An activist pedagogy is a method of teaching that allows students to reflect on social issues and consider how they can participate in fostering social justice. Anti-oppressive social work educators can use an activist ...

When students are involved in participatory classroom activities where they can reflect on their actions, the experience enables students to value their knowledge and encourages their active involvement in learning. Such ...

Cultural beliefs, religion and spirituality can play an important role in mental health and mental health service utilization among immigrants in Canada.

Networks of friends and family, or links with settlement service workers helped South Asian immigrant women by providing information, orientation, guidance or resources, and sometimes even employment. Networks that ...

Community Health Agents (CHAs) working in shantytowns in Brazil used their knowledge of local culture and social practices to create innovative strategies that merged scientific knowledge with popular health knowledge in ...

A majority of participants in this study valued self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) as a useful tool to manage their diabetes. However, participants described cost to be a significant barrier to SMBG.

Popular media as well as academics/practitioners generally see motherhood and sexuality as two disconnected aspects of women’s lives. An exception is the manner in which pornographic publications and popular culture identify ...

Monitoring of human rights is a complex process, involving numerous issues and significant choices that in turn determine the nature, scope and value of the outcomes.

The progress that Brazil has made over the past few years in food and nutrition security has largely been due to the success of its civil society in transmitting its concerns to decision-makers at the policy level.

There is interesting potential for social workers and artists to learn from each other and work together to achieve social justice and social change.