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- Social workers play an important role in assessing social determinants of health (SDH) and providing behavioral health services in integrated care settings. Evidence suggests that integrated care interventions improve quality of life and other patient outcomes.
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Dec 20, 2018 · The articles in this issue clarify the roles and practice realities of social workers in integrated health care settings while providing macro system recommendations to support social work and integrated health models of care.
- Lisa de Saxe Zerden Msw, Brianna M. Lombardi Msw, Anne Jones Msw
- 2019
They seek to learn more about what social workers (and other professionals) currently do in a variety of integrated health care settings and, as a result, what can be done to better utilize these practitioners. One of the guiding forces is the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
Social workers are making significant contributions to integrated health care—it is time that their contributions to individuals and their families dealing with a multitude of physical and behavioral health problems, to other health care professions, and to society are fully recognized.
May 5, 2020 · Looking at the social determinants of health (SDHs), the argument is made that social workers working both at the mirco and marco levels of care play an important role in assisting individuals with navigating the systems, providing education, and helping with developing plans for a healthier lifestyle.
- Jeffrey Boyles
- 2020
The articles within this special issue of Social Work in Health Care offer exemplars of the power of social work in integrated settings with the capacity to address the scope of behavioral health, psychosocial, and physical health care needs.
- Lisa de Saxe Zerden Msw, Brianna M. Lombardi Msw, Anne Jones Msw
- 2019
Jul 14, 2020 · The seminal Consensus Study by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine released in September 2019 describes the benefits of integrating health and social care service delivery, underscoring the central role of social determinants of health (SDOH) in health outcomes.
Papers selected for this special issue focused on two themes: (a) defining the expanding roles and functions social workers fulfill in integrated health settings, and (b) identifying organizational and system factors that affect social workers' delivery of interventions in integrated health models.
