By Diana Ling, MA, Senior Program Manager; and Anna Mangum, MSW, MPH, Senior Health Strategist; Health Behavior Research and Training Institute; The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work Young women are now binge drinking more than young men, according...
In honor of FASD Awareness Month, social workers can help reduce the prevalence of FASDs by conducting alcohol screening, brief interventions, and referral to treatment for all clients—including pregnant women—and clearly communicating the importance of avoiding any alcohol throughout pregnancy.
NASW members are encouraged to comment on an important proposed rule to strengthen nondiscrimination protections in health programs through Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.
The NASW Mississippi Chapter has mobilized volunteers to help and is seeking donations.
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), as part of an initiative to promote licensure portability for military spouses, in 2021 awarded a $500,000 grant for the development of an interstate licensure compact for social workers. The compact would give social workers to...
Social workers witness how the influence of money in politics is shaping and reinforcing systems that increasingly benefit wealthy donors and special interest groups.
By Gary Pettengell, ECINSIf there were ever a time to truly appreciate the essential contributions to society made by social workers - it would be now. As we find ways to recognize, inspire, and equip social work professionals tackling a confluence of challenges in...
The ballot initiative sought to significantly narrow who is an “employee” under Massachusetts law, thereby excluding hundreds of thousands of workers from the employment rights and protections provided by state law.