Social Work in Health Care最新文献

{"title":"Developing and trialling a social work outcomes framework in a community rehabilitation health setting.","authors":"Mira Patterson,Tara Dowd,Lynelle Watts,David Hodgson","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2506402","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2025.2506402","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the development of an outcome framework for social workers in a health service called Rehabilitation in the Home (RITH). The lack of established outcome measures for social workers prompted a quality improvement (QI) project that led to the development of this research. A literature review was conducted to identify other outcome measures in health and social work-related outcome measures, and consultations with social workers and health department services were carried out. A social work outcomes framework was developed and trialed, demonstrating the effectiveness of the social work service interventions, as well as the utility of outcomes measures for social work health services. In this article, we begin by examining the role of outcome measures in social work within an evidence-based practice framework, before describing the process for developing the measures. We present evidence of the outcomes data collected to illustrate the framework. This article adds to the literature on outcomes reporting on social work interventions in health and rehabilitation practice settings, particularly with identifying and responding to risk.","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":"131 1","pages":"1-14"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144103608","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Associations between depression, psychological resilience, and gratitude levels of patients with chronic diseases: Implications for medical social work practice.","authors":"Zeynep Başerer Berber,Melike Pak,Çağla Taşci","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2506395","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2025.2506395","url":null,"abstract":"This cross-sectional study aims to examine the relationships between psychological resilience, gratitude, and depression levels of patients with chronic diseases (cancer, cardiovascular, and kidney diseases) in the context of medical social work practice. A survey model, one of the quantitative research methods, was used in the study. The sample consisted of 160 patients with chronic diseases who were regularly followed up for treatment in the polyclinics of Oltu State Hospital and Erzurum City Hospital operating in Türkiye. The hierarchical logistic regression model was used in the analysis of the data. According to the results, psychological resilience was the strongest predictor of depression in chronic patients, even when some sociodemographic and disease-related variables were controlled. While gratitude was found to have depression risk-reducing effects, some of this may be related to age. Also, high dependence levels and previous depression diagnosis were determined as important risk factors against depression. Medical social workers may benefit from interventions aimed at increasing psychological resilience and gratitude in the prevention and treatment of depression in patients with chronic diseases.","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":"33 1","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144083362","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Breathlessness: Dr. Richard Cabot's 1908 conceptualization of social work burnout.","authors":"Claudia Rappaport","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2491337","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2025.2491337","url":null,"abstract":"Since the 1970s much attention has been directed in the professional literature to burnout and compassion fatigue in social workers. This article will present documentation that as early as 1908 Dr. Richard Cabot, who started the first hospital social work department at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) in Boston, was concerned about the same phenomenon, though he referred to it as \"breathlessness.\" He explored what he considered to be common causes of this difficulty as well as some possible remedies for overcoming it. Primary research conducted in the collected professional papers of the late Ida Cannon, located in the Social Service Department (SSD) at MGH (Rappaport, 1996), revealed his level of concern about this phenomenon, which he shared with Ida Cannon, Director of the SSD. Cabot's conceptualization has many points in common with what has been discussed since then as social work burnout and compassion fatigue. This adds significantly to our understanding of how long this problem has occurred in social workers in the medical field and how long we have been seeking solutions for it.","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":"24 1","pages":"1-21"},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2025-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143914980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Weight's impact on life's quality: A comparative study of emotional appetite and psychological health across BMI categories.","authors":"Ahmet Özbay, Süleyman Kahraman","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2467110","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2467110","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This study examined the relationship between the impact of weight on quality of life (QoL), emotional appetite, and psychological well-being. The study included 124 individuals with obesity with a body mass index (BMI) of more than 30 kg/m², 129 individuals with overweight with a BMI between 25 and 29.9 kg/m², and 123 normal-weight individuals with a BMI less than 25 kg/m² who