Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons^™

The Rural Social Development Research Group At West Virginia University, Roger A. Lohmann

Faculty & Staff Scholarship

This paper is intended to present and discuss the emergent research program on social work in rural areas at the WVU School of Social Work, It also outlines a program of future research, and attempts to do that by outlining a research focus that is small scale, cost conscious, practice oriented and designed to place social work at its core. Finally, the intent is to suggest a clear and enduring linkages between what social work research and social work practice in rural areas.