Infusing Public Health Content into Foundation and Advanced Social Work Courses

In order to prepare social workers better to intervene in the complex social problems affecting the health and social functioning of all populations, we propose the integration of appropriate public health content into the social work curriculum. In this paper we discuss the relationship between soc...

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Published in:Journal of teaching in social work 2002-12, Vol.22 (3-4), p.139-154
Main Authors: Wilkinson, Deborah Schild, Rounds, Kathleen A., Copeland, Valire Carr
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community level intervention
Curriculum
Education
epidemiology
population-based intervention
prevention
Public Health
public health skills
public health social work
Social Work
social work curriculum
Social Work Education
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Summary:In order to prepare social workers better to intervene in the complex social problems affecting the health and social functioning of all populations, we propose the integration of appropriate public health content into the social work curriculum. In this paper we discuss the relationship between social work and public health, how public health content (i.e., epidemiology, prevention, community and population level interventions) fits in the social work curriculum, existing curriculum resources, and potential barriers to implementation of the proposal.
ISSN:0884-1233
1540-7349
DOI:10.1300/J067v22n03_10