ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF OUTCOME-RELATED PUBLICATION BIAS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 83 (3) ◽  
pp. A90-A90
Author(s):  
Student

A social worker . . . submitted a fictitious article to 140 journals in social work and related disciplines. The article pretended to analyze the value of a "social work intervention" in which an asthmatic child was temporarily separated from its parents in an effort to relieve symptoms . . . In half the articles, the findings supported the effectiveness of a social worker intervening, while in the other half the intervention was judged ineffective . . . Social work journals favored the positive version of the article, which supported the value of social work intervention, and often shunned the negative version . . . "The referees of these journals are not able to apply objectivity or the standards of science," [the researcher] said.

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (7) ◽  
pp. 58-74
Author(s):  
Raquel Marta

Sublinhando as formas fundamentais da subjectividade subjacentes à intervenção do assistente social, o presente artigo explora diferentes contributos para a ética no serviço social contemporâneo. O trabalho do filósofo alemão Fichte fornece-nos o ponto de partida para a incorporação da imaginação e da liberdade no pensar ético. O acto da invenção criativa não é um acto solitário, mas antes um acto animado na e pela relação com o Outro. Nesta relação, a atenção ao contexto, ao instante, ao acontecimento e à singularidade que contribuem para o pensar e o agir ético do assistente social são ainda considerados sob diferentes perspectivas. Underlining the fundamental forms of subjectivity implicit on the of social work intervention, this article explores different contributions to contemporary social ethics. The work of the German philosopher Fichte provides a starting point from which to incorporate imagination and freedom in ethical thinking. The act of creative invention is not a solitary act, but developed in and through the relation with the Other. In this relation, attention to the context, to the moment and uniqueness of the ethical event are also considered as contributes to the social worker ethical thinking and action.


2020 ◽  
pp. 147332502094122
Author(s):  
Alex Dennis ◽  
Jadwiga Leigh

This paper explores the employment of communication, engagement and relationship-based practice skills by a Flemish social worker working with a parent who was alleged to have assaulted his child. We deploy insights gained from ethnomethodology to analyse extracts from an ethnographic observation. We show how a respectful approach can be developed between two parties who seek to find meaning from the chain of events they are presented with. In doing so, we establish how practice can be conducted differently depending on the context in which professionals and families find themselves. We argue that social workers’ identities revolve around being competent members of their professional community by working within the recommended guidelines and keeping children safe. However, this does not mean that organisational rules determine the activities that take place. Instead, we show how social workers can use their experience and skills to develop effective working relationships and still achieve their intended outcomes without blaming or shaming parents.


Author(s):  
Alexis Bustos Villarroel

El presente trabajo es fruto de la recopilación bibliográfica respecto de los modelos de intervención en Trabajo Social, cómo ellos se han reformulado, conforme han ido confluyendo los distintos cambios de paradigmas, los cambios en las cosmovisiones filosóficas y finalmente, en las teorías que sostienen dichos modelos, o sea, en las distintas epistemologías1. El presente artículo inicia con un análisis respecto de las influencias que ha tenido la ciencia formal, en el desarrollo de los modelos y teorías de las ciencias sociales y ciencias aplicadas en general. De esta forma, se analizan brevemente los distintos modelos de intervención en trabajo social, finalizando en los planteamientos del Asistente Social australiano Michael White y el Antropólogo neozelandés David Epston, precursores de la Terapia Narrativa.Modelos contemporâneos de intervenção em TrabalhoSocial: Revisão Bibliográfica do Modelo NarrativoPresente trabalho é fruto da compilação bibliográfica referente aosmodelos de intervenção em Trabalho Social, como eles, tem sidoreformulados conforme têm ido concorrendo as diferentes mudanças deparadigmas, mudanças nas visões filosóficas e finalmente, nas teoriasque sustentam esses modelos, ou seja, nas diferentes epistemologias.O presente artigo começa com uma análise respeito das influências quetem a ciência formal no desenvolvimento dos modelos e teorias dasciências sociais e ciências aplicadas em geral. Desta forma, analisam-sebrevemente os diferentes modelos de intervenção em trabalho social,finalizando nas abordagens do trabalhador social australiano MichaelWhite e o antropólogo Neozelandês David Epston, pioneiros da terapianarrativa.Contemporary Models of Social Work Intervention:Review of the Narrative Model This work is the output of the bibliography compilation regardingintervention models in social work and how they have been reformulatedaccording to new and different changes in paradigms, in philosophicalworldviews and finally, in theories supporting those models, that is, atdifferent epistemologies. This article begins with a discussion regardingthe influences that formal science have had in the development of modelsand theories in social sciences and applied sciences in general. It brieflydiscusses the different models of social work intervention and finisheswith the approach of the Australian social worker Michael White and theZealander anthropologist David Epston as precursors of the NarrativeTherapy.


