Social work and health promotion are among a collection of disciplines that are fundamentally centered on a deep care for humans and a drive to make their lives better. They are underpinned by a similar set of values and principles, such as the pursuit of social justice, the motivation to prevent hardships and adversity at the earliest possible stage, and the desire for people and communities to live healthy, well, and empowered lives. In living out their values, social workers and health promotion practitioners also often use similar strategies and approaches such as working in partnership with others, building the capacity and capability of others to be independent and working to change the environments and systems that contribute to negative or unjust outcomes. This chapter explores a range of places and spaces that these practitioners find themselves in and the practices they use in each, and it illustrates, through story vignettes, some of the day-to-day tasks and activities to help readers visualize and consider career opportunities.

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Social Work and Health Promotion: Kindred and Complementary Disciplines

  • Mitchell Bowden,
  • Melissa Petrakis

摘要

Social work and health promotion are among a collection of disciplines that are fundamentally centered on a deep care for humans and a drive to make their lives better. They are underpinned by a similar set of values and principles, such as the pursuit of social justice, the motivation to prevent hardships and adversity at the earliest possible stage, and the desire for people and communities to live healthy, well, and empowered lives. In living out their values, social workers and health promotion practitioners also often use similar strategies and approaches such as working in partnership with others, building the capacity and capability of others to be independent and working to change the environments and systems that contribute to negative or unjust outcomes. This chapter explores a range of places and spaces that these practitioners find themselves in and the practices they use in each, and it illustrates, through story vignettes, some of the day-to-day tasks and activities to help readers visualize and consider career opportunities.