Title: Pacific social work : navigating practice, policy and research /
Authors: Ravulo, Jioji; Malfile'o, Tracie; Yeates, Donald Bruce
Year: 2019
Subjects: Social service Pacific Area.; Social service Research; Social policy; Social service; Social service Research; Pacific Area Social policy.; Pacific Area
Contents: Pacific social work -- Introduction to Pacific social work : places, peoples, perspectives and practices -- Contemporary Pacific values and beliefs -- Pacific models of social work -- Fields of practice -- Seeing abilities : disability in the Pacific -- Understanding mental health and wellbeing from a Pacific perspective -- Environmental justice and social work in climate change in the Pacific islands -- Pacific-indigenous community-village resilience in disasters -- Delivering youth justice for Pacific young people and their families -- Applying culturally appropriate approaches when working with Pacific adult offenders -- Community development : connecting social work education and practice in Pacific communities -- Understanding the VA for social work engagement with Pacific women and children -- An introduction to sexual and reproductive health and wellbeing for Pacific social workers -- Getting on the K.A.D : the impacts of kava, alcohol and other drugs consumption across Pacific communities -- Our pacific elders as keepers and transmitters of culture -- Understanding sexual and gender diversity in the Pacific islands -- Global migration and resettlement : a case study on the Fijian experience -- Social policy -- Navigating social policy processes in the Pacific -- Research -- Towards a Pacific-indigenous research paradigm for Pacific social work -- Future directions -- Where to from here? : integration of indigenous knowledges and practice in contemporary settings -- Index.