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- Feminism is a political, cultural, or economic movement aimed at establishing equal rights and legal protection for women
- analyzes the status of women and men in society
- purpose of using this knowledge to better women’s lives
- question the differences between women and me
- including how race, class, ethnicity, sexuality, nationality, and age intersect with gender
- studied themes include discrimination, objectification (especially sexual objectification), oppression, stereotyping, etc
- used in social work, sociology, economics, education, and others
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| The Impact Of Out-Of-Home Placement on clients |
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- includes Hospitalization, Foster Care, Residential Care, Criminal Justice System
- an intervention that only occurs when there is a health or safety risk in the home
- reasons include medical or behavioral health issue of the individual, child abuse or neglect, medical or behavioral health issues of a family member
- Individuals who are placed outside of their homes often experience significant life problems
example: children who are removed from their homes due to abuse and/or neglect typically are higher users of mental health or other social services than before they were placed away from their parents. finding causation for this is difficult.
For all those leaving their homes, regardless of age, there is a disruption of emotional bonds with other family members, which is often accompanied by rage, grief, sadness, and/or despair. |
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| Social Workers should educate themselves on the following regarding human genetics: |
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- the process of genetic inheritance
- the primary reasons that clients seek genetic testing and counseling
- types of genetic conditions, including single gene disorders, chromosome anomalies, and multifactorial disorders, and the effect of harmful environmental toxins on development
- the patterns of inheritance between generations (autosomal dominant, autosomal recessive, and X-linked recessive)
- the biology of a genetic condition must be thoroughly understood and explained to a client and his or her family in order to make informed decisions about whether or not to be tested |
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| When working with families considering or undergoing genetic testing, social workers should... |
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- ensure that clients are fully informed about all aspects of genetic testing
- provide counseling before and after the decision to have a genetic test and after the test itself |
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Human Genetics
autosomal dominant |
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- if you get the abnormal gene from only one parent, you can get the disease. Often, one of the parents may also have the disease
- Dominant inheritance means an abnormal gene from one parent can cause disease. This happens even when the matching gene from the other parent is normal. The abnormal gene dominates
- A parent with an autosomal dominant condition has a 50% chance of having a child with the condition. This is true for each pregnancy.
- Children who do not inherit the abnormal gene will not develop or pass on the disease
- If someone is diagnosed with an autosomal dominant disease, their parents should also be tested for the abnormal gene
- Examples of autosomal dominant disorders include Marfan syndrome (overgrowth of bones and tissue, people with this condition are tall and have long legs and arms) |
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Human Genetics
autosomal recessive |
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An autosomal recessive disorder means two copies of an abnormal gene must be present in order for the disease or trait to develop.
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Human Genetics
X-linked recessive (sex-linked) |
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X-linked recessive inheritance is a mode of inheritance in which a mutation in a gene on the X chromosome causes the phenotype to be expressed in males. (who are necessarily hemizygous [only one copy present] for the gene mutation because they have one X and one Y chromosome) and in females who are homozygous for the gene mutation.
X-linked inheritance means that the gene causing the trait or the disorder is located on the X chromosome. Females have two X chromosomes, while males have one X and one Y chromosome. Carrier females who have only one copy of the mutation do not usually express the phenotype, although differences in X chromosome inactivation can lead to varying degrees of clinical expression in carrier females since some cells will express one X allele and some will express the other.
X-linked inheritance means that the gene causing the trait or the disorder is located on the X chromosome. Females have two X chromosomes, while males have one X and one Y chromosome. Carrier females who have only one copy of the mutation do not usually express the phenotype, although differences in X chromosome inactivation can lead to varying degrees of clinical expression in carrier females since some cells will express one X allele and some will express the other.
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