1. Vietnamese social work practitioners' conceptions of practice with sexual minorities.
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Le, Trang Mai and Yu, Nilan
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PROFESSIONAL practice , *SOCIAL workers , *RESEARCH methodology , *INTERVIEWING , *SURVEYS , *SEXUAL minorities , *SOCIAL worker attitudes , *LESBIANS , *QUESTIONNAIRES , *SOUND recordings , *DESCRIPTIVE statistics , *RESEARCH funding , *SOCIAL services , *GAY people - Abstract
This paper presents the findings of a study that examined Vietnamese social work practitioners' conceptions of practice with people who identified as lesbian or gay. The findings presented in this article, drawn from semi-structured interviews with 12 social work practitioners in Hanoi, Vietnam, form part of the findings of a bigger study that looked into the attitudes of Vietnamese social work practitioners toward sexual minorities and how they conceptualise practice in relation to this segment of the population. A notable proportion of the interview participants, all of whom presented as having moderate to positive attitudes toward sexual minorities, were found to hold a heterosexist assumption with regards to the sexual identity of their clients. And while there was consensus in the need for a social work response, there were differences in the practitioners' conceptions of what form this should take. The participants were open to direct practice with individuals and a limited degree of community engagement but were apprehensive with the prospect of undertaking policy advocacy. It is argued that these conceptions of practice are informed by limitations imposed by their political environment as well as dominant ideological and philosophical influences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2022
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