Public Health Social Work and Genetic Health Services Delivery

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Abstract

Georgia Southern University faculty member Joseph Telfair authored "Public Health Social Work and Genetic Health Services Delivery" in Handbook for Public Health Social Work.

Book Summary: Public health social work is an interdisciplinary, epidemiologically oriented approach to improving human health and well-being. About one quarter of all social workers in the United States currently work in medical or public health settings, a number that is expected to increase significantly in coming years. This handbook, written and edited by respected leaders of the Social Work Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA), describes the rapidly expanding roles of public health social workers as these two disciplines continue to join forces.

The handbook describes how the alliance of social work and public health has already made significant progress and ways in which it will further improve health care in the United States. It addresses job opportunities for public health social workers in such fields as disease prevention, health promotion, child welfare, gerontology, disaster response, trauma intervention, substance abuse, outreach services, and advocacy. It also covers public health social work with special populations and in neighborhood, rural, and global settings.
Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationHandbook for Public Health Social Work
StatePublished - 2013

Disciplines

  • Community Health
  • Community Health and Preventive Medicine
  • Public Health
  • Public Health Education and Promotion

Keywords

  • Delivery
  • Genetic health services
  • Public health
  • Social work

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