SOWK 546 – Science of Social Work Assignment 4

  

SOWK 546 – Science of Social Work

Part 1: Project Overview

Practice problem for the profession of social work:

  

Practice question for the profession of social work:

  

1. Select the grand challenge that aligns with the practice problem and question that you specified above. 

r Ensure healthy development for all youth

r Close the health gap

r Stop family violence

r Advance long and productive lives

r Eradicate social isolation

r End homelessness

r Create social responses to a changing environment

r Harness technology for social good

r Promote smart decarceration

r Reduce extreme economic inequality

r Build financial capability for all

r Achieve equal opportunity and justice

Answer: I chose “Build financial capability for all,” because I believe the source of most social problems is caused and mainly attributed to poverty.

2. In order to raise awareness about the grand challenge you have selected, what audience does your project target and why? 

  

  

3. Please provide an overview of the project and rationale. What is your product (is it a PSA, an internet challenge, a conference or professional development training, an event or campaign, an OpEd, etc.)? What is the “Call to Action,” i.e. what do you hope to compel your target audience to do? You must clearly identify the Call to Action. 

  

4. As you know, professional social workers should be able to locate and use databases, raw data and statistics that can inform their practice at the micro, mezzo, or macro levels and to use this data in a variety of ways. Utilizing the skills and knowledge gained from units 12 to 14, you are asked to locate and incorporate raw data and statistics into the Raising Awareness Project to tell a story using data. 

a. Describe the sources of the data and/or statistics you have incorporated into your project. Please provide the APA 6th edition citation for the data sources.

  

b. Briefly describe the data and/or statistics you have incorporated into your project. If appropriate and feasible, include the source data and/or statistics in an Appendix.