We all understand these to be basic needs, and a growing body of research shows they are critical to child health. Abraham Maslow, a psychologist in the 1940s, presented a theory of how humans are ...

Community health needs assessments (CHNAs), also known as community health assessments, are state, tribal, territorial, or local health assessments that identify key health needs and issues through ...

A polysocial risk score is a potentially useful addition to the growing methodologies to better understand and address health-related social needs. Objectives: A polysocial risk score, which ...

Communities are not only shaped by the people who live in them. They’re also shaped by the systems meant to hold people up when life gets complicated. Social work education sits right in the middle of ...

Social work is a field of study and profession aimed at addressing problems in society—from educational inequality to health disparities to child and family welfare. Whether they practice directly ...