A Poverty Simulation's Impact on Nursing and Social Work Students' Attitudes Towards Poverty and Health

2020 ◽  
Vol 26 (4) ◽  
pp. 256-262
Author(s):  
Mary Beth Kuehn ◽  
Carlos M. Grosch Mendes ◽  
Genesis M. Fukunaga Luna Victoria ◽  
Erin Nemetz ◽  
Zyreel Claire P. Rigos
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Health Professions ◽  
The United States ◽  
Community Action ◽  
Structural Explanation ◽  
Poverty And Health ◽  
Students Attitudes

BackgroundCurrently, about 40 million people in the United States live in poverty, one of the most significant social determinants of health. Nurses and social workers must understand the effect of living in poverty on their clients' health and quality of life.PurposeNurses and social workers will encounter persons living in poverty. Therefore, beginning in their undergraduate education, health professions students must be aware of their attitudes towards poverty and how poverty affects health.MethodsThe Community Action Poverty Simulation was conducted with nursing and social work students at a small liberal arts institution. The Attitudes toward Poverty-Short Form (ATP-SF) and Beliefs Related to Poverty and Health (BRPH) tools were used pre- and postsimulation to assess students' attitudes about poverty and beliefs about the relationship between poverty and health. An emotional response plan was created to address participants' emotional responses by providing a separate space on-site and information about future resources.ResultsThe ATP-SF showed a significant overall difference (p < .001) between pre- and postsimulation surveys, indicating a shift toward a structural explanation of poverty; the BRPH showed that participants believed poverty is the result of illness and inability to work (p < .01).ConclusionThis study supports poverty simulation use to promote awareness of attitudes towards those living in poverty and how poverty impacts health. Recommendations include using more community resource volunteers with first-hand poverty experience, allowing students to role-play adults or older teens in the simulation, and including other health professions students.

scholarly journals Exploring Social Work Students’ Attitudes and Experiences at a Free Clinic

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 57-74
Author(s):  
Debra Lavender-Bratcher ◽  
Margaret Elbow ◽  
Laura A Lowe ◽  
Molly Kruse
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Health Insurance ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Medical Care ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Free Clinic ◽  
Poverty Level ◽  
Structural Explanation ◽  
Students Attitudes

This paper addresses the experiences of social work students who offered social work services to clients at a clinic offering free medical care to those who are indigent and lack health insurance in a community in the United States. The study found that students’ attitudes toward poverty were challenged from the micro to the macro level.  Utilizing the structural explanation of poverty, structural social work and Freire’s pedagogy of oppression, the study explored how students’ attitudes toward poverty were affected as they provided services to clients who are hovering at or below poverty level.

Indigenizing Social Work: Andragogical Strategies for Incorporating Native Knowledge in Curricula

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 221-230
Author(s):  
Brittany Hunt ◽  
Sonyia Richardson
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Diverse Populations ◽  
The Social ◽  
Competence Training ◽  
American Indian People ◽  
Critical Portion

Though there are more than 5 million American Indian people living in the United States, and they are disproportionately represented among social workers’ clientele, social work curriculum rarely centers Indigenous history and knowledge. Therefore, the cultural competence training that social work students receive is incomprehensive because it often erases a critical portion of the population. This work focuses on the unique knowledge that one Indigenous social work instructor brings to her classroom, as well as the perspective of the BSW director who recruited her to the position. It is critical that the social work profession begin to move toward being representative of the diverse populations that we serve, not only in the field but also in the classroom. This work will provide examples of cultural competence training as well as Indigenous knowledge that can be incorporated into classrooms to indigenize those spaces and decolonize curricula. This article was written jointly by an Indigenous social work professor and an administrator and professor in a BSW program.

scholarly journals CONTEXTUAL ACCEPTANCE OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE AGAINST WIVES: SURVEY AMONG INDONESIAN SOCIAL WELFARE COLLEGE STUDENTS

