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Health and HIV Highlights
Evelyn Tomaszewski, MSW
Senior Policy Associate,
Health & HIV
etomaszewski@naswdc.org
Conferences & Presentations
NASW recognizes the wide range of issues that affect women and girls,
and is committed to advancing the health and mental health well-being
of women and their families, both in the United States and globally.
Recently, NASW participated on the Planning Committee for the Second
World Congress on Women's Mental Health, held in Washington , D.C.
in March 2004. At the opening ceremony, NASW joined officials from
diverse national and international groups — such as the World
Bank and the World Health Organization, as well as federal agencies
and sister mental health organizations — to formally welcome
social workers and allied health professionals from 32 countries.
Additionally, NASW organized two symposia: “Global Issues, Ethical
Dilemmas, and Standards of Practice” and “Women's Health and Mental
Health: The Role of Poverty.”
- NASW's HIV/AIDS Training and Education Collaborative has been
invited to organize a presentation for the annual meeting of the
Mental Health HIV Services Collaborative (MHHSC) Program, a federally
funded program charged with providing HIV Mental Health training,
education, and technical assistance to HIV/AIDS community based
organizations working in communities largely populated by ethnic
and racial minorities.
- NASW Senior Policy Associate and HIV/AIDS Spectrum Project Director
Evelyn Tomaszewski, presented a pre-conference seminar, “Substance
Use, HIV/AIDS, and Mental Health: Integrating Services,” at the
National AIDS Update Conference; she also organized and presented
a plenary session entitled, “Mental Health and Substance Abuse
Research and Practice: Current Trends and New Directions.”
Partnerships
- NASW continues to provide a voice for professional social workers
working in diverse health care settings by actively participating
on the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations'
(JCAHO) Professional and Technical Advisory committees. NASW staff
members and volunteer leaders participated in the following PTAC
Sessions: Behavioral Health Care; and Long Term Care/Assisted Living.
The winter meeting addressed numerous issues affecting social workers
and their clients/patients, including staff-to-client/patient ratios;
patient safety goals; 2005 infection control standards; and defining
measurements or standards for culturally and linguistically appropriate
health care services.
Resources
A new NASW Health Practice Update, Preparing the Profession
Through Continuing Education and Training: NASW's Response to the
HIV/AIDS Pandemic is available online at: http://www.socialworkers.org/practice/health/health0504.pdf
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