Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2128138
Zhirui Chen, Christine Highfill
Emotional stress is a common problem for many professionals in dementia care. Although a plethora of quantitative studies have examined the factors that affect care professionals' emotional stress, little qualitative research has provided in-depth understanding of professional stress experiences. To magnify the voices of professionals who share their experiences of stress in caring for older adults with dementia, a qualitative interpretive meta-synthesis of five qualitative studies was conducted. Guided by Pearlin's stress process model, four themes were identified: (1) emotional attachments to older adults with dementia; (2) difficulties in dementia care; (3) stressful working environment; and (4) conflicts with family members of older adults with dementia. Findings further highlighted that professionals' genuine concern for the well-being of older adults with dementia reinforced the perception of stressors identified in each of the preceding themes. These results could inform the improvements of emotional support for care professionals in practice and policy arenas.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-17DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2104415
Liana Petruzzi, Bonnie Ewald, Elle Covington, Walter Rosenberg, Robyn Golden, Barbara Jones
Social workers play an integral role in hospitals, particularly as it relates to improving patient outcomes. This scoping review was conducted to explore the impact of social work interventions in hospital settings on healthcare utilization. Research literature was identified using the following search engines: PsycINFO, CINAHL Plus, SocINDEX & MEDLINE. The initial search was conducted in May 2019, and an updated search was conducted in April 2021. Search results identified 2633 references and 110 articles met criteria for full-text review. Eighteen articles were included in the final review. Social work interventions include transitional care (56%), care coordination (22%), behavioral health (17%) and case management (5%). Significant improvements to readmission, mortality and utilizations rates are reported in over 80% of the studies, however the vast majority are non-randomized quantitative studies. More rigorous studies are needed to expand the literature and further evaluate the effectiveness of social work interventions in hospital settings.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-17DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2096738
Stephanie Gusler, Angela Moreland
There is a high prevalence of children whose parents suffer with a substance use disorder (SUD), which is associated with negative outcomes for children such as behavior problems and parents' child abuse potential. To understand negative consequences for children, it is important to consider a cumulative risk model, examining the impact of multiple co-occurring risks, as well as examine unique singular risk factors, such as parenting stress, which may have a direct effect on outcomes as well as mediate an association between cumulative risk and outcomes. Data came from 99 mothers with SUD, engaged in a substance treatment program. Results found support for a cumulative risk model for child behavior problems and parents' child abuse potential, without the inclusion of parenting stress. However, parenting stress partially and fully mediated the relation between cumulative risk and child behavior problems and cumulative risk and parent child abuse potential, respectively. Results suggest the importance of intervention programs targeting parenting stress, to help reduce child behavior problems and parents' child abuse potential, among parents with high levels of risk and SUD.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-17DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2104414
Juan-Jesús Viscarret, Alberto Ballestero, María-Jesús Úriz, Francisco Idareta
The purpose of the article is to identify the types of ethical dilemmas that Spanish social workers face in the healthcare arena (health centers, hospitals and mental health). A quantitative methodology was chosen using the questionnaire prepared by Eileen J. Ain. The questionnaire has been translated and adapted for Social Work in Spain. The statistical analysis shows the correlation between the different areas of intervention in Social Work and the most significant ethical dilemmas that such professionals have to solve (autonomy, confidentiality and informed consent). This article is an essential study on Social Work at the national level that emphasizes the importance of the ethics of Social Work in the Healthcare area.
本文的目的是确定西班牙社会工作者在医疗保健领域(卫生中心、医院和心理健康)面临的道德困境的类型。采用Eileen J. Ain编写的问卷,选择了定量方法。该问卷已被翻译和改编,以供西班牙社会工作使用。统计分析显示,社会工作干预的不同领域与这些专业人员必须解决的最重要的道德困境(自主性、保密性和知情同意)之间存在相关性。这篇文章是一篇关于国家层面社会工作的重要研究,强调了卫生保健领域社会工作伦理的重要性。
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Pub Date : 2023-02-17DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2097973
Liliana Ventura, Christina M Chiarelli-Helminiak, Anne S Frankel, Erin Hipple, Jennifer Ibrahim, Sinja Sharma, Jack Wolcott, Stacie M Metz
Social workers and public health professionals in the U.S. were profoundly impacted by COVID-19, systemic racism, and the 2020 U.S. presidential election. This study examined their external job support, burnout, and job satisfaction in the context of these circumstances. The findings suggest respondents, who had graduate degrees in social work or public health, overemphasized their job satisfaction and underemphasized their burnout. While social work and public health professionals felt satisfied with their labor, not acknowledging burnout limits the amount of support they may access to effectively continue the work. Interestingly, participants who had more administrative functions reported higher job satisfaction scores and lower burnout scores. Traditionally, those in administrative positions have more control over their schedule and work responsibilities. Findings suggest that more training, opportunities for self-care, and discussions about safety and systemic racism are needed in the workplace for social workers and public health professionals.