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
pp. 151
Author(s):  
Binahayati Rusyidi ◽  
Yuyun Yuningsih ◽  
Zulhaeni Zulhaeni ◽  
Albertina N. Loho ◽  
Nancy Rahakbaw ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
Physical Violence ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Wife Beating ◽  
Students Attitudes ◽  
Victims Of Violence

ABSTRACT Social workers have high potential to deal with issues and victims of violence against women through their professional services. Therefore, it is important for future social workers to be well prepared with the appropriate attitudes about the issues. This study investigated factors associated with contextual acceptance of physical violence against wives that was derived from feminist, social learning and socio-demographics perspectives.  Respondents were recruited non-randomly using convenience sampling technique. Respondents were 438 male and female undergraduate students with the average age of 20 years old. Participants were recruited from 2 private and 2 public universities located in the province of West Java, Yogyakarta, Maluku and Papua. The study found that students who knew well the victim of wife abuse, studied at universities in Western Indonesia, acknowledged themselves as Muslims, reported higher level of religiosity and endorsed egalitarian attitudes toward gender roles tended to report non-justification of wife beating. Findings were discussed within the framework of social work education strategy to improve social work students’ attitudes toward violence against wives.

scholarly journals Measuring Vietnamese social work students’ and non-social work students’ attitudes toward poverty and poor population

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Minh Tien
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Open University ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Students Attitudes

Abstract The paper reports the results collected from social work students (SW) and nonsocial work students (NSW) of Ho Chi Minh City Open University (OU) through attitudes toward poverty and poor people in Vietnam. The Attitude toward Poverty Short Form (ATP-SF) 21-item (ATP-SF) scale, developed by Yun & Weaver (2010), was used for the data collection. The sample of this study comprises 180 students enrolled in three disciplines: social work (n = 86), law (n = 34), foreign language (n = 30) and economics (n = 30). The questionnaire was used to collect the data for the study. Cronbach’s alpha and independent t-tests were run to compare means between two groups of students. All students voluntarily participated in the survey. Results: A total of 180 social work students and nonsocial work students at Ho Chi Minh City Open University in Vietnam were surveyed. Among them, 86 were social work students, and the other 94 students were from law (n = 34), foreign language (n = 30) and economics (n = 30). The survey results showed that when looking for causes of poverty, social work students and nonsocial work students put the most emphasis on structural factors of poverty. However, social work students, compared with nonsocial work students, consider personal deficiency and stigma more important.

scholarly journals Measuring Vietnamese social work students’ and non-social work students’ attitudes toward poverty and poor population

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Le Minh Tien
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Foreign Language ◽  
Short Form ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Poor People ◽  
Open University ◽  
Structural Factors ◽  
Survey Results ◽  
Students Attitudes

Abstract The paper reports the results collected from social work students (SW) and non-social work students (NSW) of the Ho Chi Minh City Open University (OU), through attitudes toward poverty and poor people, in Vietnam. The Attitude toward Poverty Short Form (ATP-SF) 21-item (ATP-SF) scale, developed by Yun & Weaver (2010), was used for the data collection. The sample of this study comprises 180 students enrolled at three disciplines such as social work (n= 86), law (n= 34), foreign language (n=30) and economics (n=30). The questionnaire was used to collect the data for the study. Cronbach alpha and independent t-test were run to compare means between two groups of students. All students were voluntarily participated in the survey. Results: A total of 180 social work students and nonsocial work students at Ho Chi Minh City Open University in Vietnam were surveyed. Among them, 86 were social work students, the other 94 students were from law (n=34), foreign language (n=30) and economics (n=30). The survey results showed that, when looking for causes of poverty, social work students and nonsocial work students put most emphasis on structural factors of poverty. However, social work students, compared with nonsocial work students, consider personal deficiency and stigma more important.

