BACKGROUND: Improvement in medico-social services has increased life expectancy and population ageing in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). It was estimated that about 163 million people aged 65 and older will be resident in SSA by 2050. There is inadequate ageing research capacity in SSA which necessitates this study to (a) identify a decade-long ageing research opportunities, challenges, and solutions, and (b) prioritize critical ageing research areas and methodologies relevant to the SSA.
METHODS: We designed an e-Delphi protocol following the Reporting Guideline for Priority Setting of Health Research with Stakeholder. The stakeholders will be researchers, practitioners, older adults, and caregivers purposively selected through snowballing quota sampling to complete three rounds of e-Delphi surveys. Round 1 will involve open-ended questions derived from the study objectives. Responses from round 1 will be prepared as a checklist for stakeholders to rate during rounds 2 & 3, using a 9-point scale: low priority (1-3), moderate priority (4-6), and high priority (7-9). The criterion for reaching a consensus will be ≥ 70% of stakeholders rating an item \"high priority\" and ≤ 15% as \"low priority.\" Quantitative data will be analysed using descriptive statistics, Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test will be used to assess the stability of stakeholders\' responses, and qualitative comments will be analysed using content analysis.
CONCLUSIONS: Setting aging research/practice priorities will help maximize the benefits of research investment and provide valuable direction for allocating public and private research funds to areas of strategic importance.

UNASSIGNED: The social work profession is in a precarious situation regarding licensure. Test takers of color are struggling to pass social work licensure exams at rates comparable to their White counterparts, per data released by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB). As a nation, we are required to meet the needs of our increasingly diverse population. Yet the recruitment and retention of a diverse body of social workers is unlikely to be actualized if disparities persist in these exams. Given ASWB\'s monopoly on social work exams and the likelihood that many states will continue to require the exams for licensure, we sought to explore public responses to the data released, using the National Association of Social Work (NASW) as our starting point. As the nation\'s largest association of social workers, having local chapters within each state, NASW serves as an area of connection between social workers nationwide.
UNASSIGNED: We utilized content analysis to explore emerging themes and conduct a review of the state chapter\'s public responses to exam pass rate data.
UNASSIGNED: A variety of state chapter\'s responses, with few states engaging in advocacy efforts or taking action to facilitate change.
UNASSIGNED: Advocacy efforts play a pivotal role in the restructuring of fragmented systems. This study revisits seemingly ignored disparities diverse test takers may face, while also serving as a call-to-action in advocacy engagement. We conclude with a set of advocacy practice guidelines for use in the promotion of equitable licensing opportunities for all test takers.

