The full text of this essay is available here in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. Since the 1960s, government social welfare programs have taken on increasingly important roles in advanced industrial nations ...

The term “social determinants of health” is trending in health policy circles. The general theory is that addressing external factors can improve an individual's overall health. This seems logical.

Ever wonder why government is broken? Here’s a good example. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, the federal apparatus that oversees medical coverage for 160 million Americans, has been ...

Celine Gomez, a UC Davis graduate now at California State University, Northridge, is among the hundreds of individuals receiving stipends for undergraduate or graduate studies in social work through a ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro Social Services launches new programs to make sure the aging population of vulnerable seniors have what they need. Recent research from Metro Social Services showed ...