04 Jan Social Factors and Health Outcomes
SOCIAL WORK
SOCW 6205 – MEDICAL SOCIAL WORK II
Discussion 1: Social Factors and Health Outcomes
Week 2 explored the interaction between the “bio” and “psycho” aspects of an illness. The third component of the biopsychosocial model is the focus of this week.
Social factors such as socioeconomic status, educational attainment, social interactions and support, and health literacy independently influence the development and progression of illness and health outcomes. Other social determinants of health or illness are race, ethnicity, occupation, geographic location, and religion. These factors influence health through direct psychobiological processes or lifestyle modifications (Martikainen, Bartley, & Lahelma, 2002).
To prepare for this Discussion:
Review this week’s resources. Consider social factors known to influence health outcomes. Select two factors of interest to you. Consider both macro and micro aspects of medical social work.
By Day 3
Post an explanation of how two social factors influence health outcomes. Describe medical social work interventions that target these factors to improve health outcomes, and explain why you selected these interventions. Explain the tasks a social worker might need to complete in order to reach the desired outcomes.
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Post an explanation of the relationship between the mental illness and the physical illness. Explain the specific course of the physical illness that might be influenced by the mental illness. Then, explain how this relationship might impact a patient’s course of life.
Be sure to support your responses with specific references to the resources and the current literature using appropriate APA format and style.. If you are using additional articles, be sure to provide full APA-formatted citations for your references both within the text and on the referencing section. PLEASE ALWAYS INCLUDE THE REQIRED TEXTBOOK as part of the references and if possible some of the REQUIRED READING if applicable. Please always start by referring to THE TEXTBOOK, below
REQUIRED TEXTBOOK
Hospital Social Work 2006
Author: Beder, Joan
ISBN-13: 978-0-415-95067-1
ISBN-10: 0-415-95067-8
Edition/Copyright: 2006
Publisher: Routledge N. Y.
REQUIRED
Handbook of Health Social Work 3RD 19
Author: Gehlert, Sarah
ISBN-13: 978-1-119-42072-9
ISBN-10: 1-119-42072-5
Edition/Copyright: 3RD 19
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
REQUIRED
Social Work in Health Settings: Practice in Context 4TH 16
Author: McCoyd, Judith L.M.
ISBN-13: 978-1-138-92436-9
ISBN-10: 1-138-92436-9
Edition/Copyright: 4TH 16
Publisher: Routledge N. Y.
Required Readings
Learning Resources
Pietromonaco, P. R., Uchino, B. N., & Schetter, C. D. (2013). Close relationship processes and health: Implications of attachment theory for health and disease. Health Psychology, 32(5), 499–513.
Uchino, B. N., Bowen, K., Carlisle, M., & Birmingham, W. (2012). Psychological pathways linking social support to health outcomes: A visit with the “ghosts” of research past, present, and future. Social Science and Medicine, 74(7), 949–957.
Auerbach, C., & Beckerman, N. L. (2012). Locus of control and lupus: Patients’ beliefs, perspectives, and disease activity. Social Work in Health Care, 51(7), 613–626.
Barger, S. D. (2013). Social integration, social support and mortality in the US National Health Interview Survey. Psychosomatic Medicine, 75(5), 510–517.
Social Integration, Social Support and Mortality in the US National Health Interview Survey by Barger, S. D., in Psychosomatic Medicine, Vol. 75, Issue 5. Copyright 2013 by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc. via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Liechty, J. M. (2011). Health literacy: Critical opportunities for social work leadership in health care and research. Health and Social Work, 36(2), 99–107.
Peltzer, K. & Pengpid, S. (2013). Socioeconomic factors in adherence to HIV therapy in low- and middle- income countries. Journal of Health, Population, and Nutrition, 31(2), 150-170.
Optional Resources
Casale, M., Wild, L., & Kuo, C. (2013). “They give us hope”: HIV-positive caregivers’ perspectives on the role of social support for health. AIDS Care, 1–7.
O’Brien, K. M. (2012). Healthy, wealthy, wise? Psychosocial factors influencing the socioeconomic status–health gradient. Journal of Health Psychology, 17(8), 1142–1151.
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