2010
DOI: 10.1177/0020872809355363
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Inequalities in health care and social work intervention: The case of Iran

Abstract: This article examines the role of social workers in tackling inequalities in health care. The aim of such social work interventions is to empower service users, increase their well-being and reduce stress symptoms, mainly by advocacy and facilitating their access to health-care facilities and promoting social change.

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“…The articles in this review are mainly empirical studies (n = 20), with the exception of three literature reviews (Ashcroft et al, 2019;Fraser et al, 2018;McGregor, Mercer, & Harris, 2018) and one descriptive study about social work practice in health care settings undertaken in Iran (Doostgharin, 2010). The literature reviews are included as they examined a particular sector or issue within primary health care, with the findings also showing evidence about the role of social work.…”
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“…The articles in this review are mainly empirical studies (n = 20), with the exception of three literature reviews (Ashcroft et al, 2019;Fraser et al, 2018;McGregor, Mercer, & Harris, 2018) and one descriptive study about social work practice in health care settings undertaken in Iran (Doostgharin, 2010). The literature reviews are included as they examined a particular sector or issue within primary health care, with the findings also showing evidence about the role of social work.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…In this regard, social workers are systematically working toward certain goals and outcomes. For example, Doostgharin (2010) indicates that the role of social work is often limited to a defined objective, such as making an assessment to be admitted free or for a reduced fee in a certain health setting. Furthermore, several studies, mainly originating from the US, focus on the reduction of costs as one of the purposes or ways to demonstrate the effectiveness of social work in primary health care settings (Fraser et al, 2018;Mizrahi & Rizzo, 2008;Rose et al, 2016;Rowe et al, 2017).…”
Section: Process Logicmentioning
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“…At policy levels, social work deals with the development of plans to respond to various outcomes of all types of disasters. To put it precisely, social workers have many functions in disasters such as providing support for individuals, families, and communities; linking individual needs and resources and helping the client to access resources; preventing severe physical and mental problems; preventing individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities from breaking down; intervening to change micro and macro systems to improve client well-being; improving community cohesion and rebuilding families and communities; situational supporting; giving hope; consoling; assuring; concentrating; solution developing and referring; and tackling inequalities in health care (Chou, 2003;Doostgharin, 2010;Iravani, 2005). Furthermore, community recovery is an essential part of disaster management that refers to a coordinated process of supporting disaster-affected communities in reconstruction of physical infrastructure and restoration of emotional, social, financial, and physical well-being (Emergency Management Australia (EMA), 2004).…”
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confidence: 99%
“…Since social work is dedicated to social change (Doostgharin, 2010; Kam, 2014) and human development in terms of equal rights and opportunities (Chu et al, 2009; International Federation of Social Workers, 2014), it is an important and significant starting point to foster people’s capabilities (Anand, 2005; International Social Work, 2014). As an interdisciplinary approach, clinical social work can provide beneficial circumstances for such a process since it addresses psychological as well as social factors that cause or exacerbate mental disorders and helps clients to gain, to stay in, or to return to a suitable societal position (Bebbington, 2010).…”
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