Perspectives on Social Work: 2015
This collection gathers content from two volumes of Perspectives on Social Work published in 2015.
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PERSPECTIVES ON SOCIAL WORK VOLUME 11 (FALL 2015)
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)This is the full-text volume of Perspectives on Social Work, vol. 11 (Fall 2015). -
MSW Students’ Understanding of Social Location: The Development of a Positionality Measure
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)The current study presents findings from a pilot study of a positionality measure, developed to assess MSW students’ understanding of positionality encountered in field practice settings. Positionality refers to one’s ... -
Afrocentricity Theory Revisited: An Alternative Framework for Assisting Black Youth
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)The current paper explores Afrocentricity theory as an alternative non-western framework to guide social work practice with Black American youth. Very little research has been conducted in recent years concerning ... -
Social Workers’ Perceptions of Working with People who have HIV/AIDS
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)This article presents the results of a cross-sectional online survey sent to a national sample of licensed social workers to examine their attitudes toward individuals living with HIV/AIDS. The survey included the AIDS ... -
Joining the Club: Reflections on Developing and Implementing a Social Work Doctoral Student Organization
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)This article describes the development of a social work doctoral student organization to enhance student experiences at a Midwestern school of social work. Doctoral student organizations are consistent with research that ... -
Book Review: Emanuel, Ezekiel J. (2015). Reinventing American health care: How the Affordable Care Act will improve our terribly complex, blatantly unjust, outrageously expensive, grossly inefficient, error prone system. New York: Public Affairs.
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)The United States is currently in a state of exploration in determining how the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will shape the future of health care. In the book Reinventing American health care, Ezekiel Emanuel- brother of ... -
EDITORIAL-A Social Worker’s Audacity to Have Hope
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)Editorial for volume 11 of Perspectives on Social Work, by journal editor Maurya Glaude, MSW, LCSW. -
If You Give a Social Worker a Classroom: Reflections of a First-Time Social Work Educator
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)This article explores the reflections of a social worker during her first semester as a teaching assistant for an undergraduate social work course during her doctoral studies. It presents her narrative experience in ... -
Perspectives on Social Work Volume 11 (Spring 2015)
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)This is the full-text volume of Perspectives on Social Work, vol. 11 (Fall 2015). -
Fathers are Caregivers Too: Shifting Focus on Research with Latino Men
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)This article presents a description of the state of knowledge about Latino fathers’ coping with pediatric cancer and explains the need to shift the attention for research and practice with this group. In order to provide ... -
(Why) Should Social Work Be Concerned About First-Generation College Students?
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)This article presents an argument for attention to the experiences of first-generation college students in the context of social work. The needs of first-generation college students are explored as well as their strengths ... -
Editorial from Perspectives on Social Work Volume 11 (Spring 2015)
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2015)Editorial for volume 11 of Perspectives on Social Work, by journal editor Maurya Glaude, LCSW
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