Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society

by Rowena Fong (Editor), James Lubben (Editor), Richard P. Barth (Editor)

Overview

The Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative (GCSWI), which is spearheaded by the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare (AASWSW), represents a major endeavor for the entire field of social work. GCSWI calls for bold innovation and collective action powered by proven and evolving scientific interventions to address critical social issues facing society. The purpose of GCSWI was modeled after the National Academy of Engineering, which aimed to identify some of the most persistent engineering problems of the day and then put the attentions, energies, and funding of the entire field to work on them for a decade. The GCSWI does the same for social issues, tackling problems such as homelessness, social isolation, mass incarceration, family violence, and economic inequality. Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society is an edited book that will present the foundations of the GCSWI, laying out the start of the initiative and providing summaries of each of the twelve challenges. The 12 main chapters that form the core of the book, one on each of the dozen Grand Challenges, are written by the primary research teams who are driving each GC project.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780190859008
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	12/18/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	304
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Rowena Fong, EdD, MSW is the Ruby Lee Piester Centennial Professor at the University of Texas at Austin, School of Social Work. A Fellow of SSWR and AASWSW, she is the Treasurer of AASWSW, co-principal investigator of a $23M grant for the National Quality Improvement Center for Adoption and Guardianship Support and Preservation, and has authored over 100 publications, including 10 books. James Lubben, PhD/DSW, MPH, MSW, is the Louise McMahon Ahearn Professor of Social Work at Boston College and Professor Emeritus at UCLA. He has edited 5 books and authored over 100 articles and chapters. He has been principal investigator of over $35M of extramural grants. He is a Fellow in the AASWSW and the Gerontological Society of America. Richard P. Barth, PhD, MSW is Dean of the University of Maryland School of Social Work and Past-President of AASWSW. He has written more than 10 books and 200 articles and chapters about children's services. He has twice served as a Fulbright Scholar, received a Lifetime Achievement Award from SSWR, and is a Fellow of APA, SSWR.

Table of Contents

GRAND CHALLENGES FOR SOCIAL WORK and 2017 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Chapter 1: Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society James Lubben, Richard P. Barth, Rowena Fong, Marilyn Flynn, Michael Sherraden, and Edwina Uehara Chapter 2: Grand Challenge # 1: Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth Jeffrey M. Jenson and J. David Hawkins Chapter 3: Grand Challenge #2: Close the Health Gap Michael S. Spencer, Karina L. Walters, Heidi L. Allen, Christina M. Andrews, Audrey Begun, Teri Browne, John Clapp, Diana DiNitto, Peter Maramaldi, Darrell Wheeler, Brad Zebrack, and Edwina Uehara Chapter 4: Grand Challenge #3: Stop Family Violence Richard P. Barth and Rebecca J. Macy Chapter 5: Grand Challenge #4: Advance Long and Productive Lives Nancy Morrow-Howell, Ernest Gonzales, Jacquelyn B. James, Christina Matz-Costa, and Michelle Putnam Chapter 6: Grand Challenge #5: Eradicate Social Isolation James Lubben, Elizabeth Tracy, Sandra Edmonds Crewe, Erika L. Sabbath, Melanie Gironda, Carrie Johnson, Jooyoung Kong, Michelle R. Munson, and Suzanne Browne Chapter 7: Grand Challenge #6: End Homelessness Deborah K. Padgett and Benjamin F. Henwood Chapter 8: Grand Challenge # 7: Create Social Responses to a Changing Environment Susan P. Kemp, Lawrence A. Palinkas, and Lisa Reyes Mason Chapter 9: Grand Challenge # 8: Harness Technology for Social Good Stephanie C. Berzin and Claudia J. Coulton Chapter 10: Grand Challenge # 9: Promote Smart Decarceration Matthew W. Epperson, Carrie Pettus-Davis, Annie Grier, and Leon Sawh Chapter 11: Grand Challenge # 10: Reduce Extreme Economic Inequality Julia Henly, Laura Lein, Jennifer Romich, Trina Shanks, Michael Sherraden, Amanda Tillotson, and Raven Jones Chapter 12: Grand Challenge #11: Build Financial Capability For All Jin Huang, Margaret S. Sherraden, Mathieu Despard, David Rothwell, Terri Friedline, Joanna Doran, Karen A. Zurlo, Julie Birkenmaier, Christine Callahan, and Robin McKinney Chapter 13: Grand Challenge # 12: Achieve Equal Opportunity and Justice Rocio Calvo, Martell Teasley, Jeremy Goldbach, Ruth McRoy, and Yolanda Padilla Chapter 14: Conclusion Richard P. Barth, Rowena Fong, James Lubben, and Sarah Christa Butts

Editorial Reviews

"This book is essential to social workers who want to understand the Grand Challenges and the evidence-based practices that help manifest their goals in society. This handy volume provides an accessible blue print for social workers working in a variety of disciplines and settings. Insert book title features cutting edge research and ideas that will shape and steer the future of the profession."
- Angelo McClain, PhD, LICSW, Chief Executive Officer, National Association of Social Workers

"The Grand Challenges for Social Work Initiative has great potential to both strengthen the profession and highlight the value of social work's contribution to addressing some of the most pressing issues of our times. "
- Darla Spence Coffey, PhD, MSW, President and Chief Executive Officer, Council on Social Work Education

"The Grand Challenges for Social Work and Society book provides scientific evidence showing what meaningful and measurable progress can be created and the interdisciplinary collaborations that can be generated over a decade. The editors have assembled prominent thought leaders to bring focus and synergy on a range of social, economic, political, environmental, and psychological concerns. This book is a call to action for social work and allied disciplines to address these challenges affecting human well-being. The book lays out a framework on how the Grand Challenges for Social Work will contribute to new knowledge, practices, and policies. These challenges are enormous and the efforts required will be comprehensive."
- James Herbert Williams, PhD, Arizona Centennial Professor of Social Welfare Services, Arizona State University; President, Society for Social Work and Research

Every generation has a document that serves as a scholarly beacon of light. This vision frames the seemingly intractable problems facing humanity and suggests a conceptual organizational path for likeminded researchers and activists. The grand challenges is this document for the profession and science of social work. It triages issues of priority in social work research and practice for the decades ahead. It is an essential reading for every social work graduate student and faculty member that want to participate in contemporary social work practice and the development of social work science.
- Ron Avi Astor, PHD, MA, MSW, Stein-Wood Professor of School Behavioral Health, Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work and the Rossier School of Education, University of Southern California

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