A Collaborative Approach to Dementia Inclusion in Social Work Education: The Dementia Intensive.

Autor: Niedens M; KU Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology., Yeager A; KU Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology., Vidoni ED; KU Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology., Barton K; UMKC Institute for Human Development., Perales-Puchalt J; KU Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Department of Neurology., Dealey RP; Washburn University, Department of Social Work., Quinn D; Pittsburg State University, Department of History, Philosophy & Social Sciences., Gage LA; University of Central Missouri, Department of Social Work.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of social work education [J Soc Work Educ] 2023; Vol. 59 (2), pp. 493-505. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 May 05.
DOI: 10.1080/10437797.2022.2039820
Abstrakt: There are 5.8 million Americans with Alzheimer's disease and this number is rising. Social Work can play a key role. Yet, like other disciplines, the field is ill prepared for the growing number of individuals and family members who are impacted physically, emotionally and financially. Compounding the challenge, the number of social work students identifying interest in the field is low. This mixed methods concurrent study assessed the preliminary efficacy of a day-long education event among social work students from eight social work programs. Pre- post-training survey included: 1) dementia knowledge, assessed with the Dementia Knowledge Assessment Scale, and 2) negative attitudes towards dementia, assessed by asking students to identify three words that reflected their thoughts on dementia, which were later rated as positive, negative or neutral by three external raters. Bivariate analyses showed that dementia knowledge (mean difference= 9.9) and attitudes (10% lower) improved from pre- to post-training (p<0.05). Collaboration between social work programs can increase student access to strength-based dementia education. Such programs hold the potential of improving dementia capability within the field of Social Work.
Competing Interests: Disclosure: The authors report no conflicts of interest
Databáze: MEDLINE
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