MSW-6010 v2

Miller, D.P., Bazzi, A.R., Allen, H.L., Martinson, M.L., Salas-Wright, C.P., Jantz, K., Crevi, K., & Rosenbloom, D.L (2017). A social work approach to policy: Implications for population health. American Journal of Public Health, 107(S3), S243-S249.
This article explores how social workers have developed an approach to policy that recognizes the importance of the social environment, the value of social relationships, and the significance of value-driven policymaking. The article examines how this approach could be used to reorient health, health care, and social policies. Accordingly, social workers can be allies to public health professionals in efforts to eliminate disparities and improve population health.

Larkin, H., Felitti, V., & Anda, R. (2013). Social work and adverse childhood experiences research: Implications for practice and health policy. Social Work in Public Health, 29(1), 1-16.
This article provides a selective review of the ACE Study and related social science research to describe how effective social work practice that prevents ACEs and mobilizes resilience and recovery from childhood adversity could support the achievement of national health policy goals. This article applies a biopsychosocial perspective, with an emphasis on mind-body coping processes to demonstrate that social work responses to adverse childhood experiences may contribute to improvement in overall health. Consistent with this framework, the article sets forth prevention and intervention response strategies with individuals, families, communities, and the larger society. Economic research on human capital development is reviewed that suggests significant cost savings may result from effective implementation of these strategies.