Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-1-2012
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10522158.2012.720222
Abstract
Chronic shortages of health, social service, and mental health professionals in rural areas necessitate creative partnerships in support of families. Cooperative extension professionals in Family and Consumer Sciences and community health nurses are introduced as trusted professionals in rural communities who can bring critical skills to human services teams. Multidisciplinary prevention programs offer particularly good contexts for county extension educators and community health nurses to work in collaboration with social workers. The case of grandparents raising grandchildren illustrates the critical roles that can be filled by professionals in these two fields to extend the reach of family support programs.
Copyright Statement
This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Journal of Family Social Work, 15(5), 2012, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: http://www.tandfonline.com/. DOI: 10.1080/10522158.2012.720222
Publication Information
Shaklee, Harriet; Bigbee, Jeri; and Wall, Misty. (2012). "Better Together: Expanding Rural Partnerships to Support Families". Journal of Family Social Work, 15(5), 389-400.