Generalist health and welfare workers' response to alcohol related problems: role legitimacy and the need for role-support, an example from an Australian rural community.
In relating measures of therapeutic commitment (TC) in a sample of Australian rural town generalist health and welfare workers to their urban counterparts (modelled on Cartwright's study) it was confirmed that the former lacked the knowledge, training and support required to function as effective interventionists in alcohol related problems. Rural generalists were worse off than urban generalists when it came to gaining greater access to the variables that predict a positive TC.
Bush
R A
RA
School of Humanities and Social Science, Riverina/Murray Institute of Higher Education, Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia.
Williams
R J
RJ
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales; D010348:Patient Care Team; D012424:Rural Population; D012944:Social Support; D012946:Social Welfare