Chapter three

Chapter three talks about social work in the primary care setting. The chapter talks about three primary health care concepts that really broaden my horizons. The three concepts are professions providing primary medical care, settings of primary health care practice, the field of public health and primary prevention. The book says that “It appears that the main difference between public health and primary care is that primary prevention is a goal of public health, which is focused on the community more than on the individual, which is the focus in primary care” (Fort Cowles, 2003). You can find social workers in many different job fields like hospital outpatient clinics, neighborhood health center clinics and group medical practices. Chapter three talks about how social workers try to prevent people from engaging in health behaviors that lead to chronic disease. This chapter also talks about the model curriculum. This is where students that want to become social workers are trained in all different areas of social work. This was very interesting to me because this is a great idea. It helps future social workers to get as much knowledge that they can so when they go into the line of business then they are prepared as much as possible. They will know more when they actually go into line of work but this will help them. This chapter has really made me understand social work and how it is difficult but yet rewarding it is to be in the field.

 

Fort Cowles, L.A. (2003). Social Work in the Health Field: A Care Perspective (2nd ed.) Binghamton, NY: The Haworth Press.