Overview
Featuring contributions from practitioners, researchers, and academics, this volume synthesizes and analyzes current trends in rural social work practice and considers the most effective ways to serve rural communities. Contributors consider the history and development of rural social work from its beginnings to the present day, addressing the value of the Internet and other new information technologies in helping clients. They also examine the effects of nonprofit organizations and welfare reform on poor rural areas. Coverage of specific client populations and fields of practice includes services for rural mental healthcare; the chronically mentally ill; healthcare for minorities; and the challenges faced by the elderly in rural areas. The contributors also consider issues affecting gays and lesbians living in rural communities and the role of religiosity and social support in the well-being of HIV/AIDS clients. The book concludes with a consideration of the unique issues associated with educating social workers for rural practice.
Full Product Details
Author: Nancy Lohmann ,
Roger Lohmann (Professor)
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Imprint: Columbia University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 15.20cm
, Height: 2.00cm
, Length: 22.90cm
Weight: 0.496kg
ISBN: 9780231129336
ISBN 10: 0231129335
Pages: 376
Publication Date: 28 March 2008
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: Manufactured on demand
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Language: English
Reviews
"""This is a fine basic text or reader for social work students who want to absorb the flavor and needs of practice in the rural US."" -- Choice ""An important contribution to the literature and should be widely consulted by anyone interested in rural social welfare."" -- Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare"
This is a fine basic text or reader for social work students who want to absorb the flavor and needs of practice in the rural US. -- Choice An important contribution to the literature and should be widely consulted by anyone interested in rural social welfare. -- Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare
Author Information
Nancy Lohmann is a professor of social work at West Virginia University and senior adviser to the provost. She is the coeditor of Transitions of Aging. Roger Lohmann is a professor of social work at West Virginia University. He is the author of The Commons: New Perspectives on Nonprofit Organization and Voluntary Action and Breaking Even: Financial Management in Human Service Organizations and the editor of Nonprofit Management and Leadership. The Lohmanns are also the coauthors of Social Administration (Columbia).
