Deck 3: Chronic Illness: A Case Study Application With a Latina Client Dawn Joosten

Question 1

Of the many chronic illnesses in the United States, which is often considered #1?

A) Diabetes
B) Obesity
C) Heart disease
D) Cancer

Answer 1

Heart disease

Question 2

What are two therapies that social workers can use in working with persons with chronic illnesses?

A) Disease management and motivational interviewing
B) Problem-solving therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy
C) Hope therapy and pain therapy
D) Cognitive behavioral therapy and disease management therapy

Answer 2

Problem-solving therapy and cognitive behavioral therapy

Question 3

What are the two theories/perspectives that guide social workers in working with persons with chronic disease?

A) Life course and strengths perspective
B) Developmental and strengths perspective
C) Systems and developmental theory
D) Ecological and life course theory

Answer 3

Ecological and life course theory

Question 4

Biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment is said to inform what type of interventions?

A) Family-centered interventions
B) Care model interventions
C) Evidence-based interventions
D) Interdisciplinary team-based interventions

Question 5

Which of the following tasks are completed through the assessment process?

A) Capturing general public interest
B) Prioritizing patient's presenting health problems
C) Advocating for better medical care
D) Mapping out a plan of care

Question 6

What are the four theories that inform a typical biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment?

A) Strengths, ecological, lifespan, and development theory
B) Systems, ecological, role, and developmental theory
C) Feminist, strengths, resilience, and developmental theory
D) Race, systems, resilience, and ecological theory

Question 7

There are ten factors that inform any biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment. What are the first five factors?

A) Psychological functioning, grief and loss, environmental, financial, and social factors
B) Grief and loss, diversity, family, financial, and social factors
C) Financial, medical, family, diversity, and interdisciplinary communication factors
D) Health, family, developmental stage, diversity, and support system factors

Question 8

Name the NASW standard that is most relevant for social work practice in cultural settings.

A) Social justice
B) Cultural competence
C) Self-determination
D) Respect

Question 9

One step a social work must perform prior to selecting an intervention is to conduct a comprehensive biopsychosocial-spiritual assessment.

Question 10

Transference is the potential to bring past relationships into current relationships.

Question 11

Two ethical principles for patient care noted by the NASW are competence and responsibility.

Question 12

The Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards outline 15 standards that have been divided into two separate categories: Mandates and Guidelines.

Question 13

Social work policy advocacy can happen at the organizational level; legislative and community levels; and the federal, state, and county levels.

Question 14

In their capacity as policy advocates, social workers are unable to bring salience of issues about chronic disease to the attention of community members and leaders due to conflict to interest.

Question 15

The role of social work has been magnified with integrated health care/behavioral health care models across the United States.

Question 16

Despite medical advances, there is an overwhelming increase in the number of children being diagnosed with diabetes.

Question 17

Ecological perspective is used to recognize the myriad of systems through which a patient must manage illness.

Question 18

When using the life course theory lens in disease management, what should a social worker pay particular attention to?

Question 19

What three tasks are completed during the intervention phase when meeting with an interdisciplinary team?

Question 20

Identify and define the four ethical principles of patient care as outlined by the NASW.

Question 21

Social workers rely on assessments to establish a plan of care for a patient. Describe four functions of a completed assessment during the intermediate phase that are relevant to a patient's care prior to goal setting and interventions.

Question 22

The Affordable Care Act represented a shift toward prevention with the establishment of the Prevention and Public Health Fund. This fund has four aims: community prevention, clinical prevention, public health infrastructure and training, and research surveillance focused on workforce wellness. Describe what these changes would mean for an individual and for the community.