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Publications

Articles and Essays

 

Bailey-Belafonte, S., & Buchanan Grayer, C. (2025).


Digital transformative practice: Considerations for preparing Jamaican social work practitioners for effective technology use. International Journal of Education and Development using Information and Communication Technology, 21(1), 174–186. https://ijedict.dec.uwi.edu/viewarticle.php?id=3427

 

Buchanan, C., & Bailey-Belafonte, S. (2023). 


From social welfare to social work: Tracking the growth and development of social work paraprofessional training. Bulletin of the Social Work
History Network, 9(1), 49–55. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/hscwru/assets/swhn/bulletin/2023/bulletin-of-the-swhn-2023-vol9-iss1.pdf

 

Buchanan, C., & Bailey-Belafonte, S. (2021).


Challenges in adapting field placement during a pandemic: A Jamaican perspective. International Social Work, 64(2), 285-288. https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872820976738

 

Buchanan, C. (2017). 


Finding a niche and developing a competency-based standard for paraprofessional social workers. Caribbean Journal of Social Work, 12&13, 104–124.  

 

Williams, L., & Bailey-Belafonte, S. (2017). 


Introduction. Caribbean Journal of Social Work, 12&13, 1–6.

 

Saxon, T. F., Hull, D. M., Fearon, D. D., Williams, L. O., & Tindigarukayo, J. K. (2012).


How do Jamaica’s unattached youth view their career prospects and life Skills? Comparative Education Review, 56(3).  https://doi.org/10.1086/664992

 

Buchanan, C. (2015).


How Jamaican women experience expectations of “finding a man” and bearing children: A comparative case study of two professional social workers. Caribbean Journal of Social Work 11, 189–211. 

 

Book Chapters

 

Buchanan, C., Bailey-Belafonte, S., & Williams, L. (2022).


Best practices in developing and teaching community work to an eclectic group: Lessons from a Jamaican university. In S. Karalam, N. Paul, & M. Kimura (Eds.), Best practices of social work methods: Contextual examples and reflections from the field. Notion Press. 

 

Buchanan, C., & Baker, P. (2020)


Women in the Jamaican labour force: Implications for work life balance and ageing.  In P. Mohammed & C. Boodram (Eds.), Connecting the dots: Work. Life. Balance. Ageing. (pp. 99-119).  Ian Randle.

 

Rock, L., & Buchanan, C. (2014)


Social work education in the Caribbean: Charting pathways to growth and globalisation. In C. Noble, H. Strauss, & B. Littlechild (Eds.), Global social work - crossing borders blurring boundaries (pp. 129-140). Sydney, Australia: Sydney University Press.

 

Williams, L. O. (2012)


Working with youth.  In Healy, L.M., & Link, R.J. (Eds.), Handbook of international social work.(pp. 265-272). Oxford University Press. 

 

Other Publications

 

Bailey-Belafonte, S., & Brown, J. (2020, October).


Applications for emotional wellness and self-care. OC Bien Well, 4(4), 1–2.

 

Bailey-Belafonte, S. & Brown, J. (2020, May).


Emotional Wellness: Stress Management. OC Bien Well, 1(1), 3.

 

Buchanan, C., Tyrell, J., Brown, J., & Bailey-Belafonte, S. (2021, January 10).


Community mental health first responders project. UWI Open Campus News.  https://www.open.uwi.edu/news/community-mental-health-first-responders-project