{"title":"\"Unprecedented Times:\" Experiences of Social Work and Public Health Professionals during Times of Public Crises.","authors":"Liliana Ventura, Christina M Chiarelli-Helminiak, Anne S Frankel, Erin Hipple, Jennifer Ibrahim, Sinja Sharma, Jack Wolcott, Stacie M Metz","doi":"10.1080/19371918.2022.2097973","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2022.2097973","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Social workers and public health professionals in the U.S. were profoundly impacted by COVID-19, systemic racism, and the 2020 U.S. presidential election. This study examined their external job support, burnout, and job satisfaction in the context of these circumstances. The findings suggest respondents, who had graduate degrees in social work or public health, overemphasized their job satisfaction and underemphasized their burnout. While social work and public health professionals felt satisfied with their labor, not acknowledging burnout limits the amount of support they may access to effectively continue the work. Interestingly, participants who had more administrative functions reported higher job satisfaction scores and lower burnout scores. Traditionally, those in administrative positions have more control over their schedule and work responsibilities. Findings suggest that more training, opportunities for self-care, and discussions about safety and systemic racism are needed in the workplace for social workers and public health professionals.</p>","PeriodicalId":46944,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Public Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9431106","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-17DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2111389
Mohammad Saeed Jadgal, MoradAli Zareipour, Mojtaba Fattahi Ardakani, Ahmad Sotoudeh, Mina Tasouji Azari
Holding educational campaigns with the purpose of conveying message about one particular behavior in the target group, is one of the society-based educational strategies. This study aimed to investigate the efficiency of the Campaign of COVID-19 Prevention on Health Volunteers in Urmia. The present study was a semi-experimental research, in which the sampling was done in a census way with 200 people participated. In this study, which was done as pre- and posttest, the amount of knowledge, attitude and behavior of health volunteers were evaluated by the designed questionnaires. The campaign was held for 2 months, which has benefited from the five methods of pamphlet, banners, films, social networking sites, and educational classes. After the campaign, the knowledge level, attitude and behavior of Health Volunteers increased to 35.1%, 30.09%, and 29.2%, respectively, which was meaningful statistically. Holding the campaign can trigger positive changes in improving the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of health volunteers, leading to the prevention of a plethora of health problems in society.
{"title":"Assessing the Effectiveness of COVID-19 Prevention Campaign in Health Volunteers of Urmia City.","authors":"Mohammad Saeed Jadgal, MoradAli Zareipour, Mojtaba Fattahi Ardakani, Ahmad Sotoudeh, Mina Tasouji Azari","doi":"10.1080/19371918.2022.2111389","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2022.2111389","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Holding educational campaigns with the purpose of conveying message about one particular behavior in the target group, is one of the society-based educational strategies. This study aimed to investigate the efficiency of the Campaign of COVID-19 Prevention on Health Volunteers in Urmia. The present study was a semi-experimental research, in which the sampling was done in a census way with 200 people participated. In this study, which was done as pre- and posttest, the amount of knowledge, attitude and behavior of health volunteers were evaluated by the designed questionnaires. The campaign was held for 2 months, which has benefited from the five methods of pamphlet, banners, films, social networking sites, and educational classes. After the campaign, the knowledge level, attitude and behavior of Health Volunteers increased to 35.1%, 30.09%, and 29.2%, respectively, which was meaningful statistically. Holding the campaign can trigger positive changes in improving the knowledge, attitude, and behavior of health volunteers, leading to the prevention of a plethora of health problems in society.</p>","PeriodicalId":46944,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Public Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10872438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-02-17DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2096736
Aubrey Jones, Melody Huslage, Miranda Dalton
This study utilized a social media post by a well-known social media influencer and the accompanying 63 responses to explore feelings and experiences related to abortion. This study employed qualitative thematic analysis and identified three themes related to reasons for abortion (i.e., relationship issues, not being ready for pregnancy, and other reasons) and one supplemental theme of bystander support. Findings highlight the efforts of many respondents to normalize abortion as an issue of women's health and women's rights. In fact, in response to the original post's discussion regarding valid reasons for an abortion, most respondents remarked similarly that any reason is valid. While study limitations include concerns regarding generalizability, this study provides access to abortion experiences outside of a traditional health clinic survey and insight into the abortion beliefs of women, both who have and have not experienced an abortion. Findings are in line with previous studies which found that multiple reasons are cited for obtaining an abortion, but also revealed a more supportive climate than the divisive discourse typically portrayed in the media. This suggests the timing may be conducive for efforts aiming to normalize abortion and reduce stigma, including potential avenues for interventions (e.g., social networks and platforms). Lastly, the innovative use of social media to inform this study should be considered by others as they seek to understand and explore topics that can be challenging to study.