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OBJECTIVE: Social work services are a major part of the treatment spectrum in medical rehabilitation. Given new demands and differences in the practical implementation of social work interventions, there is a need for good clinical practice standards of care. Therefore, practice guidelines (PG) for social work in medical rehabilitation facilities were developed. These are intended to support decision-making processes in interventions and give other professions working in rehabilitative care insight into the range of social work services. The PG were developed in a multi-stage process involving experts from social work practice.
METHODS: A national and international literature search was conducted on the current evidence on social work interventions in medical rehabilitation. In a survey of social work services in inpatient and outpatient medical rehabilitation facilities (all indications except addictive disorders, child/adolescent rehabilitation; Nmax=311), social workers were asked to provide information on current practice and their expectations towards the PG. On this basis, a preliminary version of the PG was modified and expanded in an expert workshop and evaluated in a second survey of social work services in rehabilitation facilities (Nmax=184). The results were discussed at a second workshop and on this basis the final PG version was prepared.
RESULTS: The PG include information on framework conditions of social work in rehabilitation and on social diagnostics. At the center of the PG are frequent needs and problems of rehabilitation patients. These include work-related problems, social and financial problems, participation of persons with disability, and aftercare/follow-up. Each chapter provides information on needs assessment, the content and scope of suitable interventions, and additional materials and references.
CONCLUSIONS: The PE are intended as a practical aid, based on both practical expertise and existing scientific evidence, to provide social work staff and other professional groups in rehabilitation with information on social work services and their implementation. The focus of the content reflects the expressed expectations of social services for PE.
UNASSIGNED: Die Soziale Arbeit ist ein wesentlicher Bestandteil des Behandlungsspektrums in der medizinischen Rehabilitation. Neue Anforderungen an ihre Leistungen und Variationen in der praktischen Umsetzung von Interventionen führen zu einem Bedarf an Versorgungsstandards guter klinischer Praxis für dieses Feld. Daher wurden Praxisempfehlungen (PE) für die Soziale Arbeit in medizinischen Rehabilitationseinrichtungen entwickelt. Diese sollen Entscheidungsprozesse unterstützen, konkrete Handlungsempfehlungen liefern und anderen Reha-Professionen Einblick in das Aufgabenspektrum der Sozialen Arbeit geben. Die PE wurden in einem mehrstufigen Verfahren unter Einbezug von Expert*innen erarbeitet.
METHODS: Eine nationale und internationale Literaturrecherche wurde zum aktuellen Evidenzstand zu Leistungen der Sozialen Arbeit in der medizinischen Rehabilitation durchgeführt. Darauf folgte eine Befragung der Sozialdienste in stationären und ambulanten medizinischen Rehabilitationseinrichtungen (somatische und psychosomatische Indikationen ohne Abhängigkeitserkrankungen, Kinder-/Jugendlichenrehabilitation; Nmax=311) zu Vorgehensweisen der Sozialen Arbeit und Erwartungen an die PE. Auf dieser Basis wurde eine erste Version im Rahmen eines Expert*innenworkshops weiterentwickelt und in einer zweiten Befragung durch Sozialdienste in Rehabilitationseinrichtungen evaluiert (Nmax=184). Die Ergebnisse wurden auf einem zweiten Workshop diskutiert, auf dieser Grundlage wurde eine endgültige Fassung der PE erstellt.
UNASSIGNED: Die PE umfassen Informationen zu Rahmenbedingungen der Tätigkeit Sozialer Arbeit in der Rehabilitation und zur Sozialen Diagnostik. Im Hauptteil werden häufige Bedarfslagen von Rehabilitand*innen dargestellt: berufliche Bedarfslagen (u. a. längere Abwesenheit vom Arbeitsplatz), soziale und wirtschaftliche Bedarfslagen (u. a. Teilhabe von Menschen mit Behinderung); Bedarf an nachgehenden Leistungen (u. a. Nachsorge) und Bedarfslagen im Bereich der Kommunikation. Aufgeführt sind jeweils Informationen zur Feststellung der Bedarfslage, zu Inhalt und Umfang von Leistungen und Verweise auf weiterführende Materialien.
UNASSIGNED: Die PE sollen als Praxishilfe, die sowohl auf den praktischen Erfahrungen aus Rehabilitationseinrichtungen als auch auf vorhandener wissenschaftlicher Evidenz beruht, Mitarbeiter*innen der Sozialen Arbeit und anderen Berufsgruppen in der Rehabilitation Informationen zu Leistungen der Sozialen Arbeit und deren Umsetzung bieten. Die inhaltliche Schwerpunktsetzung spiegelt die geäußerten Erwartungen der Sozialdienste an die PE wider.

BACKGROUND: Research shows that the most typical response to client violence has been to implement policies that safeguard social workers at their workplaces. This article examined, through a document analysis, the international norms for the protection of social workers. The goal of the document analysis was to inform policy development in South Africa against client violence.
METHODS: The researchers found, selected, analysed, and synthesised 17 international policies, frameworks, protocols, guidelines, and legislative frameworks using the applied thematic analysis (ATA) approach. The data was analysed at three levels, and open coding yielded 18 codes.
RESULTS: The codes were refined into three main themes and subthemes related to protecting social workers from client violence: (1) employers inspired a culture of safety and security within the work-environment, (2) social workers prioritised their safety by using their clinical skills, and (3) actively implementing initiatives to ensure the safety of social workers.
CONCLUSIONS: The research highlighted social work safety while providing services at an office, visiting sites, or traveling. Examining these practicalities provided valuable data that can inform policy development processes in different countries.

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Islene Araujo de Carvalho and coauthors discuss the WHO guidelines on integrated care for older people.

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Children have the right to be brought up in safe environments. However, this right is often infringed by people who are supposed to provide love, care, and protection to children. These people can include biological fathers, step-fathers, brothers, cousins, aunts, mothers, and uncles. Violation of children takes place in a variety of ways, however, for the purpose of this paper, the focus is on child sexual abuse within the family system. A literature review is adopted as the methodology for the discussions in this paper. The purpose of this paper is firstly to demonstrate that child sexual abuse happens within the family system in South Africa, and secondly, to argue that the prevention of child sexual abuse should start within the family system and this can be achieved by conducting educational social group work sessions on child sexual abuse with the family members.