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Three Key Messages to Share with Clients in Honor of National Women’s Health Week

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Social workers can help women prioritize their health by making conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice. As providers of mental and behavioral health services in a broad range of settings, social workers play a pivotal role in preventing risky drinking among women, including any alcohol use during pregnancy.

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How to Talk About Alcohol Use with Clients: Frequently Asked Questions

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April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an invitation to social workers to make conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice—and to make sure they’re armed with the facts. How can social workers help clients feel comfortable discussing their drinking? How much drinking is too much?

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How to Talk About Alcohol Use with Clients: Frequently Asked Questions

Social Work Blog

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, an invitation to social workers to make conversations about alcohol use part of routine practice—and to make sure they’re armed with the facts. How can social workers help clients feel comfortable discussing their drinking? How much drinking is too much?

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Social Work’s Critical Role in Prevention of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders

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may have fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs), a range of lifelong behavioral, intellectual, and physical disabilities that can occur in a baby exposed to alcohol before birth. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $280,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS.

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Federal Initiatives on Environmental Health, Justice, and Climate

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Carrie Dorn, MPA, LMSW Senior Practice Associate June 2023 Increasingly, social workers are recognizing the impact of environmental health and climate change on the individuals and communities they serve. The RewiringAmerica website provides fact sheets and information for households to access savings available. In 2021 The U.S.

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Federal Initiatives on Environmental Health, Justice, and Climate

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By NASW Senior Practice Associate Carrie Dorn, MPA, LMSW Increasingly, social workers are recognizing the impact of environmental health and climate change on the individuals and communities they serve. The RewiringAmerica website provides fact sheets and information for households to access savings available. In 2021 The U.S.

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NASW Press Reads for Policy, Advocacy, and Impact!

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43 Essential Policies for Human Services Professionals , by Gerald V. O’Brien, boils down key policies to their most essential elements: historical overview and nature of the social problem, policy overview, and effectiveness.