Social Work and Community Practice - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1774632500 ISBN 13: 9781774632505

Publisher: Apple Academic Press, 2021

Synopsis

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters.

This book explores a variety of physical, mental, and lifestyle challenges faced by community populations. Some of the topics discussed include homelessness, smoking trends among certain populations, mental health issues among different age and gender groups, substance abuse, and domestic violence. The book also examines community health promotion, nutrition intervention, contraception, and more.

About this title

About the Author

Sharon Duca Palmer, CSW, LMSW, has worked in a variety of settings in her twenty-year career as a social worker. Since 1990, she has been a school social worker at the ACLD Kramer Learning Center in Bay Shore, New York. She is also a Certified Field Instructor at the Adelphi University, School of Social Work in Garden City, New York.

From the Back Cover

This title includes a number of Open Access chapters. This book explores a variety of physical, mental, and lifestyle challenges faced by community populations. Some of the topics discussed include homelessness, smoking trends among certain populations, mental health issues among different age and gender groups, substance abuse, and domestic violence. The book also examines community health promotion, nutrition intervention, contraception, and more.

Edition details

• Publisher: Apple Academic Press
• Publication date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1774632500
• ISBN 13: 9781774632505
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350
• Editor: Palmer Sharon Duca