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Physician and nurse practitioner perceptions of social worker and community health worker roles in primary care practices caring for frail elders: Insights for social work.
- Source :
- Social Work in Health Care; Jan2020, Vol. 59 Issue 1, p46-60, 15p
- Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Social workers (SW) and community health workers (CHW) have emerged as key workforce personnel in efforts to care for elders in the U.S. However, little is known about the presence and roles of SW and CHW in primary care practices. This paper presents findings from a nationally representative survey of geriatrics and primary care practices. Physician and nurse practitioner clinicians were randomly selected within practices, stratifying by practice staffing and presence/absence of geriatric clinicians; our final sample for this analysis included 341 practices. Key findings include: reported challenges in meeting the social service needs of elders, underutilization of SW, and fuller utilization of social work competencies in practices in which both SW and CHW were present. These findings offer a unique perspective of SW on interprofessional teams and have implications for the future of the profession. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- ELDER care
MEDICAL needs assessment
NURSES' attitudes
PRIMARY health care
QUESTIONNAIRES
RESEARCH funding
STATISTICAL sampling
SOCIAL case work
SOCIAL services
SOCIAL workers
PROFESSIONAL practice
JOB performance
OCCUPATIONAL roles
CROSS-sectional method
PHYSICIANS' attitudes
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00981389
- Volume :
- 59
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Social Work in Health Care
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 141083463
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00981389.2019.1695703