The Social Development Approach to Social Work in Health Care

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ID22097647
AutoresLaetitia Petersen (0000-0003-2523-6848, University of the Witwatersrand), Edmarie Pretorius (0000-0001-9842-6242, University of the Witwatersrand)
Ano2022
Volume58
Fascículo2
Data de publicação2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial Work/Maatskaplike Werk (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 2312-7198 • E-ISSN: 0037-8054
EditoraStellenbosch University (PUBLISHER • ZA)
DOI10.15270/58-2-1038
OpenAlexW4285269218
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas21

Social work in health care delivers essential services to South Africa’s vulnerable populations. The social development approach attempts to address inequalities and uplift vulnerable people. An explanatory-sequential mixed methodological study explored the application of the social development approach to social work in health care in the Gauteng Department of Health. The findings indicated that social workers in health care deliver a diverse service in attending to patients’ needs and are ideally situated to address and implement the social development approach. However, challenges are experienced in the absence of strategic policies regarding the implementation of the social development approach in health care. Keywords: Gauteng Department of Health, health care reform, health care settings, social development approach, social work in health care, transformation

Economic growth · Health care · Political science · Public health · Public relations · Social care · Social change · Social determinants of health · Sociology · Interprofessional Education and Collaboration · Medicine · Nursing · Social Work Education and Practice · Social Work