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.
Two recent incidents of apparent police misconduct have received national attention that NASW finds to be deeply problematic.
Social worker Michael Lindsey, PhD, MSW, MPH, has been appointed to the Centers for Disease Control's Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) for a five year-year term starting in 2022. Lindsey is executive director of the McSilver Institute for Poverty...
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) is thrilled that the Seeding Rural Resilience Act, which we endorsed, has passed Congress and will go to the President's desk for signature. The bill is crucial in reducing the high rate of rural suicides. NASW is...
NASW’s Task Force for Private Practice Guidelines is seeking public comments for the document, Clinical Social Workers in Private Practice: A Reference Manual. This manual provides a useful set of guidelines for clinical social workers starting a private practice and...
The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) has joined other organizations in criticizing the final 2021 Medicare Physician Fee Schedule. The Centers for Medicaid and Medicare Services failed to provide relief from a significant shift in physician and...
December 1, 2020 About Social Work Responds The Association of Social Work Boards, the Council on Social Work Education, and the National Association of Social Workers are committed to collaborating on the range of issues affecting the social work profession and the...