How can social workers be instrumental in changing the attitudes of health care professionals about drugs and alcohol use among older patients?

What will be an ideal response?


One role social workers can fill is offering education on short screening techniques like SBIRT to health care providers.

Helping to provide education about the prevalence of the problem among older adults may incentivize providers to implement regular screenings.

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The acquisition of a new behavior is best achieved through the use of:

A. Continuous reinforcement B. Intermittent reinforcement C. Conditioned reinforcement D. Unconditioned reinforcement

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SNAP is a program through the U.S. Department of _____.

A. Health and Human Services B. the Interior C. Agriculture D. Education

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Answer the following statement(s) true (T) or false (F)

Be prepared, therefore, to reorder priorities each week.

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Defining workers as blue collar, white collar, or working class is an example of social stratification

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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