applied to certain nutrition and dietetics clinics in Istanbul. We administered the Impact of Weight on Quality of Life Scale (IWQOL), Emotional Appetite Questionnaire (EAQ), and Psychological Well-Being Scale (PWS) to the individuals. The QoL and psychological well-being scores in the group with a normal BMI showed a strong positive association. Positive emotional appetite ratings, psychological well-being, and QoL showed a noteworthy positive link in the BMI group with overweight. The study revealed a negative relationship between a bad emotional appetite and psychological well-being. The QoL and psychological well-being scores in the BMI group with obesity showed a strong positive association. In addition, the psychological well-being scores of those in the normal and overweight BMI groups were significantly higher than those in the BMI group with obesity. The negative emotional appetite scores in the BMI groups with obesity and overweight were significantly higher than those in the normal BMI group. Those in the normal BMI group had significantly higher positive emotional appetite scores than those in the BMI group with overweight did. Findings indicate significant associations between BMI, QoL, and psychological well-being, with potential interventions identified to enhance patient care and support. These results underscore the critical role of social work in addressing weight-related psychological and emotional challenges within health care settings.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"65-83"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143450511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Facilitating best clinical practice in domestic violence work with hospital social workers.","authors":"Paul Andrews, Adele Sheridan Magro, Elisabeth Childs, Lauren J Christie","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2454477","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2454477","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Domestic and family violence (DFV) is a major public health issue mainly affecting women and children. Health services are an important site in the identification and initial response to DFV. Social Workers often lead the psychosocial response to DFV. This study aimed to explore the experiences of internal referrers to a hospital-based social work led DFV Service.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Qualitative study design. Participants were purposively sampled from health professionals referring to the DFV service at a single, tertiary metropolitan hospital in Sydney, Australia and invited to participate in an online focus group. The focus groups explored participants' experiences of referring to a specialist DFV service and any practice change that occurred from working with the service. Focus group transcripts were analyzed using reflexive thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 10 internal referrers participated across two focus groups; all were social workers. Four key themes were identified; i) integration of the DFVS with existing services; ii) consultation and complexity, iii) professional development and iv) the importance of social work values. Integration of the DFV service into the Social Work Department enhanced professional relationships and avenues for collaboration. Responsive consultation helped to build social workers' skills and confidence and to manage their anxiety when dealing with safety concerns and addressing complex needs, such as the needs of people with mental health conditions or violence experienced by multiple perpetrators. Education from the DFV service further assisted referrers with developing their knowledge and skills in identifying various forms of violence, assessing risk and providing intervention. Alignment of social work values enabled a shared practice lens especially in trauma informed care.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>A social work-led hospital-based DFV Service has benefits for the practice of hospital and health social workers who identify and provide the initial response to DFV. Implementation of such models in practice provides opportunities for increased awareness, assessment and responsiveness to the complex needs of people experiencing DFV.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"18-33"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143257025","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Addressing shortages of hospital social workers in Vietnam: Findings from a national survey.","authors":"Pham Tien Nam, Nguyen Hanh Dung, Nguyen Tuan Hung, Vu Thi Minh Nguyet, Le Thi Thu, Nguyen Van Trung, Nguyen Khac Liem","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2456029","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2456029","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Studies on the hospital social work workforce in global contexts remain unexplored. This study aims to describe the workforce status for hospital social work in Vietnam. This study involved 676 central, provincial, and district hospitals in Vietnam. The number of hospital social workers in Vietnam increased 2.71 times, from 591 people in 2016 to 1,605 people in 2020. However, Vietnam continues to face challenges in the workforce for hospital social work, such as inadequate staffing patterns and poor compensation packages, and the proportion of hospital social workers professionally trained at the master's level in social work is still limited. Moreover, hospitals at central and provincial levels have a better workforce for hospital social work than district hospitals. The study provides policy suggestions to improve the quality of hospital social services by ensuring adequate hiring and compensation of fully trained social workers.