Social Work Practice With Local Communities in Developing Countries

Ten emerging "communities" for social work education and practice.

Recent research (Fisher & Corciullo, 2011; Rothman, 2012) has documented the decline of community organization content in social work education curriculums. There are several factors that contribute to this trend. Among them is the fact that most social work faculty members have little experience in community organization and do not feel prepared to teach such content. In addition, and perhaps ...

Social Issues in Developing Countries

Comparative Study of Burnout Rate of Psychiatric Social Workers with Other Areas of Social Work Practice in Tehran

Introduction: Psychiatric social work is one of the most important areas in which social workers as a member of the treatment team provide specialized services in providing a supportive environment for people with mental disorders and their families to meet their needs and return to society. Because one of the factors influencing the quality of social services provided to social work target gro...

Developing communities of practice in health care

Local Air Pollution in Fast Developing Countries

The non-linear chemistry, responsible for ozone formation poses problems in developing an optimized abatement strategy. Estimates of emissions are often quite uncertain, e.g. in estimates of biogenic emissions and car emissions. Effective abatement should be based on a careful evaluation of local conditions regarding oxidant formation. Some control strategies are effective in one place, but not...