Environmental Justice And Disasters: Social Workers’ Role In Combating Structural Inequalities

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Allison Gibson
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Structural Inequalities

Spaces of belonging and social care

2019 ◽  
pp. 159-186
Author(s):  
Louise Drammeh
Keyword(s):  
Social Networks ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Care ◽  
Structural Constraints ◽  
Precarious Situation ◽  
Structural Inequalities

Unaccompanied young migrants are in a precarious situation but despite this, they can and do create some feelings of belonging. This chapter explores the forms and spaces of belonging that young people create, and the ways in which social workers and others can support this process. It examines the concept of belonging in relation to an asylum system designed to exclude. Despite structural constraints, young people strive to create some spaces of belonging, including accommodation, schools and colleges, places of worship, social networks and local neighbourhoods. The chapter suggests how, through creative and assertive use of existing processes, social workers can stand alongside young people, challenge oppression, overcome barriers and strengthen their opportunities to create and sustain those experiences of belonging. The chapter concludes that although unaccompanied young people do, in many ways, create some spaces of belonging, unless structural inequalities are addressed these will be contingent, incomplete and fragile.

scholarly journals COVID-19 as Eco-Pandemic Injustice: Opportunities for Collective and Antiracist Approaches to Environmental Health

2021 ◽  
pp. 002214652110057
Author(s):  
Martha Powers ◽  
Phil Brown ◽  
Grace Poudrier ◽  
Jennifer Liss Ohayon ◽  
Alissa Cordner ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Environmental Health ◽  
Transformational Change ◽  
The United States ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Justice Theory ◽  
Socioecological Systems ◽  
Poverty And Health ◽  
Structural Inequalities

The COVID-19 pandemic has coincided with a powerful upsurge in antiracist activism in the United States, linking many forms and consequences of racism to public and environmental health. This commentary develops the concept of eco-pandemic injustice to explain interrelationships between the pandemic and socioecological systems, demonstrating how COVID-19 both reveals and deepens structural inequalities that form along lines of environmental health. Using Pellow’s critical environmental justice theory, we examine how the crisis has made more visible and exacerbated links between racism, poverty, and health while providing opportunities to enact change through collective embodied health movements. We describe new collaborations and the potential for meaningful opportunities at the intersections between health, antiracist, environmental, and political movements that are advocating for the types of transformational change described by critical environmental justice.

scholarly journals Outdoor Spaces, Transportation, and Environmental Justice: A Qualitative Interpretive Meta-Synthesis

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 701-702
Author(s):  
Noelle Fields ◽  
Kristen Ravi ◽  
Holly Dabelko-Schoeny
Keyword(s):  
Older Adults ◽  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Life Course ◽  
Procedural Justice ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Active Aging ◽  
Outdoor Spaces ◽  
Rich Description ◽  
Outdoor Space ◽  
The Life Course

Abstract Age-friendly environments aim to promote healthy and active aging by building and maintaining capacity across the life course and allow people who have a loss of capacity to continue engaging in activities that they value. Age-friendly community assessments are being conducted worldwide. This qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis (QIMS) aims to create a rich description of older adults’ experiences with outdoor spaces and buildings as well as transportation as part of an age-friendly assessment. The themes that emerged regarding older adults’ experiences with outdoor space and buildings included 1) accessibility and 2) appropriate infrastructure. Regarding transportation, the theme of accessibility included subthemes of 1) availability and 2) affordability. Further reduction indicated that age-friendliness can be conceptualized as environmental justice (EJ). The three areas of EJ including distributional justice, procedural justice, and recognition provide a helpful framework for social workers and their interdisciplinary partners to systematically document and evaluate their age-friendly community efforts.

Environmental justice: A call for action for social workers

2018 ◽  
Vol 61 (4) ◽  
pp. 476-480 ◽  
Author(s):  
PK Shajahan ◽  
Pooja Sharma
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice ◽  
Social Workers

scholarly journals Social Work Challenges in the Second Decade of the 21st Century

Affilia ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 32 (1) ◽  
pp. 105-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lena Dominelli
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
21St Century ◽  
Structural Inequalities

This article considers the challenges 21st-century social workers face and focuses specifically on that of racism including Islamophobia and structural inequalities in the society generally. It argues that social workers have the knowledge, skills, and values to endorse egalitarian relations across racial divides.

Spotlight on the Clinician in the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia: Balancing Relationship-Centered Care and Professionalism

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 414-424
Author(s):  
Rochelle Cohen-Schneider ◽  
Melodie T. Chan ◽  
Denise M. McCall ◽  
Allison M. Tedesco ◽  
Ann P. Abramson
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Therapeutic Relationship ◽  
Interprofessional Collaboration ◽  
Opportunity To Learn ◽  
Subjective Experiences ◽  
Speech Language Pathologists ◽  
Self Disclosure ◽  
Centered Care ◽  
High Standards ◽  
Therapeutic Encounter

Background Speech-language pathologists make clinical decisions informed by evidence-based theory and “beliefs, values and emotional experiences” ( Hinckley, 2005 , p. 265). These subjective processes, while not extensively studied, underlie the workings of the therapeutic relationship and contribute to treatment outcomes. While speech-language pathologists do not routinely pay attention to subjective experiences of the therapeutic encounter, social workers do. Thus, the field of social work makes an invaluable contribution to the knowledge and skills of speech-language pathologists. Purpose This clinical focus article focuses on the clinician's contribution to the therapeutic relationship by surfacing elements of the underlying subjective processes. Method Vignettes were gathered from clinicians in two community aphasia programs informed by the principles of the Life Participation Approach to Aphasia. Results and Discussion By reflecting on and sharing aspects of clinical encounters, clinicians reveal subjective processing occurring beneath the surface. The vignettes shed light on the following clinical behaviors: listening to the client's “whole self,” having considerations around self-disclosure, dealing with biases, recognizing and surfacing clients' identities, and fostering hope. Speech-language pathologists are given little instruction on the importance of the therapeutic relationship, how to conceptualize this relationship, and how to balance this relationship with professionalism. Interprofessional collaboration with social workers provides a rich opportunity to learn ways to form and utilize the benefits of a strong therapeutic relationship while maintaining high standards of ethical behavior. Conclusion This clinical focus article provides speech-language pathologists with the “nuts and bolts” for considering elements of the therapeutic relationship. This is an area that is gaining traction in the field of speech-language pathology and warrants further investigation.

Chronicles from the Environmental Justice Frontline

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Timmons Roberts ◽  
Melissa M. Toffolon-Weiss
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Justice
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