International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This study explored the different circumstances that single low-income women from Botswana had to navigate in childhood with their own mothers and how they experienced and negotiated motherhood as single mothers living in poverty Grounded in a constructionist paradigm and in literature on motherhood as a practice discourse and social identity that is constructed in the intersecting contexts of culture class ethnicity and gender in-depth data...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Although the number of studies on burnout in social work has increased in recent years research is still scarce A similar situation occurs in the area of studies on the effects of mindfulness in this profession although the research topic has increased exponentially Based on a quantitative analysis our study proposes a structural equation model that relates the constructs of burnout areas of worklife and dispositional...

International Social Work Volume Issue Page - January lt br gt As the first review to systematically explore the scope and application of Chinese social work research ethics this study incorporated web-crawling technology in the scoping review process and identified eligible studies from publications from January to July Findings suggest that social work scholars are aware of research ethics when conducting human subjects research in the Chinese population Yet many failed to fully demonstrate practical...

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Grantown Remakery is a small but important charity which I talked about a year or so ago with George Livingstone as the guest It seemed a good idea to see how they weathered the pandemic and did George have views on how the wider community could support the causes and challenges they saw It is one...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt Asian critical theory provides a conceptual lens to understand how racism affects Asian Americans and their communities as a racially marginalized population During the COVID- pandemic anti-Asian crimes were witnessed at a heightened level and highlighted by the Atlanta massacre Six out of eight victims were Asian women The author calls for the utilization of Asian critical theory to elevate the conceptualization of their challenges and...

Adele van Wyk is a Research Associate at the NIHR Policy Research Unit in Health and Social Care Workforce at King's words The Anti-racism Steering Group in the School of Global Affairs at King's College London Kings SGA recently held Continue reading...

International Social Work Ahead of Print lt br gt This article focuses on social work professionals from both sides of divided Cyprus Cyprus presents a very interesting yet under-explored case study as it remains an island de facto divided The division has resulted in the physical and political separation of the two most populous ethnic communities Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots for over years This article offers an exploration of the views of social workers...