Preparing BSW Students for Competency With Older Adults

2014 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. S-73-S-91
Author(s):  
Susan Allen ◽  
Michele Kelly ◽  
Latoya Brooks ◽  
Marie Barnard
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Matched Pairs ◽  
State University ◽  
Rank Tests ◽  
Gerontological Social Work ◽  
Signed Rank

As the population of older adults in the United States grows, there is an increasing need for social workers to serve this group. This study examines the effects of a gerontological social work curriculum infusion project for baccalaureate social work students at a southeastern state university that was funded by the John A. Hartford Foundation. Attitudes regarding interest in gerontology and perceived competency in gerontology- related skills were assessed pre- and postintervention. Nonparametric Wilcoxon matched- pairs signed rank tests revealed significant increases in interest in pursuing further gerontology- related experience and related competencies. Open- ended reflection comments were analyzed to further understand the students’ experience with the program. Results indicate that infusion of gerontological concepts into the curriculum increased the number of students interested in pursuing careers in gerontology, increased students’ competency with this population, and enhanced their understanding of the unique needs of older adults.

scholarly journals Social Work Education that Addresses Trafficking for Sexual Exploitation: An intersectional, anti-oppressive practice framework

2021 ◽  
pp. 20-37
Author(s):  
Lara Gerassi ◽  
Andrea Nichols
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Work Education ◽  
Sexual Exploitation ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
Commercial Sex ◽  
Exclusionary Practices ◽  
Practice Framework ◽  
Work Education

Practice, policy, and research focused on trafficking for sexual exploitation and commercial sex involvement occur in the United States within a white, heteronormative social environment that must be addressed pedagogically in the classroom. Social work education increasingly includes the topic of trafficking for sexual exploitation as a stand-alone course or as sessions embedded within other courses. Yet, very little scholarship critically examines how instruction in social work on this topic can apply intersectional, anti-oppressive frameworks across micro, mezzo, and macro levels. Furthermore, current literature suggests that some social workers use exclusionary practices when addressing trafficking and commercial sex involvement, further exemplifying the need for anti-oppressive curricula. The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse how key anti-oppressive theoretical and practice frameworks should influence education on trafficking for sexual exploitation and commercial sex involvement in social work. Written by two scholars and social work instructors, we describe how we apply these frameworks to pedagogical exercises in social work courses. Finally, we argue that intersectional, anti-oppressive social work education is critical to training social work students and, ultimately, addressing the needs of people experiencing or at risk of trafficking.

scholarly journals Video Intervention to Increase Knowledge About and Interest in Palliative Care Among MSW Students

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 70-70
Author(s):  
Cathy Berkman
Keyword(s):  
Palliative Care ◽  
Social Work ◽  
End Of Life ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
End Of Life Care ◽  
Social Work Students ◽  
Life Care ◽  
Video Intervention ◽  
Msw Students ◽  
The Mean

Abstract As the population ages and more people live longer with chronic and life-limiting illnesses, more healthcare professionals with palliative care skills are needed. Social workers are part of the palliative care team, but there is little, if any, content on palliative and end-of-life care in MSW programs. A 24-minute video featuring nine palliative and hospice social workers was produced with two goals: 1) increase knowledge of social work students about palliative and end-of-life care; and 2) interest social work students in a career in palliative social work. MSW students from three schools, in NY and Alabama, viewed the video. After viewing the video, 94 students participated in the mixed methods study, completing the brief, anonymous, online survey. The mean level of understanding about what palliative social workers do, rated from 1 (no understanding) to 5 (very good understanding), was 2.96 (SD=.99) before viewing the video and 4.31 (SD=.61) after, for an increase of 1.35 points (95% CI=1.14, 1.55) (p&lt;.001). The mean level of interest in a career in palliative care social work and working with seriously ill persons and their family members, rated from 1 (Not at all interested) to 5 (Extremely interested), was 2.52 (SD=.99) before viewing the video and 3.45 SD=.80) after, for an increase of .91 points (95% CI=.79, 1.07) (p&lt;.001). Qualitative data supporting the quantitative findings will be presented. This study suggests that a video intervention may be an effective tool to increase knowledge and interest in palliative and end-of-life care among social work students.

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