1st Edition

Social Work and Community Practice

Edited By Sharon Duca Palmer Copyright 2011
    350 Pages
    by Apple Academic Press

    350 Pages
    by Apple Academic Press

    This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

    This book explores a variety of physical, mental, and lifestyle challenges faced by community populations. Some of the topics discussed include homelessness, smoking trends among certain populations, mental health issues among different age and gender groups, substance abuse, and domestic violence. The book also examines community health promotion, nutrition intervention, contraception, and more.

    Pathways into Homelessness: Recently Homeless Adults Problems and Service Use Before and After Becoming Homeless in Amsterdam

    Promoting Chlamydia Screening with Posters and Leaflets in General Practice—A Qualitative Study

    Evaluation of Effectiveness of Class-Based Nutrition Intervention on Changes in Soft Drink and Milk Consumption Among Young Adults

    Smoking Prevalence Trends in Indigenous Australians, 1994-2004: A Typical Rather than an Exceptional Epidemic

    Collecting Household Water Usage Data: Telephone Questionnaire or Diary?

    Development of Scales to Assess Children’s Perceptions of Friend and Parental Influences on Physical Activity

    Preliminary Spatiotemporal Analysis of the Association Between Socio-Environmental Factors and Suicide

    Cycling and Walking to Work in New Zealand, 1991-2006: Regional and Individual Differences, and Pointers to Effective Interventions

    Adolescent-Parent Interactions and Attitudes Around Screen Time and Sugary Drink Consumption: A Qualitative Study

    Women with Postpartum Depression: "My Husband" Stories

    Challenges at Work and Financial Rewards to Stimulate Longer Workforce Participation

    Worry as a Window into the Lives of People Who Use Injection Drugs: A Factor Analysis Approach

    Effect of Sunlight Exposure on Cognitive Function Among Depressed and Non-Depressed Participants: A REGARDS Cross-Sectional Study

    Safe Using Messages May Not Be Enough to Promote Behaviour Change Amongst Injecting Drug Users Who Are Ambivalent or Indifferent Towards Death

    Factors Associated with Attitudes Towards Intimate Partner Violence Against Women: A Comparative Analysis of 17 Sub-Saharan Countries

    Psychological Wellbeing, Physical Impairments and Rural Aging in a Developing Country Setting

    Use of Modern Contraception by the Poor Is Falling Behind

    Index

    Biography

    Sharon Duca Palmer, CSW, LMSW, has worked in a variety of settings in her twenty-year career as a social worker. Since 1990, she has been a school social worker at the ACLD Kramer Learning Center in Bay Shore, New York. She is also a Certified Field Instructor at the Adelphi University, School of Social Work in Garden City, New York.