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Turning a Big Ship: Unleashing the Power of Prevention Within Treatment Settings
Turning a Big Ship: Unleashing the Power of Prevention Within Treatment Settings
- Source :
- Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research; December 2018, Vol. 9 Issue: 4 p765-781, 17p
- Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- We offer a practitioner’s perspective on “Unleashing the Power of Prevention,” the guiding paper of the American Academy of Social Work and Social Welfare’s Grand Challenge to Ensure Healthy Development for All Youth. We present an innovative strategy aimed at reducing behavioral health problems in young people by helping treatment providers in social work and other human service settings to redirect a portion of their existing intervention efforts to tested and effective preventive interventions. Conceptually guided by Kotter’s 8-step model of organizational change, the shifting from treatment to evidence-based prevention(STEP) framework outlines specific steps treatment providers can use to implement evidence-based prevention programs. The framework also includes a call to action for prevention scientists to support these efforts at a broader level. We provide a case example that illustrates a systematic shift from treatment to evidence-based prevention at Boys Town, a national service organization with a deep history of providing treatment to vulnerable children and families. We conclude with a consideration of the framework’s challenges and opportunities.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 23342315 and 1948822X
- Volume :
- 9
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- Journal of the Society for Social Work and Research
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs47590383
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1086/700847