Table of Contents

Contents


Contributors


Foreword


Preface


PART I: The Changing Landscape and Social Workers’ Roles


1. Introduction to Health and Social Work


Janna C. Heyman and Linda White-Ryan


2. Ethics and Values in the Health Field


Elaine P. Congress


3. Social Determinants of Health


Janna C. Heyman, Peggy L. Kelly, Gary M. Reback, and Kelsey H. Blumenstock


4. Intersectionality, Social Work, and Health


Abigail M. Ross, Elaine P. Congress, and Sara Matsuzaka


5. Social Work Assessment


Jonathan B. Singer and Ellen Belluomini


PART II: Foci of Health Care


6. Health Promotion and Public Health


Robert H. Keefe and Sandra D. Lane


7. Integrated Behavioral Health Care


Victoria Stanhope, Janna C. Heyman, James Amarante, and Meredith Doherty


8. Substance Misuse, Abuse, and Substance-Related Disorders


Linda White-Ryan


9. Palliative and End-of-Life Care


Cathy Berkman, Gary L. Stein, and Myra Glajchen


10. Correctional Health Care and Psychosocial Care


Tina Maschi, Keith Morgen, Carolyn Brouard, and Jaclyn Smith


PART III: Working With Special Populations


11. Child and Family Health


Abigail M. Ross, Madeline K. Wachman, and Michelle Falcon


12. Health Care and Work With Older Adults and Their Caregivers


Manoj Pardasani and Priscilla D. Allen


13. Health for Immigrants and Refugees


Elaine P. Congress


14. Health and HIV/AIDS


Julie A. Cederbaum, Erik M. P. Schott, and Jaih Craddock


15. LGBT Health


Derek Brian Brown and Peggy L. Kelly


16. Health Care and Disability


Jeanne Matich-Maroney, Ralph Gregory, and Vincent Corcoran


17. Health Care and Serving Veterans


Jose E. Crego and Sharon L. Young


18. Future Directions for Health and Social Work


Lynn Videka and Janna C. Heyman


Index

About the Author

Janna C. Heyman, PhD, LMSW, is Professor and Endowed Chair of the Henry C. Ravazzin Center on Aging and Intergenerational Studies at Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. She is also Director of the Children & Families Institute at Fordham University.

Elaine Congress, DSW, MSW, is Professor and Associate Dean at the Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service. At the United Nations she represents three NGOs (Non-government Organizations), the International Federation of Social Workers (IFSW), the Institute of Multicultural Counseling and Education Services (IMCES), and Fordham University. Each year she oversees a group of Fordham graduate students at the United Nations. Dr. Congress is also a member of the executive committee of the NGO Committee on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, is Vice-chair of the NGO Committee on Mental Health and is active on the NGO Committee on Migration and the Committee on the Status of Women. She has served as the North American representative on the IFSW's Permanent Committee on Ethical Issues.