Knowledge development in health & social work.

This issue marks the beginning of my second year as editor-in-chief of Health & Social Work, and I’ve been thinking a lot lately about “knowledge development,” as in how much I’ve been learning about this complex social work profession and how we develop knowledge for it. Publishing a professional journal requires expertise, commitment, and coordination among dozens of people. Consequently, I am deeply indebted to the dozens and dozens of dedicated people, both NASW volunteers and NASW staff, whose contributions combine to produce this remarkable journal. My goal here is to remove the mystery about how social work knowledge gets “discovered” and brought to you, our readers.