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ArticleHawai'i journal of health & social welfare2025

Social Work Workforce, Licensing, and Hawai'i: An Overview.

Robin G Arndt, Clifford S Bersamira, Theresa M Kreif, Rebecca L Stotzer

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Article in Hawai'i journal of health & social welfare, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Robin G ArndtThompson School of Social Work & Public Health, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
Clifford S BersamiraThompson School of Social Work & Public Health, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
Theresa M KreifThompson School of Social Work & Public Health, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.
Rebecca L StotzerThompson School of Social Work & Public Health, University of Hawai'i at Mānoa.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Social work is an academic and professional discipline that has been part of the Hawai'i social service workforce since the late 1800s. As the largest provider of mental health services in the United States, social work is a regulated profession in Hawai'i, but current information about the size and scope of the profession is limited by significant data issues stemming from varying definitions at state and federal levels. However, the need for more social work professionals in the state, which is already experiencing a social work workforce shortage, is clear. In addition, opportunities to support the social work workforce exist through advocacy efforts and policy changes that would increase education and training opportunities as well as increase providers to meet the demands of the community.

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LicensureSocial WorkHawaiiHumansWorkforceclinical social workersocial workersocial work workforce

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PMID40904533
PMCPMC12403241

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