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"34-49"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143042129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"\"I think we feel a lot of their devastation\": social workers' perspectives on primary and secondary psychological trauma in pediatric emergency rooms.","authors":"Ray Eads, Juan Lorenzo Benavides, Uwe K Wernekinck, Susan Yoon","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2461466","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2461466","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>This qualitative study used in-depth interviews with 23 pediatric emergency room social workers to explore the interplay of the primary trauma experienced by children and families and the secondary trauma experienced by social workers. The analysis used a grounded theory approach and developed a conceptual model of the cycle of primary and secondary trauma, whereby child and family trauma can lead to social workers' secondary trauma, which can further lead to impacts on client care that may exacerbate the primary trauma. To interrupt this cycle, trauma-informed hospitals should address both primary and secondary trauma in pediatric emergency rooms.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"50-64"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143075504","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Psychosocial burden and sociodemographic characteristics of cancer survivors seeking support for work-related issues in outpatient cancer counseling centers.","authors":"Clara Breidenbach, Kati Hiltrop, Nicole Ernstmann, Paula Heidkamp, Gudrun Bruns, Marie Degenhardt, Lina Heier, Sophie Schellack, Johannes Soff, Christoph Kowalski","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2451831","DOIUrl":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2451831","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Outpatient cancer counseling centers (OCCs) are important social work facilities that provide support for cancer survivors who have psychosocial and sociolegal challenges. This paper explores clinical and sociodemographic characteristics, psychosocial burden as well as access routes of clients in OCCs seeking work-related counseling.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Between May 2022 and December 2023, data were collected in 19 OCCs, using questionnaires and documentation by counselors.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The 719 cancer survivors surveyed had a mean age of 50 and were predominantly female (78%); 46% had been diagnosed with breast cancer. Most respondents had university entrance certificates (42%). The respondents rated their overall life and job satisfaction at a mean of 5 and distress at a mean of 7. The majority of respondents had received information about the OCC from the hospital.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>The results show that especially women with breast cancer and high socioeconomic status made use of counseling in the CARES study. The respondents also had a high sense of burden and dissatisfaction and access routes to the OCCs were mainly through recommendations of the treating hospitals or physicians. These findings can be used to ensure need-based counseling in the OCC, as well as to address additional target groups that are currently underrepresented.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-17"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-03-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143053924","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social workers amidst the crisis of medical neoliberalism and welfare state: Perspectives of healthcare workers in private hospitals regarding social work needs in emergency departments in Türkiye.","authors":"Merve Deniz Pak Güre, Zilan Uğurlu, Mustafa Karataş, Mehmet Başcıllar, Cihangir Karakaya","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2025.2468280","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2025.2468280","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The study aims to examine the perspectives of healthcare workers in the emergency departments of private hospitals in Türkiye regarding the social work needs in these units. Twenty emergency department specialists participated in this qualitative research. The data were obtained by conducting in-depth interviews using a semi-structured interview form. In the analyses made with MAXQDA, 3 themes, and 7 sub-themes were created. The study results show that healthcare professionals encounter patients in need of social work in emergency departments and hospital administrators do not employ social workers due to neoliberal policies.</p>","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":" ","pages":"1-28"},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2025-02-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143450510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The effect of visual education aimed at the basic needs of individuals with disabilities on the health literacy and life quality of caregivers","authors":"Dilay Açıl, Esin Sevgi Dogan, Nurcan Bilgin, Bugse Eser, Nurullah Sengül, Batuhan Mutlu, Halim Sivecan, Ural Sevener, Savas Mizrak, Azize Atli Ozbas, Musluhittin Emre Erkus","doi":"10.1080/00981389.2024.2419022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2024.2419022","url":null,"abstract":"The aim of this research is to evaluate the effect of visual education for the basic needs of people with disabilities on the health literacy and life quality of caregivers. The study sample compri...","PeriodicalId":47519,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Health Care","volume":"109 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.2,"publicationDate":"2024-10-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142487511","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}