title: Application of knowledge about prevention in social work education and practice.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D011314:Preventive Health Services; D011316:Preventive Psychiatry; D011634:Public Health; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education; D012949:Social Work, Psychiatric