Nurture and the Person-in-Environment Perspective

This study focuses on nutrition and social work. Specifically, it examines how social workers are educated on the topic of nutrition in social work education; whether and how social workers are currently integrating nutrition into practice; and what social workers' perceptions, or opinions are on the value of nutrition in the field of social work. This quantitative study was grounded in the person-in-environment perspective, biopsychosocial perspective, and socialecological theory. The literature review analyzed multilevel social work - micro, mezzo, and macro. A multilevel approach strengthened this study because nutrition impacts clients at all levels; nutrition is part of every area of social work (Dog, 2010; Harbottle, 2011; Newton, 2013; Tran, 2014).