Diana Lee Guida Brown was a member of the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) from 1959, just four years after the association started, until 2022. Her daughters Rev. Marisa Anne Brown Ludwig and Gian Arthur Brown wanted to share her obituary with NASW...
Throughout a career in social work at New York area hospitals, Diana Guida Brown gave passionate voice to the needs and dignity of hospital patients
Prior research has found that the prevalence and severity of intimate partner violence increase in communities experiencing a disaster. Less studied are the associations between intimate partner violence, disaster exposure, and mental health outcomes following...
Here are some of the featured stories in the October – November 2022 issue of Social Work Advocates magazine.
The journal Health & Social Work contains an article titled “Burden Predictors for Informal Caregivers of Older Adults in Spain: The Role of Cohabitation, Coping Strategies, Social Support, and Evaluation of Preexisting Relationships,” which examines the relationship between different variables and the caregiver’s subjective burden.
Youth suicide rates have consistently risen over the past decade, and stigma related to mental health may create a barrier to young people seeking help. Schools are a common intercept point for mental health and suicide prevention programming. In the latest Children...
The October 2022 issue of the journal Social Work contains an article titled “Social Work Licensure Portability: A Necessity in a Post-COVID-19 World.”
On July 7, 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released its proposed rule of the Physician Fee Schedule (PFS) that announced proposed policy and practice changes for Medicare Part B payments beginning January 1, 2023. The proposed changes may...