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“In a 1-2 page essay, discuss poverty specifically, brainstorm about the reasons that it occurs (mental health issues, lack of education, etc.) and the reasons it is a problem (families are unstable, basic needs aren’t met, etc.).Then list all possible services that are generally available to impoverished individuals, families, and those who are at risk of having an income below the income level. Then apply the models of service delivery to poverty by categorizing these services as medical, public health, and/or human services. In your essay, discuss the choice of models. Also, there may not be specifically correct answers about which category the services fit into. Place them where you believe they may belong”
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TABLE 6.3
AN OVERVIEW OF THREE MODELS OF SERVICE DELIVERY
View of the
Problem
CHAPTER 6
Medical
Who Is the Client?
Who Is the Worker?
Individual has a
physiologically
based illness or
disease
Where Does the
Treatment Occur?
Individual who
receives services is
called a patient
Goal of
Method of Treatment Treatment
Trained professional
in health sciences
(physician, nurse,
dentist, psychiatrist)
Office
Institution
Public
Health
Individual, groups,
and society have
disease or illness
Environmental
and social
pressures also
contribute to
problem
Individuals
and special
populations or
geographic areas
(community,
neighborhood,
state, nation) can
be clients
Diagnosis
Return
Treatment
individual
Behavioral
to prior
Prescription
state
Medication
Psychoanalysis
Public health training
Office
combines medical
Medical
Prevention
Community
knowledge with
diagnosis
Social action
Prescription
community action skills
Education
Mobilization of
resources
Advocacy
for special
populations
Volunteer paraprofessional Offices/
Problem-solving
Enhance client’s
Entry-level human service agencies/institutions process
well-being and
worker who works with serving
Strengths
quality of life
Teach client
abuse, rehabilitation, individuals, families, identification
education, etc.
and children
problem-solving
skills
Professionals (mental health Community
Prevention
counselor, social worker)
Human
Services
“Problems in
living” may
be internal,
environmental,
or intrapersonal
Individuals, families,
special populations,
and environment can
be clients
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