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61 Int'l Soc. Work 3 (2018)

handle is hein.journals/intsocwk61 and id is 1 raw text is: Editorial International Social Work 20I8, Vol. 61(1) 3-5 Editorial @ The Author(s) 2017 Reprints and permissions: sagepub.co.ul/journalsPermissions.nav DOI: 10.1 177/0020872817748242 journals.sagepub.com/home/isw OSAGE 2018 will be a very important year social work globally as thousands of social workers from all over the world will be gathering in Dublin to attend the Joint World Conference on Social Work, Education and Social Development. This conference will provide an extraordinary opportunity to practitioners, academics and policy makers to share knowledge and debate some of the most press- ing issues facing social work and social policy globally. Our first issue of 2018 attempts to capture the diversity of themes and ideas that will also characterize the Dublin Conference. Each article in this issue poses important questions for educators, practitioners and policymakers. In the first article of this issue, Laura Cordisco Tsai, Susan S Witte, Toivgoo Aira, Marion Riedel, Reid Offringa and Mingway Chang discuss the efficacy of a microsavings intervention in increasing income and reducing economic dependence on sex work among women in Mongolia. Their paper is based on a randomized trial which tested the efficacy of a microsavings intervention. Women who attended microfinance sessions reported a significantly lower percentage of income from sex work, increased odds of reporting no income from sex work, and increased odds that sex work was not their main source of income compared to women who received HIV prevention alone. Philip Young P Hong, In Han Song, Sangmi Choi and Jang Ho Park, in the next article, provide a comparison of perceived employment barriers among low-income jobseekers in the U.S. and South Korea. Using samples from workforce development programs in the two countries, this study examines the comparability of this measure and to compare score differences on the five fac- tors of the Perceived Employment Barrier Scale. Research findings suggest that evidence for cross- sample equivalence indicates cross-national comparability. Further, the South Korean sample perceived significantly higher on human capital barriers compared to the U.S. The issue of care for older people in China is the focus of the next article. Yan Li concentrates on analyzing the health and social constraints of older Chinese parents who lose their only child. This newly developed vulnerable group of childless elderly has resulted from the Chinese one child policy. Based on a qualitative study in Beijing, this article examines the psychological suffer- ing, health care, and emotional support experienced by older people who lose their only child and who lack appropriate support from the government and society. The rapid increase in the numbers of childless elderly is producing profound health and social implications that require the develop- ment of appropriate policies in China. Yang Yang The, Yoges Munisamy, Peace Yuh Ju Wong, Kevin Tan, Jingrui Huang and Jacqueline Au Yong move onto the issue of social work practice with the LGB community in Singapore. Their study explores social workers' perceptions of their practice with LGB clients and examines how they may differ by their training, clinical experiences, and demographics. This is crucial, given the societal stigma and lack of social work support for the LGB populations in Singapore. A mixed method comprising a survey of 89 social workers and a focus group discussion was utilized. Findings suggest that clinical experiences with LGB clients, years of practice, and religious affili- ations influence their work with this population. Recommendations include the need for more LGB-specific research and training.

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