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Fisher’s Resilience: Preparedness, Co** Capacity, and Adaptation Capacity in Surigao del Sur, Philippines
Coastal fishing communities depend on marine resources for their protein and livelihood needs, making them vulnerable to natural hazards. We assessed...
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Social Work Student Perceptions of Co-Response: Implications for Policy
This article describes a study of the factors impacting social work student knowledge of co-response teams designed to divert individuals with mental...
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Poverty-Alleviating Social Work Policies
The provision of psychological therapy, spiritual care, relationship modification, and capacity building to the impoverished is greatly aided by...
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Political Transition Tribulations in Sudan: Implications for Social Work Practice
Sudan has tried to plant democracy in the aftermath of its independence. The efforts, however, have been halted by repeated coup d’états. Sudan has...
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Introduction to Social Work
This beginning chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the field of social work, encompassing its meanings, scope, and various levels of...
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Waste Work in the Global South: Exploring Activity Theory as a Framework for Understanding Distributed Roles of Intermediaries in Cape Town’s Urban Waste Economy
Waste work in cities of the Global South is arranged with myriad actors, both formal and informal, who individually and collectively, and to varying...
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Health research, development and innovation capacity building, enhancement and sustainability
Research, development and innovation (RDI) encompasses undertaking research to contribute to new knowledge, develo** policies, and generating...
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Cultural Work
This chapter explores the relationship between culture and work in the ‘new cultural economy’ of postindustrial society. The chapter traces a brief...
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Data Collection for Field Reports in Social Work Practice
This chapter equips social work students with essential skills for gathering and utilizing data effectively. It begins by providing an overview of...
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Digital Life Story Work: Linking Identity and Security for Young People in Out-of-Home Care
While every young person in Out-Of-Home Care (OOHC) has their own unique story, what they do have in common is the experience of a disrupted life. As...
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Introduction: State Capacity, Capacity to Aspire and Layered Resilience During a Pandemic
We begin this introductory chapter by setting out the book’s core question—where do people with a migration background look for help and orientation...
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Delivering Financial Capability and Asset Building Curriculum: Strengthening the Competencies of Social Work Faculty
The promotion of financial capability and asset building (FCAB) in Africa is an essential professional activity for social work to promote the...
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Combining Language Training and Work Experience for Refugees with Low-Literacy Levels: a Mixed-Methods Case Study
Learning the host society’s language and finding a job are important steps for the societal integration of refugees. Especially language proficiency...
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Measuring the Institutional Capacity of Older Volunteer Organizations in Japan: Comparative Study with the United States
Volunteerism as a civic engagement activity for older adults has grown considerably around the world as countries face population aging and prolonged...
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Guardians of ableist family formation: the legitimation work of Danish abortion committees in cases of termination for fetal anomaly
In Denmark, pregnant persons have a statutory right to abortion on-demand in the first trimester of pregnancy, after which abortion must be...
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Revisiting policy combinations under IS–LM–EE framework introducing capacity utilization
The study introduces the capacity utilization factor into the existing works on the effect of technological progress towards environment friendly...
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Assessing and Planning for Agency-Level Field Practice in Social Work
This chapter navigates the intricacies of agency-level field practice in social work, providing a comprehensive guide for students entering...
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Welfare, Work, and Aging
This chapter critically examines the development of recent policy and theoretical issues concerning the “extension of working lives” for older people...
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Introduction to Fieldwork in Social Work
This chapter serves as a foundational exploration of fieldwork in the context of social work practice. It begins by elucidating the concept of...
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A Path Forward for Social Work, Human Rights, and Decolonization
In this final chapter, we consider possible future paths of decolonization and human rights in the context of social work. One of the main threats to...