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Macro interventions and their influence on individual and community well-being.
- Source :
- Journal of Social Work; Nov2018, Vol. 18 Issue 6, p679-702, 24p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Summary Due to the focus of micro-practice interventions on clinical outcomes and macro-practice interventions on structural outcomes, limited research exists on the clinical benefits resulting from clients’ involvement in macro therapeutic interventions (i.e. structural interventions that target community, organizational, systems, and/or policy-level change and which also have clinical benefits to clients or consumers). In response to this knowledge gap, the authors present four case studies of macro therapeutic interventions in the areas of social enterprise creation, community-based participatory research, transformative organizing, and community-based partnerships. Findings Collectively, these interventions draw from community, economic, and social development theory, empowerment theory, feminist theory, and critical theory. The authors synthesize the key intervention components across case studies that contribute to clinical and collective empowerment outcomes. Applications The authors then offer recommendations to the social work profession for developing, implementing, and evaluating macro therapeutic interventions within clinical practice settings. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CHILD welfare
CLINICAL competence
COMMUNITIES
CONCEPTUAL structures
INTERVIEWING
LEADERSHIP
RESEARCH methodology
CASE studies
MEDICAL protocols
NONPROFIT organizations
ORGANIZATIONAL change
RESEARCH funding
SELF-efficacy
SEXISM
SOCIAL case work
SOCIAL services
SOCIAL workers
PILOT projects
PROFESSIONAL practice
LGBTQ+ people
WELL-being
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14680173
- Volume :
- 18
- Issue :
- 6
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Social Work
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 132802982
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1177/1468017318757160