Community health and human services workers play an integral role in communal public health. They are especially integral to meeting the needs of patients who are often on the margins of society. While we often conduct research from the perspective of the end-user – the patient or the client – we do not hear the voices of health and human services professionals with the same regularity. The purpose of this study is to examine the healthcare needs of public health patients from the perspective of community health providers in two Georgia counties. Through this case study, utilizing qualitative data garnered through three focus groups with the local public health department’s employees and affiliated human services providers as part of their quintennial Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), we call attention to several individual and systemic issues providers have identified as worthy of concern. These include health seeking information and behaviors of their clients, as well as the role of health insurance and health access for improved physical, mental, and sexual health. Systemically, providers identify the challenges of status, stigma, and consumer perceptions in the access and quality of care certain segments of the population receive and how provider bias can impede wellbeing. Although the CHNA data collection took place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, our examination of the data took place during the height of the pandemic. As such, in this paper, we also provide practical implications and future directions for public health and human services providers who have endured the pandemic and sought to meet their patients’ needs during unprecedented circumstances.
{"title":"Georgia Health Care Providers’ Experiences With Community Public Health Clients","authors":"D. Rodriguez, Erin Manley, Nilofer Bharwani","doi":"10.52678/001c.75188","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/001c.75188","url":null,"abstract":"Community health and human services workers play an integral role in communal public health. They are especially integral to meeting the needs of patients who are often on the margins of society. While we often conduct research from the perspective of the end-user – the patient or the client – we do not hear the voices of health and human services professionals with the same regularity. The purpose of this study is to examine the healthcare needs of public health patients from the perspective of community health providers in two Georgia counties. Through this case study, utilizing qualitative data garnered through three focus groups with the local public health department’s employees and affiliated human services providers as part of their quintennial Community Health Needs Assessment (CHNA), we call attention to several individual and systemic issues providers have identified as worthy of concern. These include health seeking information and behaviors of their clients, as well as the role of health insurance and health access for improved physical, mental, and sexual health. Systemically, providers identify the challenges of status, stigma, and consumer perceptions in the access and quality of care certain segments of the population receive and how provider bias can impede wellbeing. Although the CHNA data collection took place prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, our examination of the data took place during the height of the pandemic. As such, in this paper, we also provide practical implications and future directions for public health and human services providers who have endured the pandemic and sought to meet their patients’ needs during unprecedented circumstances.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48257208","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Alan Schwitzer, Patricia B. Huber, Nicholas Schmoyer
The need among human services professionals for interdisciplinary approaches to meeting population needs, especially in the current COVID-19 and Black Lives Matters (BLM) contexts, is unprecedented. This conceptual article reviews the current research and practice literature in order to discuss two-year colleges as often-overlooked partners in meeting community needs. We present the argument that American two-year colleges, by design, can be human services partners when addressing the inequities, economic and other deficiencies, and marginalization based on racial and ethnic discrimination or similar dynamics found in our communities. Specifically, we demonstrate the relationships between human services, on one hand, and the work of community colleges in their roles as economic engines intended to generate socio-economic security, as academic success centers intended to mitigate obstacles to learning outcomes, as mechanisms for social justice intended to produce life improvements among marginalized populations, and as mental health and wellness supports intended to reduce barriers to achievement. We rely on our own experiences in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) as illustrations, and we use the work of one sample institution to provide a start-to-finish example of the overlap between human services goals and community colleges.
{"title":"Casting a Wide Multidisciplinary Net: Two-Year Colleges as Human Services Contributors in Their Communities","authors":"Alan Schwitzer, Patricia B. Huber, Nicholas Schmoyer","doi":"10.52678/001c.75189","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/001c.75189","url":null,"abstract":"The need among human services professionals for interdisciplinary approaches to meeting population needs, especially in the current COVID-19 and Black Lives Matters (BLM) contexts, is unprecedented. This conceptual article reviews the current research and practice literature in order to discuss two-year colleges as often-overlooked partners in meeting community needs. We present the argument that American two-year colleges, by design, can be human services partners when addressing the inequities, economic and other deficiencies, and marginalization based on racial and ethnic discrimination or similar dynamics found in our communities. Specifically, we demonstrate the relationships between human services, on one hand, and the work of community colleges in their roles as economic engines intended to generate socio-economic security, as academic success centers intended to mitigate obstacles to learning outcomes, as mechanisms for social justice intended to produce life improvements among marginalized populations, and as mental health and wellness supports intended to reduce barriers to achievement. We rely on our own experiences in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) as illustrations, and we use the work of one sample institution to provide a start-to-finish example of the overlap between human services goals and community colleges.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45499666","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This article presents didactic activities and recommendations to implement in human services addiction education that uses Transformative Learning Theory to teach about integrated care approaches that are associated with improved client outcomes. Authors discuss learners’ attitudes and beliefs towards addiction and evidence-based treatment; exploring traditional, evidence-based, and holistic treatment practices; and experiential learning and reflection. The innovative goal of this article is to advocate for addiction education that expands learners’ belief systems so that they are more open to integrated care options that cater to each individual they treat.
