Social Work

"Social Work" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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The use of community resources, individual case work, or group work to promote the adaptive capacities of individuals in relation to their social and economic environments. It includes social service agencies.

Descriptor ID	D012947
MeSH Number(s)	I01.880.792 N02.421.849
Concept/Terms	Social Work Social Work Work, Social Service, Social Services, Social Social Services Social Service

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Social Work".

Anthropology, Education, Sociology and Social Phenomena [I]
Social Sciences [I01]
Sociology [I01.880]
Social Work [I01.880.792]
Health Care [N]
Health Care Facilities, Manpower, and Services [N02]
Health Services [N02.421]
Social Work [N02.421.849]

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is related to "Social Work".

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Social Work".

Social Work
Social Work, Psychiatric

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Social Work" by people in this website by year, and whether "Social Work" was a major or minor topic of these publications.

Bar chart showing 36 publications over 21 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 2017 and 2020

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	1	1
1995	1	0	1
1998	1	0	1
2002	1	0	1
2003	1	1	2
2004	1	1	2
2007	1	0	1
2008	1	1	2
2009	0	1	1
2010	0	2	2
2011	1	0	1
2013	3	0	3
2014	1	1	2
2016	1	0	1
2017	3	1	4
2019	1	0	1
2020	2	2	4
2021	0	3	3
2022	0	1	1
2023	0	1	1
2024	1	0	1

Below are the most recent publications written about "Social Work" by people in Profiles.

de Carvalho Cor?a R, Ben Charif A, Robitaille V, G V Mochcovitch D, Abdoulaye Samri M, Akpo TG, Gogovor A, Blanchette V, Gomes Souza L, Kastner K, M Achim A, McLean RKD, Milat A, L?gar? F. Strategies for involving patients and the public in scaling initiatives in health and social services: A scoping review. Health Expect. 2024 Jun; 27(3):e14086.

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Clark SL, Julien-Chinn F, Jones A, Jen S, Dowdy-Hazlett T, Hunt MK. "Without Compassion We Don't Have a Social Work Field": A Thematic Analysis Exploring Social Workers' Experiences with Compassion. J Evid Based Soc Work (2019). 2023 Nov 02; 20(6):954-980.

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Spadola C, Groton DB, Littlewood K, Hilditch C, Burke S, Bertisch SM. Sleep Health Education to Promote Public Health: Attitudes and Desired Learning Goals among Social Work Students. Soc Work Public Health. 2023 01 02; 38(1):11-20.

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Kreif T, Chismar W, Braun KL, DeMattos M, Sentell T, Guo J, Mokuau N. Social Work in Action: The Thompson School of Social Work & Public Health: Continuing a Strong Legacy of Research, Training, and Service Towards Social Justice and Health Equity. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2021 08; 80(8):199-202.

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MacLeod KE, Chapel JM, McCurdy M, Minaya-Junca J, Wirth D, Onwuanyi A, Lane RI. The implementation cost of a safety-net hospital program addressing social needs in Atlanta. Health Serv Res. 2021 06; 56(3):474-485.

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Ben Charif A, Plourde KV, Guay-B?langer S, Zomahoun HTV, Gogovor A, Straus S, Beleno R, Kastner K, McLean RKD, Milat AJ, Wolfenden L, Paquette JS, Geiger F, L?gar? F. Strategies for involving patients and the public in scaling-up initiatives in health and social services: protocol for a scoping review and Delphi survey. Syst Rev. 2021 02 11; 10(1):55.

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Yoshioka-Maxwell A. Social Work in Action: Social Connectedness and Homelessness Amidst a Pandemic: Are the Social Impacts of Quarantine on Homeless Populations Being Adequately Addressed? Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2020 11 01; 79(11):329-331.

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Kreif TM, Braun KL, Kreif TM. Social Work in Action: Aloha E Dean Mokuau: Mai Ka Ho'oku'i A Ka Halawai. From Zenith to Horizon. Hawaii J Health Soc Welf. 2020 08 01; 79(8):259-261.

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Lee YJ. The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Vulnerable Older Adults in the United States. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2020 Aug-Oct; 63(6-7):559-564.

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McCarthy MJ, Lyons KS, Schellinger J, Stapleton K, Bakas T. Interpersonal relationship challenges among stroke survivors and family caregivers. Soc Work Health Care. 2020 02; 59(2):91-107.

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