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NASW Supports “Kaleidoscope” Cancer Awareness Television Variety Special
Ice skater Dorothy Hamill The National Association of Social Workers supports Kaleidoscope, a television variety show designed to raise awareness of women cancer issues and empower women to take...
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NASW Member Honored For Helping Children with Cancer
Lynn Hardesty. Photo courtesy of Gazette newspaper. Cheers to the Maryland Gazette for a touching article on NASW member Lynn Hardesty MSW, who was honored for her dedication to young cancer patients...
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Media Watch Exclusive: When Women Get Sick, Men Often Leave
Many seriously ill women are abandoned by men. New York Times health blogger Tara Parker-Pope put a spotlight on a troubling trend in a recent article. When women get long-term illnesses, their mates...
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Vancouver Sun Profiles Pioneering Social Worker Who Died in Plane Crash
Catherine White-Holman. Photo courtesy of Vancouver Sun. Our regards to the Vancouver Sun in Canada for their moving profile of Catherine White-Holman, a pioneering social worker who helped provide...
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TV Show to Watch: “Men of a Certain Age”
From left: Andre Braugher, Ray Romano and Scott Bakula. Photo courtesy of maradavis.com “Men of a Certain Age,” a “dramedy” premiering on TNT Monday at 10 p.m. Eastern Time, delves into the issues...
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Shay Sorrells of “The Biggest Loser” Answers Social Workers’ Questions!
Shay Sorrells Shay Sorrells did not win the eighth season of the “The Biggest Loser” (Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Eastern on NBC). Still, the National Association of Social Workers member and Newport Beach,...
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Article: Having Friends is Good for Men’s Health
Ron Nevelow (second from right) sings with a men's choir. Photo courtesy of the Dallas Morning News. Males who form good friendships with other men often enjoy a better emotional state that can lead to...
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Article Outlines the Difficult Task of Guiding Cancer Patients
Irma Bernales. Photo courtesy of the Tampa Tribune. Cheers to the online version of the Tampa Tribune for this article on social worker Irma Bernales. Bernales, MSW, offers patient care and hospice...
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Social Worker with Zest For Cooking to Be Featured on Online TV Show
Alma Schneider. Image is from her blog, Take Back the Kitchen. Two of Alma Schneider’s loves are cooking and social work. So Schneider, MSW, a married mother of four, combines them. She helps clients...
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Experts Educate Public About Social Workers, Community Health
NASW Louisiana Executive Director Carmen Weisner, top right, and Tulane University School of Social Work Assistant Professor So'Nia Gilkey, lower right, appeared on the Health Issues 2010 public access...
View ArticleWanted in Western Tennessee: Social Workers
There will be “excellent” demand for some work specialities in and around Jackson in the western part of Tennessee, according to this article in the Jackson Sun. Social workers in most demand will be...
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Health Danger from Sleeping with Pets Overblown
Photo by Rachel Nuwer. Recent articles that say sleeping with pets exposes owners to life-threatening illnesses such as plague are overblown, according to this article in New York University’s...
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Blood Marrow Donation Changed Man’s Life
Todd Ellison. Photo courtesy of NBC 10. Cheers to NBC 10 in Rhode Island for this article and video clip about social worker Todd Ellison. Ellison had leukemia 14 years ago but a blood marrow donation...
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Don’t Leave Home Without It!
Photo courtesy of Doobybrain.com. Cancer navigation consultant and social worker Kathy Gurland was working in a hospital emergency room when medics brought in a young man who suffered a heart attack....
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Elderly LGBT People Have Special Health Needs
Photo courtesy of SAGE. Special intervention and prevention strategies should be developed to help elderly LGBT people, according to a study from the University of Washington School of Social Work....
View ArticleOverweight Child Removed from Home
Child protection officials removed a 200-pound Ohio third-grader from his home over concern his mother could not control his weight, according to this Cleveland Plain Dealer article. The article used...
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Study finds doing child protection social work can harm health
Child protection social workers in Ruth Neil’s study reported sleep issues and other problems related to their work. Photo courtesy of the Guardian. Researcher Ruth Neil interviewed 12 social workers...
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News Items – March 11, 2015
Janice Gabe is a member: [Video] Teens kidnapped, held for ransom face emotional recovery Fox 59 (Indianapolis, IN) “I just can’t imagine the amount of trauma they went through,” said Janice Gabe, a...
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News Items – June 7, 2017
©Thinkstock NASW is a signatory: 100 National Groups to Trump: End the Assault on Civil and Human Rights The Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights Following a recent claim by a White House...
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Forced Back Into the Closet
ABilly Jones-Hennin, seated, and his partner Christopher Hennin faced discrimination from a physical therapist. Photo courtesy of the Washington Post. Some gay men and lesbians who are elderly fear...
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