The aims of this paper are to illustrate how social workers can collaborate with designers
and artists in addressing social issues facing communities and to identify the implications of …

The use of quilting as an art therapy intervention in a self-efficacy group of African American
women who were leaving homelessness is examined in this article. Two quilting workshops …

The authors describe an arts-based social research and development approach in helping
Myanmar refugee women share their ideas about the elements of a culturally responsive …

The arts are becoming essential helping strategies of social work whether those involve
direct provision of support of people who experience serious social issues, community …

In this article, the author considers how the diversity of art-making can help groups that face
oppression consolidate their identity and support, build awareness of the greater community …

This paper highlights narrative method as a tool for gaining insight into the risk, vulnerability
and resilience of older homeless African American women. The authors incorporated …

For older people with disabilities environmental design will become increasingly important
to their quality of life as they expect supportive structures within community settings to …

This article describes the incorporation of the arts into a community-based participatory
action research (CBPAR) project formulated to develop and test practices for helping …

''Listen to me,''the man said intently as he stared at Pastor Rebecca Strong from the foot of
the front steps of the church's community center. Only recently did Pastor Rebecca relocate …

This paper describes the Leaving Homelessness Intervention Research Project (LHIRP), a
multimodal intervention that addresses the structural barriers and personal issues older …