{"title":"Didactic Recommendations for Teaching About Integrated Care in Human Services Addiction Education","authors":"Kristy L. Carlisle, M. McCloskey","doi":"10.52678/001c.74363","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/001c.74363","url":null,"abstract":"This article presents didactic activities and recommendations to implement in human services addiction education that uses Transformative Learning Theory to teach about integrated care approaches that are associated with improved client outcomes. Authors discuss learners’ attitudes and beliefs towards addiction and evidence-based treatment; exploring traditional, evidence-based, and holistic treatment practices; and experiential learning and reflection. The innovative goal of this article is to advocate for addiction education that expands learners’ belief systems so that they are more open to integrated care options that cater to each individual they treat.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":" 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41253894","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of women of color leaders in the field of human services. This study used phenomenology as a methodological approach to understand women of color leaders’ lived experiences. Sixteen women of color participated in semi-structured interviews about professional challenges that they experienced as leaders in human services agencies and organizations. Most of the study participants identified as Black or African American. Six themes emerged from the data including being treated with disrespect because of race, being one of a few, constantly policing oneself, feelings of isolation, intersectionality, and not being privy to networks. Implications for human service professionals and organizations are discussed.
{"title":"The Lived Experiences of Women of Color Leaders in Human Services: Professional Challenges and Implications for the Field","authors":"D. Robinson, Najmah Thomas, Shuntay Tarver","doi":"10.52678/001c.74362","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/001c.74362","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to explore the lived experiences of women of color leaders in the field of human services. This study used phenomenology as a methodological approach to understand women of color leaders’ lived experiences. Sixteen women of color participated in semi-structured interviews about professional challenges that they experienced as leaders in human services agencies and organizations. Most of the study participants identified as Black or African American. Six themes emerged from the data including being treated with disrespect because of race, being one of a few, constantly policing oneself, feelings of isolation, intersectionality, and not being privy to networks. Implications for human service professionals and organizations are discussed.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49164202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Given the provision of health and wellness services is shifting towards an interdisciplinary framework, human services professionals may be in a unique position to collaborate with various professionals in the pursuit of client welfare. To competently engage in interprofessional care, interprofessional education (IPE) in human services training programs is necessary. This paper points to the alignment between human services organizations, values, and practice with the Interprofessional Education Collaborative’s competencies and makes recommendations for the didactic infusion of IPE into human services programs, curricula, coursework, and experiences.
{"title":"“Teamwork Makes the Dream Work”: Infusing Interprofessional Education Into Human Services Curriculum and Training","authors":"Nicholas Schmoyer, Kristy L. Carlisle","doi":"10.52678/001c.74213","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/001c.74213","url":null,"abstract":"Given the provision of health and wellness services is shifting towards an interdisciplinary framework, human services professionals may be in a unique position to collaborate with various professionals in the pursuit of client welfare. To competently engage in interprofessional care, interprofessional education (IPE) in human services training programs is necessary. This paper points to the alignment between human services organizations, values, and practice with the Interprofessional Education Collaborative’s competencies and makes recommendations for the didactic infusion of IPE into human services programs, curricula, coursework, and experiences.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47686865","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Review of Myths of Mindfulness","authors":"John Paulson","doi":"10.52678/001c.74223","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/001c.74223","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42624150","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Lindsay Sheehan, Janis Sayer, Mariyam Siddiqi, Sang Qin, LaToya Glover
African Americans have a higher prevalence of obesity and obesity-related diseases than other racial/ethnic groups; among persons with serious mental illness (SMI), African Americans fare worse as well. This qualitative study focused on the perceptions of African Americans with SMI in regard to 1) their experiences with diet and exercise behaviors post trauma and 2) how diet and exercise programming can address trauma. A community-based participatory research (CBPR) team developed the interview guide, research protocols, and conducted three focus groups. The team used thematic analysis to analyze the data. Participant (N = 27) responses on the experience of trauma were coded into the following themes: 1) emotional eating, 2) appetite loss, 3) hesitancy to exercise due to community violence, 4) staying home due to mental health symptoms, and 5) substance use. Themes around how programming can address trauma included: 1) support, 2) communication, 3) strategies to avoid trauma, and 4) engagement in programming. Findings suggest the need for human service professionals to infuse trauma-informed communications and practices throughout programming, incorporate peer-led services and address concerns related to community violence.
