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Effective Preventative Interventions Of Substance Use, Amanda Logan
Effective Preventative Interventions Of Substance Use, Amanda Logan
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
Substance use among adolescents remains a serious problem in most rural communities in part due to the well-documented failure of most prevention programs. Despite these challenges some prevention programs have been deemed both reliable and valid. Three such programs include the:
Adolescent Transitions Program, Strengthening Families Program: For Parents and Youth 10-14, and Guiding Good Choices. This paper provides a systemic review of these three programs and offers suggestions to community leaders for successful program implementation.
Boundaries, Hospice And Rural Communities: Social Workers’ Perspective, Haylee Erin Spronk
Boundaries, Hospice And Rural Communities: Social Workers’ Perspective, Haylee Erin Spronk
Master of Social Work Clinical Research Papers
In the past years, the utilization of hospice has increased greatly from previous years and is expected to only increase. This increase is not only found in urban communities but in rural communities as well. Previous research exemplifies that professional boundaries can be different in rural communities than in urban communities. This research set out to explore how rural hospice social workers maintain professional boundaries through eight (n=8) semi-structured interviews. The findings, developed through an open-coding process, included the following themes: the rural community and the grocery store experience, maintaining professional boundaries, and methods to helping professional boundaries …