SWK 170 EXAM 2 STUDY GUIDE
Medical social workers provide: - Answers - Assessment, plan, resources, support,
consult, educate, refer
Cultural competence - Answers - Being aware of different customs among cultures
Mary Cannon - Answers - Developed medical SWK; first woman in hospital setting
Dorothy Dix - Answers - Advocated for humane treatment of mentally ill
Ida Cannon - Answers - Originator of medical SWK in US
Medicaid - Answers - Aid for poor
Medicare - Answers - Aid for elderly
65+
disability
Social welfare policies - Answers - Welfare, SS, food stamps, TANF, workers comp,
unemployment
Church roles w/ child welfare - Answers - Churches helped abandoned children
(Pre-1600)
Mary Ellen - Answers - Young girl whose child abuse case started the New York Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Child welfare movement - Answers - Saved children
Child welfare policy - Answers - Child protective services/rules & regulations
i.e. 1974 Child abuse prevention and treatment act, 1988 Child maltreatment is defined
Continuum care - Answers - Services to keep family intact; keep kids in homes
Work & family issues examples - Answers - -Paid family leave is rare
-Childcare is expensive
-Women are paid less than men
-Little maternity leave
Current family concerns in US - Answers - -Middle income families are vulnerable to
poverty
-High rates of unemployment
-Policies suppress poor & support large cooperations
Medical social workers provide: - Answers - Assessment, plan, resources, support,
consult, educate, refer
Cultural competence - Answers - Being aware of different customs among cultures
Mary Cannon - Answers - Developed medical SWK; first woman in hospital setting
Dorothy Dix - Answers - Advocated for humane treatment of mentally ill
Ida Cannon - Answers - Originator of medical SWK in US
Medicaid - Answers - Aid for poor
Medicare - Answers - Aid for elderly
65+
disability
Social welfare policies - Answers - Welfare, SS, food stamps, TANF, workers comp,
unemployment
Church roles w/ child welfare - Answers - Churches helped abandoned children
(Pre-1600)
Mary Ellen - Answers - Young girl whose child abuse case started the New York Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children
Child welfare movement - Answers - Saved children
Child welfare policy - Answers - Child protective services/rules & regulations
i.e. 1974 Child abuse prevention and treatment act, 1988 Child maltreatment is defined
Continuum care - Answers - Services to keep family intact; keep kids in homes
Work & family issues examples - Answers - -Paid family leave is rare
-Childcare is expensive
-Women are paid less than men
-Little maternity leave
Current family concerns in US - Answers - -Middle income families are vulnerable to
poverty
-High rates of unemployment
-Policies suppress poor & support large cooperations