2020 ◽  
Vol 31 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-13
Author(s):  
Cecilia Lai Wan Chan

This is a reflection of my personal journal of my engagement in research on social worker practice to being out change in society. Through my 40 years of social work practice, I have used touching stories, case studies, pre–post intervention outcome studies, randomized control trials, and eventually moving into using biomarkers as outcome measures on the efficacy of social work intervention.


Author(s):  
Mónica Liset Valbuena Porras ◽  
Lina María Pinzón Rocha

El presente artículo de reflexión busca analizar las competencias profesionales que adquiere el trabajador social en Colombia, acorde a las exigencias, necesidades e intereses que se encuentran inmersas en las comunidades con el fin de valorar la identidad profesional que se tiene con su profesión tomando como referente las competencias específicas establecidas por el Consejo Nacional para la Educación en Trabajo Social (CONETS) (2011) y por otro lado las nuevas exigencias del mercado que ha reducido la profesión a una práctica inmediata.This review article aims to analyze the professional skills acquired by the social worker in Colombia, according to the demands, needs and interests that are embedded in communities in order to assess the professional identity that is his profession taking as reference specific competencies established by the National Council on Social Work Education (CONETS) (2011) and on the other hand the new demands of the market which has reduced the immediate practical profession.


Author(s):  
Jeanne C. Marsh

Laura Epstein (1914–1996) was a social worker, writer, and academic. She developed the task centered treatment method of social work intervention. Her search for more humane and effective therapies has influenced many students, practitioners, and clients.


2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (3) ◽  
pp. 281-310
Author(s):  
Anna Heinonen

Disciplinary violence is a type of a crime that still is not always perceived as a crime and perceptions of the severity and ‘educational’ nature of the acts still may affect authority decision making. This is not indifferent as pre-trial investigation carried out by the police has a crucial impact on how suspicions of crime proceed in the criminal process, especially when it comes to suspicions of violence against children. During pre-trial investigation, the police affect what kind of a case is being ‘constructed’ as a crime and, thus, affect what we perceive as a crime. This process of ‘defining’ what constitutes a crime is very meaningful especially when considering crimes like disciplinary violence that have not traditionally been considered as forbidden. Based on Finnish reports of crime to the police and pre-trial investigation documents from the year 2011, this research examines, first, what kind of typical suspicions of disciplinary violence come to the attention of the police and, second, how these suspicions have proceeded. The analysis shows that a typical suspicion of disciplinary violence is reported to the police by a social worker or the other parent, and that slightly less than two-thirds of the cases had been sent to a prosecutor. However, from the point of view of due process and equal treatment of children, the analysis yields alarming findings in the sense of very diverse policies of police departments and individual investigators in dealing with suspicions of disciplinary violence.


2020 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 5-27
Author(s):  
Monica Y. E. Chi

Non-faith-based social work educators and researchers have a poor understanding of what might motivate Christians in social work and whether Christian motivations have any place in social work. On the other hand, Christians have difficulty articulating actions inspired by their faith in ways that others can comprehend despite feeling misunderstood. The focus of this article is to present the framework of faith-inspired praxis of love and lay the groundwork for intergroup dialogue. The framework draws from the works of Jane Addams, Dorothy Day, Martin Luther King, Jr., Jean Vanier, and Mary Jo Leddy, five notable leaders in Christian spirituality and public initiatives, to discuss their conceptualization of faith, love, and praxis. Practice and research implications of this framework for social work are discussed.


2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (7) ◽  
pp. 2172-2190
Author(s):  
Margareta Hydén ◽  
David Gadd ◽  
Thomas Grund

Abstract Combining narrative analysis with social network analysis, this article analyses the case of a young Swedish female who had been physically and sexually abused. We show how she became trapped in an abusive relationship at the age of fourteen years following social work intervention in her family home, and how she ultimately escaped from this abuse aged nineteen years. The analysis illustrates the significance of responses to interpersonal violence from the social networks that surround young people; responses that can both entrap them in abusive relationships by blaming them for their problems and enable them to escape abuse by recognising their strengths and facilitating their choices. The article argues that the case for social work approaches that envision young people’s social networks after protective interventions have been implemented. The article explains that such an approach has the potential to reconcile the competing challenges of being responsive to young people’s needs while anticipating the heightened risk of being exposed to sexual abuse young people face when estranged from their families or after their trust in professionals has been eroded.


Author(s):  
Julianne S. Oktay ◽  
Elizabeth A. Rohan ◽  
Karen Burruss ◽  
Christine Callahan ◽  
Tara J. Schapmire ◽  
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