Serving the affected: Role of social workers during the pandemic

The new era marked its beginning with the first global pandemic universally known as COVID-19. Marked by stringent lockdowns, social distancing, and quarantine measures, social work initiatives aimed at resolving mental health problems and increased gender violence, facilitating the patients requiri...

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Published in:International social work 2021-09, Vol.64 (5), p.736-738
Main Authors: Baid, Meeta, Matharu, Sukhjeet Kaur
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
COVID-19
Gender-based violence
Health initiatives
Health problems
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health services
Pandemics
Quarantine
Social services
Social work
Social workers
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Summary:The new era marked its beginning with the first global pandemic universally known as COVID-19. Marked by stringent lockdowns, social distancing, and quarantine measures, social work initiatives aimed at resolving mental health problems and increased gender violence, facilitating the patients requiring health care, and providing social work services.
ISSN:0020-8728
1461-7234
DOI:10.1177/00208728211006185