Challenges and changing roles in HIV/AIDS social work: implications for training and education.
HIV/AIDS social work was changed fundamentally by the introduction of more effective medications to combat the disease, and by the spread of HIV/AIDS beyond the gay community to intravenous drug users and their sexual partners, women, children, adolescents, and people of color. This paper describes the professional challenges HIV/AIDS social workers now face at this stage in the history of the disease as a result of improved medications, and the spread of the disease to newer groups. We describe the roles HIV/AIDS social workers will play in the next wave of the epidemic, and discuss the implications of these changing roles for social work education and training.
Strug
David L
DL
Wurzweiler School of Social Work, Yeshiva University, New York, NY 10033, USA. strug@ymail.yu.edu
Grube
Beth A
BA
Beckerman
Nancy L
NL
D015658:HIV Infections / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000628:therapy* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007587:Job Description; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D011322:Primary Prevention / Q000458:organization & administration; D024382:Professional Role; D012947:Social Work / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology