The profession of social work has, since its inception, stressed the importance of the family system in practice and policy development. Even though the family has always been central to effective social work practice, the framing of the family system from a holistic health perspective is new to the field. This collection develops a family health perspective that will facilitate effective social work practice and policy development.
Family health is an emerging practice orientation within the field of social work. A family health orientation practice utilizes a holistic approach that examines family strength and stress inside and outside the family system. How families perceive these conditions and their ability to adapt and change will greatly determine how concerns are managed by the family system. A critical role of the social work practitioner is to help families deal with these pressures at both the micro and macro levels.
The family health perspective examined in this collection deals with assessment and intervention through a family health approach; research and evaluation on family health; family health and cultural diversity; family health and social policy; and social service delivery through a family health approach.
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Develops a family health perspective to facilitate effective social work practice and policy development.
Acknowledgments ix A Family Health Approach to Social Work Practice 1(16) Francis K. O. Yuen John T. Pardeck The Properties of the Family Health Approach 17(12) Francis K. O. Yuen Family Health Social Work Practice: From Theory to Intervention 29(16) James G. Daley Catherine L. Hawkins Treating Families Through a Family Health Perspective 45(16) Mary Ann Jennings Gregory J. skibinski A Statistical Analysis of Family Health 61(20) Dee K. Vernberg Clinical Instruments for Assessing Family Health 81(20) James G. Daley Family Health and Cultural Diversity 101(14) Francis K. O. Yuen Family Health and Family Violence 115(22) Joan C. McClennen An Analysis of Family Health and Family Policy 137(16) John T. Pardeck Postmodernism, Family Health, and Reflexivity in Social Work Practice 153(10) John T. Murphy John T. Pardeck Karen A. Callaghan Family Health--centered Community Practice 163(24) Lola M. Butler Diane Elliott Index 187(4) About the Editors and Contributors 191
JOHN T. PARDECK is Professor of Social Work in the School of Social Work at Southwest Missouri State University./e Pardeck has published more than 100 articles and numerous books on social work issues.
FRANCIS K. O. YUEN is Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at Southwest Missouri State University./e He has authored numerous articles on family health and diversity issues.