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Pub Date : 2023-02-17DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2097147
Yan Li
Aging Chinese people who lose their only child are a newly developed vulnerable group as the result of the one child policy in China. As an integral part of this group, women who have lost their only child and their spouse are more vulnerable and have their own particularity. This study uses qualitative methods to explore the resilience of women who have lost their only child and their spouse based on the interaction of risk factors and protective factors at individual and environment levels. From the perspective of resilience, this article examines the psychological suffering and the health and social constraints experienced by elderly women who lose their only child and their spouse and who lack appropriate support from the government and society. It analyses how the internal protective factors of the resilience of such women include being hard-working and able to bear hardships, and showing forbearance and a good ability to seek social support, while the external protective factors include care from relatives and the support from multiple social relationships. Women who have lost their only child and their spouse demonstrate many forms of resilience, including traditional positive resilience and recessive resilience, such as complaining and somatization, indicating profound health and social implications that require the development of appropriate policies in China.
{"title":"Health and Social Constraints for Elderly Chinese Women Who Lose Their Only Child and Spouse: A Perspective of Resilience.","authors":"Yan Li","doi":"10.1080/19371918.2022.2097147","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2022.2097147","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aging Chinese people who lose their only child are a newly developed vulnerable group as the result of the one child policy in China. As an integral part of this group, women who have lost their only child and their spouse are more vulnerable and have their own particularity. This study uses qualitative methods to explore the resilience of women who have lost their only child and their spouse based on the interaction of risk factors and protective factors at individual and environment levels. From the perspective of resilience, this article examines the psychological suffering and the health and social constraints experienced by elderly women who lose their only child and their spouse and who lack appropriate support from the government and society. It analyses how the internal protective factors of the resilience of such women include being hard-working and able to bear hardships, and showing forbearance and a good ability to seek social support, while the external protective factors include care from relatives and the support from multiple social relationships. Women who have lost their only child and their spouse demonstrate many forms of resilience, including traditional positive resilience and recessive resilience, such as complaining and somatization, indicating profound health and social implications that require the development of appropriate policies in China.</p>","PeriodicalId":46944,"journal":{"name":"Social Work in Public Health","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.5,"publicationDate":"2023-02-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9431101","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-01-02DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2096166
Oghenechoja Dennis Veta
The study sought to explore the challenges and enhancement of medical social workers in public health facilities in Nigeria, with particular reference to Delta State, Nigeria. A phenomenological and exploratory research design was adopted for the study. An unstructured in-depth interview (IDI) guide was used for data collection. Lack of legal backing, inadequate facilities, unfavorable organizational structure, lack of graduate medical social workers, inadequate recognition of the role of medical social workers, domineering attitude of medical professionals, inadequate remuneration, lack of means of transportation, and inadequate motivation, were the challenges facing social workers in the public health care facilities. This study, to enhance medical social workers recommends, amongst others, that social work education and practice should be legalized and given the needed professional status in Nigeria. All health professionals, including medical social workers, should imbibe the values/ethics of interprofessional teamwork in public health facilities. Professional medical social workers should be engaged in all Nigerian public health facilities.
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Pub Date : 2023-01-02Epub Date: 2022-07-13DOI: 10.1080/19371918.2022.2091075
Christian Vazquez, Catherine Cubbin, Yessenia Castro
Data from 1,248 Latina mothers who participated in the Geographic Research on Wellbeing (GROW) study were used to examine associations between SES, neighborhood-level Latinx concentration, neighborhood-level poverty and having two or more modifiable behavioral risk factors (e.g., smoking, drinking) for chronic disease. Logistic regression models were estimated stratified by nativity and adjusted for age and marital status. Among immigrants, low SES was associated with higher odds of multiple risk factors (Adjusted Odds Ratio [AOR] = 1.66, 95% Confidence Interval [CI] = 1.17-2.38). Among US-born women, low neighborhood-level Latinx concentration was associated with lower odds of multiple risk factors (AOR = 0.43, 95% CI = 0.22-0.84), and high neighborhood-level poverty (AOR = 2.83, 95% CI = 1.61-4.99) and low SES (AOR = 1.72, 95% CI = 1.02-2.92) were associated with higher odds, respectively. Heterogeneous effects between nativity and social factors may produce risk for chronic disease among Latinas.
来自1248名参加幸福地理研究(GROW)研究的拉丁裔母亲的数据被用来检查社会经济地位、社区水平拉丁裔浓度、社区水平贫困和拥有两种或两种以上可改变的慢性疾病行为风险因素(如吸烟、饮酒)之间的关系。Logistic回归模型以出生年龄分层进行估计,并根据年龄和婚姻状况进行调整。在移民中,社会经济地位低与多种危险因素的高几率相关(调整优势比[AOR] = 1.66, 95%可信区间[CI] = 1.17-2.38)。在美国出生的女性中,低社区拉丁裔浓度与多种危险因素的低几率相关(AOR = 0.43, 95% CI = 0.22-0.84),高社区贫困(AOR = 2.83, 95% CI = 1.61-4.99)和低社会经济地位(AOR = 1.72, 95% CI = 1.02-2.92)分别与高几率相关。出生和社会因素之间的异质性影响可能导致拉丁美洲人患慢性病的风险。
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