Levels of meaning and the case for theoretical integration Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008 Social Work Now, Issue 39, pages 21-28. Cognitive therapy tends to focus on how the client’s thoughts distort reality and lead to anxiety and depression. But what…
Why are there so many short jobs in LEED? Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008 The main objective of this paper is to investigate the use of earnings spells in LEED as a measure of job tenure. The paper was motivated…
Practicing place: everyday contexts in child and family welfare Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008 Social Work Now, Issue 39, pages 29-37. Place, and its corollary, displacement, lie at the centre of child welfare practice. Child neglect, the issue that more than…
Complex approaches to wicked problems: Applying Sharon Berlin’s analysis of “dichotomous thinking” Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008 Social Work Now, Issue 39, pages 38-48. This article will consider one approach to ‘thinking about thinking’ as developed in Sharon Berlin’s early but seminal paper on…
Using theory to support a family resilience framework in practice Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008 Social Work Now, Issue 39, pages 5-14. Theory, research, and practice in social work are inescapably intertwined. Each can inform and enrich the others. As a clinical…
Students’ Transition between School and Tertiary Education: 2nd Edition Last Publication Date: 01 Apr 2008 Completing a tertiary qualification is beneficial to both the individual and society. Students who come to tertiary education directly from school have higher completion rates, lower…
Sustainable Communities and Economic Development Last Publication Date: 14 Mar 2008 The Corporation jointly commissioned Market Economics Limited (MEL) and Gravitas Research and Strategy Limited (GRSL) to undertake research to examine the relationship between concentrated deprivation and community economic…
New Zealand Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2008–2012 Last Publication Date: 02 Mar 2008 The New Zealand Suicide Prevention Action Plan 2008–2012 provides detail about how the goals of the New Zealand Suicide Prevention Strategy 2006–2016 will be achieved over…
Future Directions for Eating Disorders Services in New Zealand Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2008 "Future Directions for Eating Disorders in New Zealand", informed by engagement with key stakeholders, proposes a tiered model for the provision of eating disorders services. The…
The Health Status of Māori Male Prisoners: Key results from the Prisoner Health Survey 2005 Last Publication Date: 01 Mar 2008 The publication has been prepared by the Public Health Intelligence unit of the Ministry of Health for the Māori Health Directorate, and is based on the…