Socijalni rad u sistemima zdravstvene zaštite u Bosni i Hercegovini
Social work in health care systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Summary/Abstract: Health care systems in Bosnia and Herzegovina are facing the challenge of how to successfully perform the function of implementation of health care and how to provide quality health services in the conditions of impoverishment, as vell as take care of preserving and improving the health of the population. Social work through social workers as professionals in the health care system is under attack, because the professionals are the basic resource for the functioning of the system. It is expected that social work in the health care system takes an important place, and that the role of social workers in the health care systems of Bosnia and Herzegovina is significant and clearly defined. In the paper are presented the results of research conducted on the entire territory of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The population was composed of medical institutions that employ social workers from all three levels of care, while the sample was the total number of employed social workers in health care systems in Bosnia Hercegovina. The results showed that social work in health care systems are not given sufficient importance, and that social work as the profession is not recognize as an important factor in achieving and maintaining health as physical, psychological and social welfare. The social worker as a professional is marginalized. A large number of health care institutions do not employ social workers This fact suggests that health care systems did not recognize the importance of social work as a profession in the preservation and improvement of health. To improve the position of social work in the health care system social workers should promote their services as vell as introduce new services in health care systems.

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