{"title":"How African Americans With Severe Mental Illness and Trauma Experience Diet and Exercise.","authors":"Lindsay Sheehan, Janis Sayer, Mariyam Siddiqi, Sang Qin, LaToya Glover","doi":"10.52678/001c.74364","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/001c.74364","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>African Americans have a higher prevalence of obesity and obesity-related diseases than other racial/ethnic groups; among persons with serious mental illness (SMI), African Americans fare worse as well. This qualitative study focused on the perceptions of African Americans with SMI in regard to 1) their experiences with diet and exercise behaviors post trauma and 2) how diet and exercise programming can address trauma. A community-based participatory research (CBPR) team developed the interview guide, research protocols, and conducted three focus groups. The team used thematic analysis to analyze the data. Participant (<i>N</i> = 27) responses on the experience of trauma were coded into the following themes: 1) emotional eating, 2) appetite loss, 3) hesitancy to exercise due to community violence, 4) staying home due to mental health symptoms, and 5) substance use. Themes around how programming can address trauma included: 1) support, 2) communication, 3) strategies to avoid trauma, and 4) engagement in programming. Findings suggest the need for human service professionals to infuse trauma-informed communications and practices throughout programming, incorporate peer-led services and address concerns related to community violence.</p>","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":"42 1","pages":"5-21"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10278965/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9763455","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Deidra Rogers, C. Pusateri, Teresa Brooks Taylor, Mary R. Langenbrunner, Jaime Branam Brown
Field experience is a critical component of human services curriculum (see Council for Standards in Human Service Education Standards, 2021). At East Tennessee State University, it is embedded throughout major courses. However, the COVID-19 pandemic caused a shift in how field experience was coordinated. Five colleagues share their experience of innovation during this time.
实地经验是人类服务课程的重要组成部分(见人类服务教育标准标准委员会，2021年)。在东田纳西州立大学(East Tennessee State University)，它贯穿于所有专业课程。然而，2019冠状病毒病大流行导致了实地经验协调方式的转变。五位同事分享他们在这段时间的创新经验。
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Human services professionals (HSPs) constitute a major part of helping individuals and families navigate mood and emotional changes. This report outlines theoretical and evidence-based practices to support the use of music as a therapeutic tool. Implications for educational practices and helping interventions are explored.
{"title":"Integrating Music as a Medium in Human Services Practice","authors":"Nicholas Fuller, Audrey W. Besch","doi":"10.52678/2021.jhs.a6","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/2021.jhs.a6","url":null,"abstract":"Human services professionals (HSPs) constitute a major part of helping individuals and families navigate mood and emotional changes. This report outlines theoretical and evidence-based practices to support the use of music as a therapeutic tool. Implications for educational practices and helping interventions are explored.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70918505","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This qualitative phenomenological study explored the mental health services utilization experiences of African American emerging adults and investigated the barriers and encumbrances interviewees experienced while seeking mental health support. An inductive thematic analysis revealed six themes: (a) hesitancy-acceptance conflict, (b) positive encounters with mental health services utilization, (c) intersectional barriers to seeking mental health services, (d) resource awareness and navigation, (e) help-seeking motivators, and (f) pastoral guidance and counseling. Interviewees emphasized financial factors, services affordability, and resource knowledgeability as prominent barriers to mental health services utilization, denoting familial, peer, and culturally driven faith influences as double-edged motivators and hindrances to help-seeking. Initial implications for community and college human services providers recommend mental health advocacy promotion through increased on-campus services visibility, off-campus resource accessibility, and culturally attuned collaborations.
{"title":"Help-Seeking and Services Utilization Among African American Emerging Adults: A Qualitative Study","authors":"","doi":"10.52678/2021.jhs.a3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.52678/2021.jhs.a3","url":null,"abstract":"This qualitative phenomenological study explored the mental health services utilization experiences of African American emerging adults and investigated the barriers and encumbrances interviewees experienced while seeking mental health support. An inductive thematic analysis revealed six themes: (a) hesitancy-acceptance conflict, (b) positive encounters with mental health services utilization, (c) intersectional barriers to seeking mental health services, (d) resource awareness and navigation, (e) help-seeking motivators, and (f) pastoral guidance and counseling. Interviewees emphasized financial factors, services affordability, and resource knowledgeability as prominent barriers to mental health services utilization, denoting familial, peer, and culturally driven faith influences as double-edged motivators and hindrances to help-seeking. Initial implications for community and college human services providers recommend mental health advocacy promotion through increased on-campus services visibility, off-campus resource accessibility, and culturally attuned collaborations.","PeriodicalId":73782,"journal":{"name":"Journal of human services","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70917901","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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