a The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Social Work , Chapel Hill , NC , US.
b University of Pittsburgh School of Social Work , Pittsburgh , PA , US.
Soc Work Health Care. 2019 Jan;58(1):142-149. doi: 10.1080/00981389.2019.1553934. Epub 2018 Dec 20.
Great strides have been made in highlighting the strengths of the social work profession as a workforce vital to improving the health and well-being of individuals, families, and communities. Nevertheless, substantially more work is needed to advance education, practice, and research involving social workers' potential and their contributions to improved care throughout the life course. This special issue offers exemplars of the power of social work in integrated settings with the capacity to address the scope of behavioral health, psychosocial, and physical health care needs. In today's rapidly evolving heath care context, integrated care represents a promising direction for the future of health services, and may be leveraged to improve population health across the life course. Papers selected for this special issue focused on two themes: (a) defining the expanding roles and functions social workers fulfill in integrated health settings, and (b) identifying organizational and system factors that affect social workers' delivery of interventions in integrated health models. This special issue further articulates the added-value of social workers on health care teams and the resulting improved outcomes for patients, families, and communities. Through increased evidence, such as the knowledge gained from this special issue, it is our hope that the profession continues to advance the boundary-spanning roles and capabilities of social workers in integrated health settings-both in the hospital and in community-based settings.
在强调社会工作专业作为改善个人、家庭和社区健康和福祉的重要力量方面已经取得了巨大进展。然而，仍需要更多的工作来推进教育、实践和研究，涉及社会工作者的潜力及其对整个生命周期改善护理的贡献。本期特刊提供了社会工作在综合环境中发挥作用的范例，有能力解决行为健康、心理社会和身体健康护理需求的范围。在当今快速发展的医疗保健环境中，综合保健代表着未来卫生服务的一个有希望的方向，并可以利用它来改善整个生命周期的人口健康。本期特刊选择的论文集中在两个主题上：（a）确定社会工作者在综合健康环境中履行的不断扩大的角色和职能，以及（b）确定影响社会工作者在综合健康模式中提供干预措施的组织和系统因素。本期特刊进一步阐明了医疗团队中社会工作者的附加价值，以及由此为患者、家庭和社区带来的改善结果。通过增加证据，例如从本期特刊中获得的知识，我们希望该专业继续推进社会工作者在综合健康环境中的跨越边界的角色和能力——无论是在医院还是在社区环境中。
