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Gates, Lauren B.; Koza, Jennifer; Akabas, Sheila H. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2017
Welfare reform in the 1990s represented a fundamental policy shift in the United States' response to poverty from supporting benefits dependency to promoting economic self-sufficiency. Social work's capacity to integrate this policy shift into practice is central to meeting its mission to alleviate poverty. This study looked at the preparation of…
Descriptors: Welfare Services, Poverty, Social Work, Caseworkers
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Ruth, Betty J.; Marshall, Jamie Wyatt; Velásquez, Esther E. M.; Bachman, Sara S. – Journal of Social Work Education, 2015
Dual-degree programs in public health and social work continue to proliferate, yet there has been little research on master's of social work (MSW)/master's of public health (MPH) graduates. The purpose of this study was to describe and better understand the self-reported professional experiences, identities, roles, and outcomes associated with 1…
Descriptors: Social Work, Public Health, Masters Programs, Graduate Students