Application of knowledge about prevention in social work education and practice.
The status of preventive social work in the United States is reviewed, as are the three knowledge sources used in the teaching and practice of prevention: public health, mental health, and social work. The integration of concepts of prevention in social work curricula and practice are discussed, and new directions for its use are projected.
D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D011316:Preventive Psychiatry; D011634:Public Health; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric