Biomedical subjects

R R Iversen

Publications and source records attributed to R R Iversen.

3 recordsLinked to original sources

PubMed1999

How much do we count? Interpretation and error-making in the decennial census.

Following a critique of the 1990 decennial census procedures, we conducted a field study among low-income, inner-city residents in 1991 to examine how they conceptualized and managed the civic task of census response. Interpretations about the purpose and meaning of the census, about commitment to the task, and about connection to government, singly and together with literacy skills (e.g., reading and general literacy competence), were associated with errors that are not detectable by evaluative methodologies used regularly by the Census Bureau. The validity and reliability of census data, and possibly other self-administered survey research, will be increased by greater use of knowledge about both interpretation and literacy skills in formulating data collection procedures.

Attitude↗

PubMed1998

Occupational social work for the 21st century.

Economic restructuring and radical changes in welfare policy are causing increasingly severe employment dislocation and disadvantage among many urban residents, particularly women, members of racial and ethnic minority groups, and youths. Despite the profession's historic commitment to poor people, little advanced social work practice is reported in work-enhancement programs. This article outlines employment-related needs among poor people in the context of economic and policy change. A brief discussion of successful work programs and traditional occupational practice frames the reformulation suggested in the article. Role definitions, settings, and skills needed for expanded occupational social work practice are followed by implications for social work.

Employment↗

PubMed1987

Licensure: help or hindrance to women social workers.

It is generally believed that licensure benefits the social work profession. In this article, the author argues that licensure both positively and negatively affects the employment of women in the social work profession and that the issue of licensure should be closely studied.

Career Mobility↗