Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Shaping the Future of Prevention in Social Work: An Analysis of the Professional Literature from 2000 through 2010. |
| Authors: |
Ruth, Betty J., Velásquez, Esther E., Wyatt Marshall, Jamie, Ziperstein, Dory |
| Source: |
Social Work. Apr2015, Vol. 60 Issue 2, p126-134. 9p. |
| Subjects: |
Health care reform -- Social aspects, HIV prevention, Preventive medicine, Competency assessment (Law), Serial publications, Health education, Health promotion, Interdisciplinary education, Medical care, Patients, Preventive health services, Public health, Social case work, T-test (Statistics), Data analysis, Data analysis software, Descriptive statistics |
| Geographic Terms: |
United States |
| Abstract: |
In light of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act's goals of better patient care, cost control, and improved population outcomes, prevention has emerged as an important component of health reform. Social work, with its extensive involvement in the health system and deep roots in public health, can benefit from a better understanding of its role in prevention. This study builds on the Social Work Interest in Prevention Study (SWIPS), which evaluated extent, type, and levels of prevention content in nine social work journals from 2000 to 2005. The goal of the expanded study, the SWIPS-Expansion, was to assess whether interest in prevention increased over the years in which health reform was enacted. Of the 3,745 articles reviewed, 9.0 percent (n = 336) met the criteria for "prevention articles." Between 2000 and 2010, prevention articles rose from 4.1 percent to 14.3 percent of all articles. A secondary analysis focused on topics within social work prevention, with violence, aging, and disease as primary focal areas. The findings suggest that although prevention interest appears to be growing, it remains a minority focus in the profession's journals. A national conversation on prevention can help expand the profession's role in health reform at this critical time. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: |
Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
