SOCIAL WORKER’S BIO PSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH TO HEALTHCARE | BRANDON GAYNOR

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SOCIAL WORKER’S BIO PSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH TO HEALTHCARE. Brandon Gaynor of Rancho Cucamonga


SOCIAL WORKER ROLES AND HEALTHCARE SETTINGS

Outline the tasks of health social workers related to the delivery and design of healthcare.

Discuss professional issues and challenges related to teamwork and recommendations for e ective collaboration.

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De ne the role of the social worker on the health-care team.

Describe a biopsychosocial approach to health care and the professionals who deliver it.

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Chapter Objectives:


SOCIAL WORKER’S BIO PSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH TO HEALTHCARE. Biopsychosocial Model:

Considers the nonmedical determinants of disease in collaboration with biological components.

E.g. the biopsychosocial model of health takes into account patient’s ability to purchase recommended medicine for diabetes when creating a treatment plan for patients rather than focusing only on laboratory results and physical status.

Expands on the traditional medical model of health care by focusing primarily on the biological causes of disease.

Addresses the biological, social, environment, psychological and behavioral aspects of illness.


SOCIAL WORKER’S BIO PSYCHOSOCIAL APPROACH TO HEALTHCARE. Biopsychosocial Model:

For the purposes of this chapter, the term biopsychosocial is used to indicate an approach to health service delivery that addresses the psychological and social aspects of health and treatment that includes behavioral and environmental factors.


LIMITS OF THE MEDICAL APPROACH: PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES RELATED TO HEALTH

Health Social Workers directly address the social , behavioral and emotional concerns of the individuals and their social support network as well as develop and administer policies and programs and conduct research that are attuned to the psychosocial needs of individuals.


LIMITS OF THE MEDICAL APPROACH: PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES RELATED TO HEALTH

Social Illness and Problems:

Illnesses and problems are psychosocial rather than biological in nature.

Substance abuse

Cutting

Bulimia and suicide attempt.

Violence including sexual assault and family violence.

Child or elder abuse

Examples:


LIMITS OF THE MEDICAL APPROACH: PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES RELATED TO HEALTH

The current health-care environment in the United States emphasizes cost containment through: •

Shorter hospital stays.

Briefer medical interventions.

The provision of fewer comprehensive services with fewer personnel.


LIMITS OF THE MEDICAL APPROACH: PSYCHOSOCIAL ISSUES RELATED TO HEALTH

Bateman and Whitaker( 2002) assert that social workers are needed in medical settings to address increased home care needs and in primary care settings addressing medical issues on a preventive level to decrease morbidity and the need for hospitalization


Direct health services are provided in various settings such as: •Public

and private hospitals

•Outpatient

clinics

•Neighborhood •Ambulatory •Physician’s

health centers

surgery centers

O ces

•Mobile

care units

•Skilled

nursing facilities

•Military

settings

•Correctional

facilities

•Schools

maintenance organizations

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•Health

HEALTH SETTINGS AND THE SOCIAL WORKER’S PLACE WITHIN THEM


Social workers are essential to the delivery and design of optimal health care. •They

work on health teams comprised of direct patient-care professionals and as administrators overseeing program planning and implementation.

Promoting e ective and human service systems.

Developing and improving social policy.

Linking individuals with resources, services, and opportunities;

helping clients problem solve and cope with life stressors.

goals of the profession of social work.

include:

•Tasks

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THE SOCIAL WORKER’S ROLE ON HEALTH TEAMS


HANDS-ON PRACTICE: SOCIAL WORKERS AS PART OF HEALTH-CARE.

Supervision or administration

Activities of health social work include:

Assessment

Design, implementation of intervention.

Advocacy

Coordination

Collaborations

Interventions

Health social work tasks:


HEALTH SOCIAL WORK ASSESSMENT

Social workers help health-care teams assess psychological and social issues such as domestic violence, and socioeconomic barriers to the attainment of quality health care, among other issues.

Social Workers evaluate the strengths and needs of individuals and members of their social support network as part of a social work assessment to identify assets and potential barriers to care.


HEALTH SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION

Explaining the disease

Treatment

Facilitating communication

Social workers are the health professional who process the “knowledge necessary to assess social services needs and to secure and coordinate community-based services (Berkman, 1996, p.545).

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Social Workers provide assistance and develop and implement interventions to address identi ed needs. This process includes:


HEALTH SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION

Health social work dual focus: Enhancing the social functioning of individuals.

Enhancing social institutions responses to human needs.

Health social workers can help patients gain needed resources by providing case management services that refer and link patients and their families to services and other resources.


HEALTH SOCIAL WORK INTERVENTION ADMINISTRATION

Social workers in health care as mediators between the health-care system and consumers and involve advocating at the systems level for improvements in the delivery of care.

Social workers ensure that the social context of health is addressed in patient care and program planning.


SOCIAL WORK AS A PART OF THE DESIGN OF HEALTHCARE

The dual focus of social work are:

➢Enhancing

the social functioning of individuals.

of social institution to human needs.

➢Responds


SOCIAL WORK AS A PART OF THE DESIGN OF HEALTHCARE ➢

Health social workers design and implement community health programs and initiatives.

➢Social

workers also may provide education to individuals, groups and communities on di erent health issues.

➢Health

social workers are involved in preventive services and provide linkages to services via outreach programs.

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a maco-level, social workers are involved in research that directly and indirectly in uences public policy, community, public health and clinical practice.

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➢On


SURVEY OF SOCIAL WORK PROFESSIONALS Social workers roles include: management and Patient advocacy

➢Assessment

of Need

➢Needs-based

health intervention

➢Administration

and design of health care

➢Multilevel

➢Public

care

➢Case


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