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 The interprofessional health care model has been identified as a means to overcome health disparities among populations of color and to reduce health care workforce shortages. As policy makers and health care organizations continue to move toward interprofessional collaboration as a solution to these issues, the social worker on the team will gain stature as the linchpin of the team because of their unique skill sets and perspective of holistic healing. NASW, the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB), and the Council on Social Work Education (CSWE) are committed to addressing both pandemics—COVID-19 and systemic racism, both of which disproportionately affect people of color.
NASW President Mit Joyner, DPS, MSW, LCSW, reflects on social work's next moves, affirming it is the duty of all social workers to fight for vulnerable populations, to ensure all people are treated with dignity and respect.
NASW seeks to dismantle racist policing and supports the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act of 2020 (H.R. 7120) from social worker Rep. Karen Bass (D-CA) that passed in the U.S. House. We urge the Senate to follow the lead of the House. NASW also implores Congress and state, county, and local governments to reallocate and reinvest resources from law enforcement into mental health, living-wage jobs, affordable housing, and alternatives for anti-racist public safety services.
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The U.S. House of Representatives passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act (H.R. 7120) in June. It is now crucial that the Senate enact similarly strong and comprehensive legislation to transform policing. Senate legislation must ban chokeholds, no-knock warrants, and other lethal practices that are applied without justification and disproportionately to Black and Brown people. Send a customizable prewritten email urging your Senator to pass this legislation.
The Grand Challenges for Social Work, led by the American Academy of Social Work & Social Welfare (AASWSW), is an initiative to champion social progress powered by science. In June 2020 the Grand Challenges leadership team added a 13th Grand Challenge: Eliminate Racism. Our profession must lead the way in identifying research and interventions to address racism. NASW's CEO, Angelo McClain, PhD, LICSW, is proud to serve on the Grand Challenges Leadership Board, and to ensure NASW provides social workers with tools and resources to respond to the Grand Challenges for Social Work.
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Contact your U.S. Senators during Thursday's Twitter Storm to tell them to pass a COVID-19 response package that supports victims and survivors of domestic and sexual violence and includes funding for culturally specific organizations and sexual assault survivors. You can find your Senators and their contact information HERE. If you have contacts in Senate offices, email is also an effective way to get in touch with staff who are working remotely. Join the Twitter Storm July 16, 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET/ 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. PT. You can find Senators' social media handles HERE.
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NASW is committed to ending racism through public education, social justice advocacy, and professional training. Our members understand cultural and ethnic diversity and strive to end discrimination, oppression, poverty, and other forms of social injustice. Visit NASW's Racial Equity page to learn how NASW is involved in police reform and other critical anti-racism efforts.
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Your association membership enables NASW to provide resources that are reliable, timely, and critical for social workers in public health emergencies such as the coronavirus. Visit NASW’s webpage dedicated to COVID-19 and social work practice and workforce issues, SocialWorkers.org/COVID19, for the latest updates on policy and advocacy, changes affecting teletherapy, tips on adjusting your practice and supporting clients during the pandemic, ethics guidelines, and self-care resources. Check here to see if it's time for you to renew your NASW membership.
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The MyNASW online community is open to NASW members only and is free to join. Ask your colleagues questions, find mentors, exchange useful resources, and rally around your passion — social work.
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 Quickly search by key words to find evidence-based research and client education, assessment tools, practice guidelines, and more at the NASW Research Library. Filter your results by type of source (academic journals, books, conference materials, reports, etc.), name of publication, publisher, university, language, and more. Use your NASW username and password to log in to the library.
Keyword Search: "health disparities"
Document: Addressing Health Disparities Through Deliberative Methods: Citizens' Panels for Health Equity
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Subica, A.; Brown, B.
Source: American Journal of Public Health. February 2020, Vol. 110, Issue 2, p166-173.
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Engaging Community Members to Eradicate Health Disparities
Author: Morain, S.
Source: American Journal of Public Health. February 2020, Vol. 110, Issue 2, p143-144.
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U.S. Mayors' and Health Commissioners' Opinions About Health Disparities in Their Cities
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Purtle, J.; Henson, R.; Carroll-Scott, A.; Kolker, J.; Joshi, R.; Diez Roux, A.
Source: American Journal of Public Health. May 2018, Vol. 108, Issue 5, p634-641.
Access Documents: Log in to the NASW Research Library and enter the title of the article or key words in the NASW Research Library search box.
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The College of Business (COB) at The University of Texas at Arlington is home to pioneering students known for their strong work ethic. As one of the largest business schools in the nation, the COB prepares more than 6,500 students each year for roles as leaders and influencers in the global community. Offering one of the most diverse selections of graduate programs in the United States, with 34 degree programs and 7 career-boosting certificates, the COB provides students in-depth knowledge and skill development in specialized business disciplines.
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- Prepares them for advanced social work practice with a rural concentration using reflective and developmental techniques, critical thinking skills, while addressing issues of human rights, discrimination, and inequality.
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| | SOCIAL WORK ISSUES IN THE NEWS |
Health Affairs
In the United States, significant health disparities exist along the axes of age, sex/gender, and race/ethnicity, reflected in the distribution of chronic and life-threatening conditions such as diabetes and heart disease. Preliminary data suggest this is also the case with the COVID-19 pandemic: mortality rates seem to be higher among men compared to women, and higher among Black and Latinx Americans compared to White Americans.
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KPBS-FM
The ZIP code that covers much of San Diego's City Heights neighborhood is seeing a higher rate of coronavirus cases than San Diego County, and it's a similar situation in Southeast San Diego.
These communities, that have larger Black and Hispanic populations than the region, are where the nearly century-old and now illegal practice of redlining occurred—when a government-backed body marked maps of predominantly minority communities in red and labeled them a poor financial investment.
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The Washington Post
The protests over the deaths of black men and women at the hands of police have turned attention to other American institutions, including health care, where some members of the profession are calling for transformation of a system they say results in poorer health for black Americans because of deep-rooted racism.
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