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		<title>NASW Hopes President’s Statement Will Add Momentum to Marriage Equality Movement</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 05:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Washington, D.C. (May 10, 2012) The National Association of Social Workers applauds President Obama for publicly supporting marriage equality for all. NASW has long held the position that people of same gender sexual orientation should have the same rights as persons of other-gender orientation. NASW believes the President’s historic announcement, coming on the heels of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Americans Praying About Health, Study Says</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 May 2011 16:50:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No correlation found between prayer for health and lack of health insurance WASHINGTON—Praying about health issues dramatically increased among American adults over the past three decades, rising 36 percent between 1999 and 2007, according to a study published by the American Psychological Association. Researchers analyzed data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 1999, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASW Seeks Privacy Protections for Personal Health Records</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 03:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Immediate Release January 14, 2009 Contact: Gail Woods Waller 202-336-8236 gwaller@naswdc.org James Finley 202-336-8315  jfinley@naswdc.org Nation’s Social Workers Urge Congress to Act in Economic Recovery Plan Washington –The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) urges Congress to include provisions in the economic recovery bill that encourage the development of a national interoperable health information infrastructure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NASW Foundation Receives 4-Star Rating from Charity Navigator</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Dec 2008 13:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Abe Gilliam</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commendation honors NASW Foundation’s sound fiscal management Washington –The National Association of Social Workers Foundation (NASW Foundation) has achieved its third consecutive 4-star rating from Charity Navigator, America’s premier charity evaluator.  This honor notes the ability of the NASW Foundation to efficiently manage and grow its finances.  The NASW Foundation is among only 10% of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Reasons Why Some Long-Term Marriages End in Divorce</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:17:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ever since the 1970’s, divorce has become commonplace. In fact, the definition of family has changed dramatically. Less than fifty percent of families are intact families with the original mother and father. Families now include single heads of households—with women as the head of household, couples living together and step-families that become “blended” through divorce [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Efforts to Recruit, Retain and Research Nation’s Social Workers Gain Bipartisan Support in Congress</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:52:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Dorothy I. Height Joined U.S. Congressmen Ed Towns and Chris Shays Today to Seek Support for H.R. 5447, The Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr. Social Work Reinvestment Act Rep. Christopher Shays (R-CT), Rep. Edolphus Towns (D-NY), Dorothy I. Height, Dr. Elizabeth J Clark, PhD, ACSW WASHINGTON—Congress is being asked to help [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Brain Matures a Few Years Late in ADHD, But Follows Normal Pattern</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ADHD brain maturation delay (Video, MP4 File) In youth with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), the brain matures in a normal pattern but is delayed three years in some regions, on average, compared to youth without the disorder, an imaging study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking Time to Think About Peace</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Nov 2007 21:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Elizabeth J. Clark, Ph.D., ACSW, MPH My column for the News always needs to be written about six weeks before publication. Therefore, I am writing this early while vacationing at Glacier National Park in western Montana. My husband and I have been coming to this same location for almost 20 years. In many ways [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Workers Hail New Jersey Supreme Court’s Decision in Favor of Equal Benefits and Privileges for Same Sex Couples</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Nov 2007 06:51:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASW and NASW-NJ submitted amici curiae brief to support same sex couples Edison, NJ – In a landmark decision, the New Jersey Supreme Judicial Court ruled that the state must amend its marriage statutes or create an equivalent legal structure for same-sex couples.  The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) and its New Jersey Chapter [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Workers Support Human Rights and Social Justice for Detainees</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 20:28:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris H.</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[NASW signs on to Amicus Brief with other human rights organizations Washington – Upholding the profession of social work’s commitment to human rights and social justice, the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) supports the ability of Guantanamo detainees to challenge their detention through our Constitutional system of  government checks and balances. The cases, Boumediene [...]]]></description>
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