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Article: Safeguarding health equality for the disadvantaged during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned for the social work profession

TitleSafeguarding health equality for the disadvantaged during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned for the social work profession
Authors
KeywordsCOVID-19
coronavirus
pandemic
epidemic
health equality
Issue Date2021
PublisherSage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105753
Citation
Qualitative Social Work: research and practice, 2021, v. 20 n. 1-2, p. 463-469 How to Cite?
AbstractAn evaluation of the role played by the social work profession during the outbreak of COVID-19 is necessary. Although social workers have made efforts to address people’s needs during the pandemic, it is worth examining the role they have played in safeguarding health equality. Focusing on the case of Hong Kong, we found that the profession was generally ill-prepared for the outbreak, and in particular, for confronting the attendant social inequalities. We identified three possible reasons for these findings: 1) non-governmental organizations were caught off-guard by the outbreak, 2) there was no clearly articulated intervention agenda to inform practitioners of the roles they should play in such a large-scale crisis, and 3) having become more formalized and standardized, social work services may have become less flexible in responding to emerging community needs. We conclude this article by suggesting three directions that could allow the profession to better pursue its mission during large-scale crises.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/307642
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2023 Impact Factor: 1.7
2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.620
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dc.contributor.authorKwan, CK-
dc.contributor.authorLing, HWH-
dc.contributor.authorCheung, JCS-
dc.contributor.authorChui, EWT-
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-12T13:35:39Z-
dc.date.available2021-11-12T13:35:39Z-
dc.date.issued2021-
dc.identifier.citationQualitative Social Work: research and practice, 2021, v. 20 n. 1-2, p. 463-469-
dc.identifier.issn1473-3250-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/307642-
dc.description.abstractAn evaluation of the role played by the social work profession during the outbreak of COVID-19 is necessary. Although social workers have made efforts to address people’s needs during the pandemic, it is worth examining the role they have played in safeguarding health equality. Focusing on the case of Hong Kong, we found that the profession was generally ill-prepared for the outbreak, and in particular, for confronting the attendant social inequalities. We identified three possible reasons for these findings: 1) non-governmental organizations were caught off-guard by the outbreak, 2) there was no clearly articulated intervention agenda to inform practitioners of the roles they should play in such a large-scale crisis, and 3) having become more formalized and standardized, social work services may have become less flexible in responding to emerging community needs. We conclude this article by suggesting three directions that could allow the profession to better pursue its mission during large-scale crises.-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherSage Publications Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.sagepub.co.uk/journal.aspx?pid=105753-
dc.relation.ispartofQualitative Social Work: research and practice-
dc.rightsChi-Kin Kwan, Henry Wai-Hang Ling, Johnson Chun-Sing Cheung, , , Ernest Wing-Tak Chui, Safeguarding health equality for the disadvantaged during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned for the social work profession, Qualitative Social Work: research and practice (Journal Volume 20 and Issue 1-2) pp. 463-469. Copyright © [2021] (Copyright Holder). DOI: [10.1177/1473325020973337].-
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.-
dc.subjectCOVID-19-
dc.subjectcoronavirus-
dc.subjectpandemic-
dc.subjectepidemic-
dc.subjecthealth equality-
dc.titleSafeguarding health equality for the disadvantaged during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned for the social work profession-
dc.typeArticle-
dc.identifier.emailCheung, JCS: cjcs@hku.hk-
dc.identifier.emailChui, EWT: ernest@hku.hk-
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dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1473325020973337-
dc.identifier.pmid34253987-
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dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom-

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