Empirically Based Interventions Targeting Social Problems

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Wodarski, John S. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Hopson, Laura M. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Social work.; Social policy.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Social Work.; Social Policy.

This unique volume demonstrates the effectiveness of applying an evidence-based practice process to the solution of selected social problems. It focuses on social work interventions addressing family, community, and societal factors. Research indicates that reinforcement for positive behavior at the...

Table of Contents:

• Social Problems: A Cost-Effective Psychosocial Prevention Paradigm
• Child Maltreatment
• Educationally Disadvantaged Children
• Violence in Schools
• Adolescent Sexuality
• Preventing HIV Infection in Adolescents
• Substance Abuse
• Crime
• Urban Decline and Family Homelessness
• Unemployment
• Marital Conflict, Intimate Partner Violence, and Family Preservation
• The Impact of Race and Gender in Social Work Practice
• Practice Approaches with Older Clients
• Retirement
• Promoting Self-Management of Chronic Medical Problems
• Hospice Care
• Chronic Grief
• Prevention
• Measurement of Social Problems
• Empirical Approaches to Case Management
• Empirical Approaches to Social Work Supervision
• Obstacles to Conducting Evidence-Based Practice.