carvalho, maria irene cunha, sofia mendes teles, helena ribeirinho, carla
This article analyses the level of secondary traumatic stress in Portuguese social workers. Social workers practice their profession in conditions that generate stress and trauma on a daily basis; this is triggered by clients’ anxiety, threats to the integrity of the professionals, and situations that have a negative impact on professional practice...
Sproull, Alan J Johnson, Dan
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Clinical child psychology and psychiatry
Psychological consultation is a key means of informing care and practice with psychological theory and evidence. The current paper sought to investigate what elements of psychological consultation are useful for social workers when consulting on high-risk youth, due to the current gap in the literature. Seven social workers shared their experiences...
Beltran, Susanny Yalim, Asli Morris, Ashley Taylor, Lauren
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Journal of Social Work (London, England)
Summary (methods and approach) Social workers support clients’ psychosocial and resource needs across care settings. Social workers are typically not, however, trained to engage in emergency response practices such as the ones that may be necessary to support needs brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic. This article reports findings from a cross-sect...
Ene, Jacinta Chibuzor Ajibo, Henry Tochukwu
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Scientific African
Globally, the healthcare sector is primarily designated to provide timely, efficient and effective medical services. In African countries like Nigeria, the inequality in the healthcare sector is worsened by the limited coverage of healthcare delivery. This has evolved to an unprecedented effect on the provision of healthcare services in low-resourc...
Dimla, Bernadette Parkinson, Lynne Wood, Denise Powell, Zalia
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Australasian journal on ageing
To systematically review the literature on measures social workers undertake to facilitate discharge planning for older people in a resource-scarce environment. Systematic search of electronic databases for peer-reviewed articles published in English between January 1990 and August 2020. Articles on hospital discharge planning facilitated by social...
Dreisbach, Nicole Wang, Henry Campbell, Safiya Correa, Héctor Dickson, Teré Brown-Dudley, La'Shawn Escoffery, Dodrie Evtimova, Teodora Fonseca, Anthony Myers, Christa
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The Journal of asthma : official journal of the Association for the Care of Asthma
To evaluate the effectiveness of the Asthma Counselor Program, a program of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, designed to improve asthma outcomes among children. We used a pre-post study design among children who enrolled in the program. We included self-reported outcome measures by comparing the previous 12 months (capture...
Momsen, Anne-Mette Hedeager Tonnesen, Merete Zwicky-Hauschild, Birgitte Nielsen, Claus Vinther Escorpizo, Reuben Langagergaard, Vivian Stapelfeldt, Christina Malmose
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Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences
Aims This study aimed to explore (1) whether self-reported assessment on work-related functioning, workability, return-to-work (RTW) self-efficacy, and expectation was useful in the professionals’ assessment of sick-listed workers and could guide referral to interventions and (2) whether self-reporting in addition to “usual practice” could improve ...
bin, tu huang, chienchung sitar, sophie wang, yulu
Supervision is an imperative practice within the social work field. It provides social workers with support systems, ensures that social workers are adhering to professional standards, and protects clients. Research has also shown that quality supervision can improve social workers’ professional capacity and reduce work stress. However, most of thi...
Cooke, Collina D Hastings, Julia F
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Qualitative Social Work
Black women social workers (BWSWs) represent essential workforce members who are burdened by ongoing COVID-19 circumstances. Strategies to deal with highly stressful situations on the job, such as those experienced in 2020, were absent from the research literature leaving intervention strategies to support highly stressed BWSWs unknown. This study ...
de leo, amalia d’adamo, giulia morozzi, carlotta gozzoli, caterina
The reception and taking care of forced migrants with mental health issues is undoubtedly a very complex task. The literature shows that reception systems are characterized by a high level of fragmentation due to poor collaboration among services that are required to respond to complex and multidimensional needs brought by forced migrants. Starting...
