Hybrid journal (It can contain Open Access articles) ISSN (Print) 1070-5309 - ISSN (Online) 1545-6838 Published by Oxford University Press[425 journals]
Please help us test our new pre-print finding feature by giving the pre-print link a rating. A 5 star rating indicates the linked pre-print has the exact same content as the published article.
Pages: 231 - 235 Abstract: In 2003, my former colleague Eric Klinenberg published Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago. The book chronicles Chicago’s deadliest heat wave in the summer of 1995 when temperatures in the city reached 106 degrees and the heat index, which measures how hot it feels, was at 126 (Klinenberg, 2003). The heat affected the city’s infrastructure, streets buckled, and the residents were without power for two days. According to the book, more than 700 people died due to heat-related issues, making this the deadliest heat wave in American history. Among those who perished in the heat were a disproportionate number of the city’s most vulnerable population: the elderly, the isolated, people in poverty, and those living in underresourced or even forgotten neighborhoods. PubDate: Mon, 23 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT DOI: 10.1093/swr/svad020 Issue No:Vol. 47, No. 4 (2023)
Please help us test our new pre-print finding feature by giving the pre-print link a rating. A 5 star rating indicates the linked pre-print has the exact same content as the published article.
Pages: 237 - 249 Abstract: AbstractVicarious trauma refers to the cognitive and affective impacts of trauma exposure through one’s work, with traumatization indicating negative effects and resilience, positive. While vicarious trauma has been studied among practitioners, little is known about trauma exposure’s effects on researchers. This exploratory study addresses this gap through an examination of vicarious trauma policies and procedures used by a homicide research team, and aims to understand if and how research assistants (RAs) were affected by reading homicide case files, how they took care of themselves while working, and how the policies supported their well-being. Eleven RAs participated in focus groups and interviews and responded to a quantitative survey about their experiences. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis and descriptive statistics. All RAs mentioned traumatic impact, noting that certain factors increased or buffeted against traumatization. RAs described several means of supporting their own well-being, such as cooking or talking with friends. Findings indicated the trauma-informed policies, and the related informal team dynamics, were core to promoting RAs’ well-being. It is imperative that future studies proactively promote vicarious resilience among team members to ensure sustainable and accurate data collection, prevent RA burnout, and effectively train future researchers to sustain their work throughout their careers. PubDate: Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT DOI: 10.1093/swr/svad016 Issue No:Vol. 47, No. 4 (2023)
Please help us test our new pre-print finding feature by giving the pre-print link a rating. A 5 star rating indicates the linked pre-print has the exact same content as the published article.
Pages: 251 - 260 Abstract: AbstractCOVID-19 has had a profound effect on frontline social workers as well as their clients, and mitigating the risk of recurrence warrants an investigation of the individual and contextual factors associated with social workers’ experience of helper-related trauma. In this study authors explore the effects of government support and professional support on social workers’ vicarious trauma and the mediating roles of compassion fatigue and professional identity during the COVID-19 pandemic. Surveying 388 social workers from Wuhan, Hubei Province, China, during the pandemic, indicated that professional support was indirectly related to vicarious trauma while compassion fatigue played a fully mediating role. Government support had a negative direct effect on vicarious trauma, and professional identity played a partially mediating role. However, contrary to authors’ expectations, professional identity was positively rather than negatively related to vicarious trauma. These findings suggest, first, that coping strategies for compassion fatigue should be included in professional supervision and, second, that government should provide more substantive support to effectively reduce vicarious trauma among social workers during the pandemic. PubDate: Thu, 05 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT DOI: 10.1093/swr/svad018 Issue No:Vol. 47, No. 4 (2023)
Please help us test our new pre-print finding feature by giving the pre-print link a rating. A 5 star rating indicates the linked pre-print has the exact same content as the published article.
Pages: 261 - 273 Abstract: Drawing on political opportunity theory, this study examined how the political context created by the COVID-19 pandemic and Black Lives Matter protests influenced social workers’ perceptions about social welfare policy and political participation in the summer of 2020. Authors conducted a thematic analysis of the open-ended survey responses of 120 social work practitioners. Regarding perceptions of policy, respondents reported that they experienced new awareness about the breadth and depth of structural racism in the United States; that they held pessimistic views of the government’s ability to mitigate harm associated with the pandemic or racial injustice; and that structural change, including the expansion of the social safety net, was needed. Regarding participation, respondents described how they used new forms of political engagement in part because of social distancing, but even more so because they were motivated by highly visible acts of racial injustice. At the same time, they experienced barriers to participation including a fear that they were not adequately prepared and asked for additional support from social work professional organizations. Respondents believed that more education is needed about racial justice and political action. These findings have important implications for social work education and practice, especially work to promote social justice. PubDate: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT DOI: 10.1093/swr/svad019 Issue No:Vol. 47, No. 4 (2023)
Please help us test our new pre-print finding feature by giving the pre-print link a rating. A 5 star rating indicates the linked pre-print has the exact same content as the published article.
