Learning from service users’ involvement: a research about changing stigmatizing attitudes in social work students

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Abstract

Stigmatizing attitudes can create barriers to forming partnership with service users and to developing people’s empowerment. So, social work education must help students overcome their stigmatizing attitudes. A useful strategy for bringing about changes is service users’ and carers’ involvement in social work education, providing students with direct exposure to stigmatized people in roles that emphasize their humanity and strengths, rather than their deficits. The present study assessed the impact of a one-day meeting with service users and carers members of self-help and mutual-aid groups on freshman social work students. Students completed an adapted version of Attitudes to Mental Illness Questionnaire before and after the meeting, and answered several qualitative questions. Data comparisons suggest that after face-to-face contact with service users and carers, social work students showed reduced stigmatizing attitudes. Implications for further research and social work education are discussed.
Lingua originaleInglese
pagine (da-a)1-15
Numero di pagine15
RivistaSocial Work Education
DOI
Stato di pubblicazionePubblicato - 2016

Keywords

  • AIMQ
  • Coinvolgimento degli utenti e dei caregiver
  • Lavoro Sociale Relazionale
  • Service users’ and carers’ involvement
  • atteggiamenti stigmatizzanti
  • relational social work
  • stigmatizing attitudes

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