Health & social work
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Health & social work · Feb 1994
Issues in chemical dependency treatment and aftercare for people with learning differences.
Without major adaptations, current substance abuse treatment models may not be productive for people with learning differences. The study described in this article examined ways to create accessibility to generic chemical dependency treatment for people with learning differences. ⋯ Chemical dependency treatment staff need more information and training on differing learning and socialization skills, differences in reading comprehension, and personal prejudices or stereotypes. In-depth screening is also required to determine the appropriateness of integrated or specialized services or some combination of both.
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Health & social work · Nov 1993
ReviewEffective services for bereaved spouses: a content analysis of the empirical literature.
To investigate the elements needed to serve bereaved spouses effectively, a content analysis of nine experimental studies on bereavement programs was conducted. A coding system was used to analyze the studies on five practice-related variables: characteristics of the client, the practitioner, the intervention, the research methodology, and the outcome. Comparisons between effective and ineffective programs indicated that planned brief intervention is effective in preventing or reducing symptoms of morbid grief among spouses who are at high risk or in high distress. Findings also revealed the need for practice and research on bereavement to use an ecological framework and to address issues of human diversity.
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Health & social work · Feb 1992
Implementing the Public Health Social Work Forward Plan: a research-based prevention curriculum for schools of social work.
In 1985, the Division of Maternal and Child Health of the U. S. ⋯ In 1986, the National Institute of Mental Health funded a three-year program to develop and evaluate a research-based prevention training curriculum for dissemination to schools of social work and other primary care professional schools. This article examines the Michigan Prevention Training and Curriculum Development Project from the perspective of the recommendations of the Public Health Social Work Forward Plan.