Safeguarding health equality for the disadvantaged during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned for the social work profession.
Safeguarding health equality for the disadvantaged during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned for the social work profession.
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10.1177/1473325020973337
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2021-03
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Chui EW
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Kwan CK;Ling HW;Cheung JC;Chui EW
An 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.
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