Pages: 275 - 286 Abstract: AbstractSystemic disadvantages have led to adverse outcomes for immigrants and racially minoritized communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, including disproportionate rates of exposure, health-related discrimination, higher unemployment rates, lack of adequate health insurance, and stigmatization for the spread of the virus. This study explored the impact of perceived discrimination on the financial and psychological well-being of U.S.-based immigrants during the COVID-19 pandemic. Cross-sectional data were collected from 222 foreign-born adult immigrants between March and May 2021. Multiple linear and logistic regression was used to examine the impact of perceived everyday discrimination on immigrant stress levels and financial stability, controlling for sociodemographic factors. Study participants belonged to diverse racial groups: 43.2% White, 37.4% Asian, 9.9% Black, 5.9% Hispanic/Latinx; 3.6% identified as “other.” Findings showed that discrimination was associated with financial stability (OR = 0.27, p < .01), and stress (β = .19, p < .01). Perceptions of discrimination post-COVID-19 were also significantly associated with stress (β = .23, p < .01) Findings contribute to the limited research on immigrant experiences during COVID-19 and highlight adverse effects of discrimination on immigrants’ psychological and financial outcomes. Intervention efforts aimed at improving immigrant health and well-being should recognize, explore, and mitigate the intersectional factors that influence discriminatory experiences of immigrants in the United States. PubDate: Fri, 15 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT DOI: 10.1093/swr/svad014 Issue No:Vol. 47, No. 4 (2023)
Please help us test our new pre-print finding feature by giving the pre-print link a rating. A 5 star rating indicates the linked pre-print has the exact same content as the published article.
Pages: 287 - 297 Abstract: AbstractRelationships between opioid use and health, both physical and mental, have been discovered over the last decade or so, but these relationships have yet to be explored among incarcerated individuals. These relationships are important as they may have implications on the health of those who are incarcerated and nearing reentry, because higher rates of opioid use, as well as poor physical and mental health, are found among those who are justice-involved compared with the general population. Using baseline data from a multistate randomized controlled trial, authors aimed to fill this gap by exploring mental health disorder rates and physical health among a sample of incarcerated individuals who report lifetime opioid use and nearing community reentry. Results showed that the prevalence of lifetime opioid use was significantly associated with increased physical role limitation, decreased emotional well-being, and overall poorer health. Additionally, individuals with a lifetime history of opioid use were significantly more likely to have depression, social and generalized anxiety disorders, as well as a history of alcohol and illicit substance use. This work speaks to the urgency in expanding efforts to increase access to comprehensive service delivery models that address substance use, mental health, and physical health comorbidities among incarcerated individuals. PubDate: Wed, 20 Sep 2023 00:00:00 GMT DOI: 10.1093/swr/svad015 Issue No:Vol. 47, No. 4 (2023)
Please help us test our new pre-print finding feature by giving the pre-print link a rating. A 5 star rating indicates the linked pre-print has the exact same content as the published article.
Pages: 299 - 305 Abstract: The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted multiple aspects of Vietnamese people’s lives since its first outbreak in January 2020 (Ha et al., 2020). Counting to the end of February 2022, Vietnam experienced four waves of COVID-19 with close to 2,900,000 infected cases and 40,000 related deaths. COVID-19 has disproportionately affected large metropolitan areas in the country. Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC), the largest city in Vietnam, has been reported to be the most affected city, as it accounts for 20.6% of the COVID-19 cases and 52.5% of the related deaths in the fourth wave (World Health Organization, 2022). The fatality rate from COVID-19 in HCMC was 4.95%, which was much higher than the national average rate (2.6%) and the equivalent rates of Cambodia (2.38%) and Thailand (1.34%; Onishi & Li, 2021). In order to contain the virus before the COVID-19 vaccine was deployed widely, strict lockdown, social distancing, and social isolation were applied across the country (Ha et al., 2020). PubDate: Fri, 13 Oct 2023 00:00:00 GMT DOI: 10.1093/swr/svad017 Issue No:Vol. 47, No. 4 (2023)
Please help us test our new pre-print finding feature by giving the pre-print link a rating. A 5 star rating indicates the linked pre-print has the exact same content as the published article.
Pages: 307 - 311 Abstract: In this index, the following abbreviations are used: Mar. for March, Sept. for September, Dec. for December, E for Editorial, and RN for Research Notes. PubDate: Fri, 17 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT DOI: 10.1093/swr/svad021 Issue No:Vol. 47, No. 4 (2023)
Hybrid journal (It can contain Open Access articles)
