Applying public health science to the counselling profession: An initial examination |
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Authors: | Michael J Mason Daniel M Linnenberg |
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a Westat, Rockville, MD, USA
b Department of Counseling and Human Development, Dewey Hall, Warner School, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA |
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Abstract: | The application of public health science to the counselling profession is examined. Specifically, the public-health practices of prevention and epidemiology are reviewed for their applicability to the field of counselling. Evidence of the counselling profession's substantial involvement in the prevention research field is provided through an examination of recent major meta-analysis articles on prevention studies. The role of the counselling profession in social-policy development, and the interrelation between this type of social/political engagement and the solidification of the counselling field within the spectrum of mental-health services, are explored. |
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