implemented by the University of Nairobi, who leveraged resources from the Medical Education Partnership to develop an institutional program that provides training and mentoring in implementation science, builds relationships between researchers and implementers, and identifies local research priorities for implementation science. Implementing science theory, methods, and experiences are included in the curriculum.

Author(s): 
Osanjo, G. O., Oyugi, J. O., Kibwage, I. O., Mwanda, W. O., Ngugi, E. N., Otieno, F. C., and Talib, Z.
Year of Publication: 
2016

Social Work Education in Africa: Whence and whither?

This article discusses the origin of social work education in Africa. Social work in Africa was not a product of a progressive social metamorphosis but rather that of foreign methodologies imposed on African societies. It will also further discuss the future direction and development of the field.

Author(s): 
Mwansa, L. K.
Year of Publication: 
2011

An Evaluation of Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Children in Zambia

The purpose of the article is to monitor and evaluate the feasibility of implementing Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) to address trauma and stress-related symptoms in orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in Zambia as part of ongoing programming within a non-governmental organization (NGO).

Author(s): 
Murray, L. K., Familiar, I., Skavenski, S., Jere, E., Cohen, J., Imasiku, M., ...& Bolton, P.
Year of Publication: 
2013

The Decentralisation-Centralisation Dilemma: Recruitment and distribution of health workers in remote districts of Tanzania

From five underserved, remote districts of mainland Tanzania, an exploratory qualitative study was conducted among informants recruited. In order to draw lessons necessary for improving recruitment, distribution and retention of health workers, they held a comparison of decentralized and the reinstated centralized systems.

Author(s): 
Munga, M. A., Songstad, N. G., Blystad, A., &Mæstad, O.
Year of Publication: 
2009

The Impact of Supervision on Worker Outcomes: A meta‐analysis

This resource provides a meta-analysis of research articles regarding the impact of supervision on worker outcomes. Published between 1990 and 2007, the 27 articles reviewed include a combined sample of more than 10,000 workers in child welfare, social work and mental health settings. The outcome of the research shows that workers who receive effective supervision reciprocate with positive feelings and behaviors toward their jobs and organizations. 

Author(s): 
Mor Barak, M. E. M., Travis, D. J., Pyun, H., and Xie, B.
Year of Publication: 
2009

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