Reimagining Macro Social Work to Advance Environmental Justice and Health Equity in the Climate Crisis.

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Neena Albarus

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Social work in public health. Pages 1-8. Aug 17, 2025. Epub Aug 17, 2025.

Abstract

The climate crisis, which is currently recognized as a "threat multiplier" by the United Nations, exacerbates health disparities, deepens structural inequities, and often disproportionately affects marginalized communities globally. While social work values maintain a commitment to social justice, dignity and worth of the person and integrity, macro-level interventions remain constrained by national and neoliberal paradigms. These limitthe profession's capacity to address global and transnational challenges such as disaster capitalism, food insecurity, and the financialization and dispossession of essential resources. As the climate crisis deepens, macro social work should reconfigure its theoretical commitments and practical applications to center environmental justice and health equity. This paper discusses the limitations of macro social work in addressing climate-induced social and public health crises and proposes a reimagining of macro practice through intersectional and interdisciplinary lenses to interrogate the structural roots of these crises.

PMID:
40819387
Bibliographic data and abstract were imported from PubMed on 18 Aug 2025.

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