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This article presents evaluation results from a curricular innovation aimed at increasing the capacity of social work graduates to serve older adults in health, mental health, and substance abuse settings. Working as a team, faculty developed, incorporated, and evaluated gerontology-infused syllabi and teaching modules in multiple sections of the 3 courses, with 2 sections serving as a comparison group. Results indicated that students exposed to the gero-infused curriculum increased their age-related knowledge and self-competence from pre- to posttest, and achieved a greater increase in knowledge than did the comparison group. Implications of the findings to social work education are discussed.
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Curriculum , Educación de Postgrado , Evaluación Geriátrica , Salud Mental , Servicio Social/educación , Trastornos Relacionados con Sustancias , Adulto , Anciano , Envejecimiento , Conducta Cooperativa , Difusión de Innovaciones , Escolaridad , Femenino , Conocimientos, Actitudes y Práctica en Salud , Humanos , Masculino , Competencia Profesional , Desarrollo de Programa , Evaluación de Programas y Proyectos de Salud , PsicometríaRESUMEN
This narrative presents issues faced by the author and her research assistants in attempting to locate 40 subjects who had participated in a child welfare research study two decades earlier. The experience of the researchers suggests that attempting to locate subjects, especially where contact has not been maintained over the years, may not be accomplished without considerable time and expense. The author reflects on possible contributors to the difficulties in contacting these participants, highlights some recent developments in techniques for locating subjects after long periods of time have elapsed, and discusses some relevant ethical dilemmas.
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Investigación Biomédica/estadística & datos numéricos , Estudios de Seguimiento , Cuidados en el Hogar de Adopción/estadística & datos numéricos , Sujetos de Investigación , Adulto , Investigación Biomédica/ética , Investigación Biomédica/métodos , Estudios de Cohortes , Confidencialidad , Femenino , Cuidados en el Hogar de Adopción/ética , Humanos , Entrevistas como Asunto/métodos , Masculino , Persona de Mediana Edad , Ciudad de Nueva York , Proyectos de InvestigaciónRESUMEN
Most clients in substance abuse treatment are referred for continuing care. However, post-treatment services vary widely in their approaches to helping individuals achieve better substance use outcomes. This study examined the attitudes of outpatient treatment staff who refer clients exclusively to 12-Step groups (12-Step subgroup) and staff who refer clients both to 12-Step groups and to other continuing care options (Diversity subgroup) toward seven mutual-aid and professional psychosocial post-treatment options: Twelve-Step Programs (12-Step), Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Moderation Management (MM), Smart Recovery((R)) (SMART), Psychodynamic-oriented Therapy (PSY), Secular Organizations for Sobriety (SOS), and Women for Sobriety (WFS). A large percentage of clinicians lacked knowledge about the effectiveness of all alternatives to 12-Step programs with the exception of CBT. Clinicians in the 12-Step subgroup were more likely than those in the Diversity subgroup to be unfamiliar with alternatives to 12-Step programs and to believe less strongly in the effectiveness of CBT and PSY. A logistic regression found beliefs about CBT effectiveness and clinician preference for the 12-Step model to be related to the likelihood of referring exclusively to 12-Step groups. Findings suggest that clinicians could benefit from information and training on assessing and referring clients to various options for continuing care.