Social work practice for promoting health and wellbeing : critical issues /
edited by Liz Beddoe and Jane Maidment.
- xvii, 260 pages : illustrations 24cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part 1. Current Themes and Critical Issues in Health and Well-Being -- Part 2. Diverse Communities: Culture, Identity, Spirituality and Health -- Part 3. Messages from Research -- -- Social Work Practice for Promoting Health and Wellbeing / Current Themes and Critical Issues in Health and Well-Being -- Exploring Interpretations of Health and Wellbeing for Social Work / Globalisation, Social Work and Health / Facing the Challenges Together - a Future Vision for Health Social Work / Risk and Vulnerability Discourses in Contemporary Health Care / Stress, Resilience and Responding to Civil Defence Emergencies and Natural Disasters- an Ecological Approach / Stigma in Health and Social Work-Towards a New Paradigm / The Natural Environment and Well-Being / Diverse Communities: Culture, Identity, Spirituality and Health -- Indigenous Australian Social-Health Theory-Decolonisation, Healing-Reclaiming Wellbeing / Whai Ora - Maori Health / Pacific Health / Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual People and Discourses of Health and Wellbeing / Disability-Inclusive Social Work Practice / Messages from Research -- Collaborative Practice and Family Meetings in Children's Health / Improving Public Spaces for Young People- The Contribution of Participatory Research / Ageing in Resiliency- Learning from the Experiences and Perceptions of Migrant Older Adults / Refugee Resettlement- Considerations of Health and Wellbeing / Mental Health, Social Work and Professionalism / Partnering in the Field of Chronic Care Service Provision / Crafting Social Connectedness- A Community Development Model / Pregnancy in an Age of Medical Technology- Decisions, Loss, and Research with a Vulnerable Population / Jane Maidment -- -- Jane Maidment -- Paul Bywaters -- Linda Haultain -- Liz Beddoe -- Carole Adamson -- Viviene Cree -- Uschi Bay -- -- Lorraine Muller -- Jim Anglem -- Yvonne Crichton-Hill, Tanya McCall and Genevieve Togiaso -- Joy Phillips -- Karen Soldatic -- -- Carole Adamson -- Phil Crane -- Jae Park -- Jay Marlowe -- Selma Macfarlane -- Christa Fouché -- Jane Maidment, Uschi Bay and Michelle Courtenay -- Judith McCoyd. 1. Part 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. Part 2. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. Part 3. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.
"Drawing on international literature and research, the authors collected here encourage thinking about the social, political, cultural, emotional, spiritual, economic and spatial aspects of health and wellbeing, and how they impact on the unique strengths and challenges of working with particular populations and communities. "--Publisher's website.