Social work in public health
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Soc Work Public Health · Jan 2015
Health literacy as a process: caseworker perspectives on HIV health literacy.
Health status and health literacy are interrelated. Previous research suggests that this relationship must be considered when providing services to HIV positive individuals. ⋯ Results suggest that caseworkers reject static definitions of health literacy by conceptualizing it as an emergent process. Caseworkers also expressed the need for development of subcomponents upon which health literacy is founded: (a) the building of trust, and (b) understanding clients' hierarchy of needs.
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Soc Work Public Health · Jan 2015
Science from evaluation: testing hypotheses about differential effects of three youth-focused suicide prevention trainings.
As part of an evaluation component of a youth suicide prevention, a quasi-experimental repeated measures design tested hypotheses about two brief suicide prevention gatekeeper trainings (Question, Persuade, Refer [QPR] and RESPONSE) and one longer suicide intervention skills training (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training [ASIST]). All three trainings showed large changes in prevention attitudes and self-efficacy, largely maintained at follow-up. ⋯ Convergent with other research, modeling and role-play in training are crucial to increased prevention behaviors. Practice and research implications are discussed, including social work roles in suicide prevention and research.