Understanding the Behavioral Health Risk Factors that African American and Latinx Women Experience within a National Context
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 9:1-13. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2323142. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn an effort to address social determinants of health and to reduce barriers to care, there have been increased attempts to understand and mitigate public health concerns in ethnic minority communities. As knowledge increases regarding the impact of health disparities on ethnic minority communities, social workers practice knowledge must expand to include intersectional approaches and methods that are inclusive of mechanisms that address inconsistencies in access to health care. Using the 2018 National Survey on Drug ...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: D Crystal Coles Jason Sawyer Nathan H Perkins Source Type: research
Association between Adverse Childhood Experiences and Unmet Health Care Needs among Children in the United States
The objective of this study is to examine the association between adverse childhood experiences and unmet health care needs after adjusting for predisposing, enabling, and need factors of health care service utilization. Data for this study came from the 2016-2017 National Survey of Children's Health. An analytic sample of 46,081 children (51.3% males; average age 11.5 years) was analyzed using negative binomial regression. Based on parent reports, about 3.5% of children had unmet health care needs, and half (50%) of the sample had experienced at least one childhood adversity. Controlling for other factors, children who ex...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Philip Baiden Genevieve Graaf Lucinda Okine Catherine LaBrenz Source Type: research
Courtesy Stigma and HIV Professionals: A Brief Review of Implications for Psychosocial and Professional Well-Being
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 8:1-11. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2325566. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe impact of HIV-related stigma on social workers, clinicians, counselors, and advocates working in organizations serving people living with HIV (PLWH), is rarely considered. Professionals experience "courtesy stigma" when working with or on behalf of PLWH, regardless of their personal HIV status. PubMed, Medline, and PsycInfo databases, along with a review of relevant reference lists and referrals, identified 13 studies addressing this phenomenon. Although limited, this brief review suggests that members of the HIV ...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Christopher Peter Aluah Alyssa Robillard Deborah Billings Stacy Smallwood Source Type: research
The Impact of Income Inequality on Health Levels: Empirical Evidence from China:2002-2016
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 9:1-17. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2325560. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIncome inequality had been one of the important manifestations of social inequality, which can affect the health level by affecting savings, health care and living standards. Existing researches about the relationship between income inequality and health ignored the comprehensive characteristic of health concept, and did not consider the intrinsic relationship between health and income inequality. This paper attempts to re-shed light on the relationship. Firstly, this paper constructs a new health level evaluation sys...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Jinkai Zhao Wanping Yang Kai Zhao Source Type: research
Understanding the Behavioral Health Risk Factors that African American and Latinx Women Experience within a National Context
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 9:1-13. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2323142. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTIn an effort to address social determinants of health and to reduce barriers to care, there have been increased attempts to understand and mitigate public health concerns in ethnic minority communities. As knowledge increases regarding the impact of health disparities on ethnic minority communities, social workers practice knowledge must expand to include intersectional approaches and methods that are inclusive of mechanisms that address inconsistencies in access to health care. Using the 2018 National Survey on Drug ...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 9, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: D Crystal Coles Jason Sawyer Nathan H Perkins Source Type: research
Home Visits for Postpartum Depression Intervention among Low-Income Latinas: Results from the PST4PPD Project
This study examined the feasibility of a multi-site home-visiting intervention (PST4PPD) conducted by bilingual community health workers (CHW) among low-income Latina mothers. A one-group, pre/posttest design and paired sample's t-test were used to measure changes in depressive symptoms and self-efficacy for participants (n = 76) across five sites. The Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9) were used to assess depression; the New General Self-Efficacy Scale and the Maternal Efficacy Questionnaire measured general self-efficacy and parenting self-efficacy. Depression scores ...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 6, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: McClain Sampson Miao Yu Rebecca Mauldin Lorena Gonzalez Angie N Mayorga Source Type: research
Exploring Social Work professionals' Experiences of the Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care Programme: A Focus Group Study
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 4:1-16. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2325564. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe evidence for the potential of mindfulness-based programmes to support improved social work practice and self-care is growing. The aim of this focus group study was to explore social workers' (n = 13) experiences of the Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-care programme (MBSWSC). Thematic analysis highlighted two superordinate themes: benefits to direct social work practice and coping with the social work role. Four subordinate themes highlighted the different social work practice components that were enhanced t...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alan Maddock Karen McGuigan Pearse McCusker Source Type: research
Entrepreneurship in the Favela: Negotiating Precarity and Mental Health During Covid-19
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Jan 2;39(1):48-61. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2316874. Epub 2024 Mar 5.ABSTRACTThis paper aims to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and mental health of necessary entrepreneurs in Brasilian favelas, the social problems they experienced and implications for public health social work. The study used structured in-person interviews within selected Favela's, with a sample size of 721 entrepreneurs, aged between 16-70 years. All participants both worked and were resident in 15 out of the 27 Brasilian federal states. The bespoke questions explored socio-demographic questions, ...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maria L úcia Teixeira Garcia Gary Spolander Richard Tomlins Fabiola Xavier Leal Rodrigo Emmanuel Santana Borges Arun Sukumar Source Type: research
Exploring Social Work professionals' Experiences of the Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care Programme: A Focus Group Study
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 4:1-16. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2325564. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe evidence for the potential of mindfulness-based programmes to support improved social work practice and self-care is growing. The aim of this focus group study was to explore social workers' (n = 13) experiences of the Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-care programme (MBSWSC). Thematic analysis highlighted two superordinate themes: benefits to direct social work practice and coping with the social work role. Four subordinate themes highlighted the different social work practice components that were enhanced t...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alan Maddock Karen McGuigan Pearse McCusker Source Type: research
Entrepreneurship in the Favela: Negotiating Precarity and Mental Health During Covid-19
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 5:1-14. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2316874. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper aims to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and mental health of necessary entrepreneurs in Brasilian favelas, the social problems they experienced and implications for public health social work. The study used structured in-person interviews within selected Favela's, with a sample size of 721 entrepreneurs, aged between 16-70 years. All participants both worked and were resident in 15 out of the 27 Brasilian federal states. The bespoke questions explored socio-demographic questions, s...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maria L úcia Teixeira Garcia Gary Spolander Richard Tomlins Fabiola Xavier Leal Rodrigo Emmanuel Santana Borges Arun Sukumar Source Type: research
Freebie Seekers or Desperate Buyers? An Analysis of Willingness to Pay for COVID-19 Vaccine in T ürkiye
This study may contribute to broader literature as it will provide evidence from Türkiye for international comparisons.PMID:38436269 | DOI:10.1080/19371918.2024.2323140 (Source: Social Work in Public Health)
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hasan Giray Ankara Hakan Degerli Havvana Degerli Source Type: research
The Knowledge and Practices Toward Food Safety Measures at Home in the Lebanese Community
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 1:1-16. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2323697. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHygienic measures practiced at home are highly related to the occurrence of food-borne diseases during food production, storage, and handling. Contaminated food remains a major cause of several diarrheal diseases, hospitalizations, and spikes in medical expenses. In our current study, we aimed to assess the knowledge of food safety and the food safety and hygiene practices at home among the Lebanese population. A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online questionnaire including two sections. The first sect...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Malak Annan Samer Sakr Zeinab Alaouie Mohamed Salla Imtithal Sheet Ali Al Khatib Source Type: research
