"We are on the frontlines too": A qualitative content analysis of US social workers' experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID
essential workers
frontline workers
policy
social work
Journal
Health & social care in the community
ISSN: 1365-2524
Titre abrégé: Health Soc Care Community
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9306359
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2022
11 2022
Historique:
revised:
25
05
2022
received:
28
11
2021
accepted:
04
07
2022
pubmed:
7
8
2022
medline:
20
12
2022
entrez:
6
8
2022
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Social work has been a part of the essential workforce historically and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, yet lack recognition. This work explores the experiences and invisibility of social workers within the pandemic response. Data are drawn from a large cross-sectional survey of US-based social worker from June to August of 2020. A summative content analysis of responses to the question 'What do you wish people knew about social work during the COVID-19 pandemic' was undertaken. Participants (n = 515) were majority white (72.1%) and female (90.8%). Seven coding categories were subsequently collapsed into three domains: (1) meeting basic needs, (2) well-being (emotional distress and dual role) and (3) professional invisibility (workplace equals, physical safety, professional invisibility and organisational invisibility). Meeting social needs requires broad-based policies that strengthen the health and social safety net. Social workers have and will continue to play a critical role in the response, and recovery from COVID-19. Organisational and governmental policies must expand to increase the visibility and responsiveness to the needs of social care providers.
Identifiants
pubmed: 35932168
doi: 10.1111/hsc.13963
pmc: PMC9539110
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
e5412-e5422Informations de copyright
© 2022 The Authors. Health and Social Care in the Community published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd.
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