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Shmulik Szeintuch, Street Work and Outreach: A Social Work Method?, The British Journal of Social Work, Volume 45, Issue 6, September 2015, Pages 1923–1934, https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bcu103
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Abstract
Street work was formalised in the nineteenth century, starting in the USA. After focusing initially on immigrants and people living in poverty, it gradually came to include many other target groups. Street workers now include mainly professionals, peers and volunteers. This critical commentary reviews the street work and outreach literature, covering such issues as definitions and intervention methods, terminology, target populations and aims. It concludes with a discussion of the review's key findings and some possible future research directions.
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