The NASW (National Association of Social Workers) Code of Ethics (1996) guides social workers’ professional conduct, but provides little instruction when one’s own supervisor behaves unethically. Using student-collected interviews, they found six typologies of supervisors
This report of the global workforceproposes that mobilization and strengthening of human resources for health is the key in fighting health crisis. Nearly all countries are challenged by worker shortage, skill mix imbalance, maldistribution, negative work
This research paper contains techniques on gathering new information to assess community needs. It details five techniques to effectively identify the current situation of the community and the local needs, these are (1) the key
This article examines whether performance is higher in firms that emphasize data-driven decision making. The research shows that firms that use data-driven decision making gain 5-6% higher outputs and productivity compared to what was expected.
This paper illustrates the collaboration between the Afghan government and two international schools of social work to initiate national social work standards and curricula by engaging local practitioners in defining their work and core competencies
The article is about creating a suitable, integrated, and scalable information system in the health sector. It also provides theoretical concepts to support standardization processes in complex systems, and suggests an approach to implement health
A study was done of public, nonprofit, and for-profit organizations operating in the social service sector, and 2,066 workers in these organizations. The research tested whether workers’ satisfaction and loyalty to the organization is influenced
This paper examines research to find out if professional associations succeed in disseminating research to social workers. The findings found that the online dissemination of research by these professional associations is lacking. There is a
With growing interest in volunteer-tourism around the world, there is an increasing trend of volunteering within residential care centres such as orphanages and children’s homes. There is a critical need to raise awareness of the
Public health decision-making is critically dependent on the timely availability of sound data. The role of health information systems is to generate, analyze and disseminate such data. In practice, health information systems rarely function systematically.
Social work has recently featured a mobile workforce, joining other professions in having members navigate the opportunities and challenges posed by working and living in countries other than their country of birth and the country
Social work has recently featured a mobile workforce, joining other professions in having members navigate the opportunities and challenges posed by working and living in countries other than their country of birth and the country
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