Using Yoga Interventions to Enhance Clinical Social Work Practices with Young Women with Cancer

Strauss, Rebecca; Northcut, Terry B.

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“…In an era when more clinicians are combining their professions’ best practices with evidence-informed complementary therapies, such evidence may serve to expand clinical arsenals. 39 Oncologists and allied mental health professionals working in traditional breast cancer care contexts can feel confident as they complement such care with innovations at the mind-body interface, including yoga and related mindfulness interventions. 40…”

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“…Recall that only 2 studies described the racialized/ethnic or socioeconomic status of their participants and neither of those studied their effects on the acceptability or effectiveness of various yoga practices. More case studies the likes of Rebecca Strauss and Terry Northcut’s 39 as well as case series and qualitative research will be needed to facilitate the best patient/client-intervention fits in this field.…”

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Yoga-Specific Enhancement of Quality of Life Among Women With Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

El-Hashimi

Gorey

2019

J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med

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Physical activities during and after cancer treatment have favorable psychosocial effects. Increasingly, yoga has become a popular approach to improving the quality of life (QoL) of women with breast cancer. However, the extant synthetic evidence on yoga has not used other exercise comparison conditions. This meta-analysis aimed to systematically assess yoga-specific effects relative to any other physical exercise intervention (eg, aerobics) for women with breast cancer. QoL was the primary outcome of interest. Eight randomized controlled trials with 545 participants were included. The sample-weighted synthesis at immediate postintervention revealed marginally statistically and modest practically significant differences suggesting yoga’s potentially greater effectiveness: d = 0.14, P = .10. However, at longer term follow-up, no statistically or practically significant between-group difference was observed. This meta-analysis preliminarily demonstrated that yoga is probably as effective as other exercise modalities in improving the QoL of women with breast cancer. Both interventions were associated with clinically significant improvements in QoL. Nearly all of the yoga intervention programs, however, were very poorly resourced. Larger and better controlled trials of well-endowed yoga programs are needed.

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Yoga-Specific Enhancement of Quality of Life Among Women With Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

El-Hashimi

Gorey

2019

J Evid Based Complementary Altern Med

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“…A social worker teaching yoga to a cancer patient has reported resulting health benefits, specifically reduced stress and anxiety and more self-acceptance of their body (Strauss & Northcut, 2014). Yoga classes for clients in a homeless shelter have resulted in reducing stress and encouraging gratitude (Davis-Berman & Farkas, 2013).…”

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“…Studies have found some social workers do not have expert level skills or formal training in the alternative approaches they are using with clients (Henderson, 2000;Jayaratne, Croxton, & Mattison, 1997;Partyka, 2014;Tucker & Norton, 2013). Strauss and Northcut (2014) indicate the importance of having teacher certification before the alternative practice is taught to clients. Some studies express concern about social workers lacking formal training in the alternative practice because they believe there could be harm to the clients (Strauss & Northcut, 2014;Tucker & Norton, 2013).…”

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Becoming A Holistic Social Worker: An Autoethnography

Lam¹

2021

Preprint

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<div>This research project is an autoethnography about my journey in becoming a holistic social worker. The theoretical framework includes critical race feminism, Asian feminism, and yin yang theory. The literature review finds social workers are integrating alternative healing practices in their professional work. The research methods are the process and product of writing the autoethnography. The research question is: what persons, situations, and experiences were influential in my becoming a holistic social worker? The findings indicate the influencing factors: family environment, learning kung fu and Chinese medicine, social justice activities at church, healing professionals, working in mental health field, training in counselling and mental health, and holistic social workers. The discussions indicate white supremacy, patriarchy, capitalism, and cultural appropriation had negative impacts on my life and presented opportunities for resistance.</div>

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“…On some occasions, alternative therapies, such as Tai Chi (https://nccih.nih.gov/health/taichi/introduction.htm), forgiveness therapy (Lundahl et al, 2008), psychodrama (Konopik and Cheung, 2013), yoga (Strauss and Northcut, 2014), possible selves theory (Van Breda, 2010) and ‘circle of meaning’ groups (Burke, 2006), have been used explicitly to engender hope among others. In a meta-analysis by Lundahl et al (2008), which examined forgiveness-based intervention studies that had comparison groups, they found that positive emotions, such as hope, were significantly higher than the comparison group post intervention.…”

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Inspiring hope through social work practice

Boddy

O’Leary

Tsui

et al. 2017

International Social Work

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Hope has dynamic features that look to the future and motivate people. Yet despite being synonymous with social work, psychological terms have tended to define hope’s perimeters. Its role in social work is often heralded, yet its unique, critical and temporal role has not been well mapped in social work theory. This article explores the use of hope in social work practice. A conceptual framework highlights the richness of hope, its application in social work practice and its position in social work relationships. The implications for direct practice, further research and professional education are also discussed.

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Using Yoga Interventions to Enhance Clinical Social Work Practices with Young Women with Cancer

Cited by 11 publications

References 33 publications

Yoga-Specific Enhancement of Quality of Life Among Women With Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Yoga-Specific Enhancement of Quality of Life Among Women With Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Exploratory Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Becoming A Holistic Social Worker: An Autoethnography

Inspiring hope through social work practice

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