Exploring Social Work professionals' Experiences of the Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care Programme: A Focus Group Study
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 4:1-16. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2325564. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe evidence for the potential of mindfulness-based programmes to support improved social work practice and self-care is growing. The aim of this focus group study was to explore social workers' (n = 13) experiences of the Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-care programme (MBSWSC). Thematic analysis highlighted two superordinate themes: benefits to direct social work practice and coping with the social work role. Four subordinate themes highlighted the different social work practice components that were enhanced t...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alan Maddock Karen McGuigan Pearse McCusker Source Type: research

Entrepreneurship in the Favela: Negotiating Precarity and Mental Health During Covid-19
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Jan 2;39(1):48-61. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2316874. Epub 2024 Mar 5.ABSTRACTThis paper aims to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and mental health of necessary entrepreneurs in Brasilian favelas, the social problems they experienced and implications for public health social work. The study used structured in-person interviews within selected Favela's, with a sample size of 721 entrepreneurs, aged between 16-70 years. All participants both worked and were resident in 15 out of the 27 Brasilian federal states. The bespoke questions explored socio-demographic questions, ...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maria L úcia Teixeira Garcia Gary Spolander Richard Tomlins Fabiola Xavier Leal Rodrigo Emmanuel Santana Borges Arun Sukumar Source Type: research

Exploring Social Work professionals' Experiences of the Mindfulness-Based Social Work and Self-Care Programme: A Focus Group Study
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 4:1-16. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2325564. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThe evidence for the potential of mindfulness-based programmes to support improved social work practice and self-care is growing. The aim of this focus group study was to explore social workers' (n = 13) experiences of the Mindfulness-based Social Work and Self-care programme (MBSWSC). Thematic analysis highlighted two superordinate themes: benefits to direct social work practice and coping with the social work role. Four subordinate themes highlighted the different social work practice components that were enhanced t...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Alan Maddock Karen McGuigan Pearse McCusker Source Type: research

Entrepreneurship in the Favela: Negotiating Precarity and Mental Health During Covid-19
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 5:1-14. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2316874. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis paper aims to explore the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health and mental health of necessary entrepreneurs in Brasilian favelas, the social problems they experienced and implications for public health social work. The study used structured in-person interviews within selected Favela's, with a sample size of 721 entrepreneurs, aged between 16-70 years. All participants both worked and were resident in 15 out of the 27 Brasilian federal states. The bespoke questions explored socio-demographic questions, s...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 5, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Maria L úcia Teixeira Garcia Gary Spolander Richard Tomlins Fabiola Xavier Leal Rodrigo Emmanuel Santana Borges Arun Sukumar Source Type: research

Freebie Seekers or Desperate Buyers? An Analysis of Willingness to Pay for COVID-19 Vaccine in T ürkiye
This study may contribute to broader literature as it will provide evidence from Türkiye for international comparisons.PMID:38436269 | DOI:10.1080/19371918.2024.2323140 (Source: Social Work in Public Health)
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 4, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Hasan Giray Ankara Hakan Degerli Havvana Degerli Source Type: research

The Knowledge and Practices Toward Food Safety Measures at Home in the Lebanese Community
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 1:1-16. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2323697. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHygienic measures practiced at home are highly related to the occurrence of food-borne diseases during food production, storage, and handling. Contaminated food remains a major cause of several diarrheal diseases, hospitalizations, and spikes in medical expenses. In our current study, we aimed to assess the knowledge of food safety and the food safety and hygiene practices at home among the Lebanese population. A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online questionnaire including two sections. The first sect...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Malak Annan Samer Sakr Zeinab Alaouie Mohamed Salla Imtithal Sheet Ali Al Khatib Source Type: research

"Gutting It Out" Does Not Work: Why Mental Health Days are Needed
This study sought to answer the question, "What are the perspectives of time-off for mental health?" Using Reddit's responses, this study extracted (N = 392) quotes and used thematic analysis to identify four main themes. Implications include the need for school-level mental health time-off policies or integration of instructors' policies into their syllabi for transparency to students, which may alleviate student stress and further stigmatization.PMID:38426694 | DOI:10.1080/19371918.2024.2322589 (Source: Social Work in Public Health)
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: December Maxwell Regina T Praetorius Source Type: research

The Knowledge and Practices Toward Food Safety Measures at Home in the Lebanese Community
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 1:1-16. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2323697. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHygienic measures practiced at home are highly related to the occurrence of food-borne diseases during food production, storage, and handling. Contaminated food remains a major cause of several diarrheal diseases, hospitalizations, and spikes in medical expenses. In our current study, we aimed to assess the knowledge of food safety and the food safety and hygiene practices at home among the Lebanese population. A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online questionnaire including two sections. The first sect...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Malak Annan Samer Sakr Zeinab Alaouie Mohamed Salla Imtithal Sheet Ali Al Khatib Source Type: research

"Gutting It Out" Does Not Work: Why Mental Health Days are Needed
This study sought to answer the question, "What are the perspectives of time-off for mental health?" Using Reddit's responses, this study extracted (N = 392) quotes and used thematic analysis to identify four main themes. Implications include the need for school-level mental health time-off policies or integration of instructors' policies into their syllabi for transparency to students, which may alleviate student stress and further stigmatization.PMID:38426694 | DOI:10.1080/19371918.2024.2322589 (Source: Social Work in Public Health)
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: December Maxwell Regina T Praetorius Source Type: research

The Knowledge and Practices Toward Food Safety Measures at Home in the Lebanese Community
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Mar 1:1-16. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2323697. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTHygienic measures practiced at home are highly related to the occurrence of food-borne diseases during food production, storage, and handling. Contaminated food remains a major cause of several diarrheal diseases, hospitalizations, and spikes in medical expenses. In our current study, we aimed to assess the knowledge of food safety and the food safety and hygiene practices at home among the Lebanese population. A cross-sectional study was conducted through an online questionnaire including two sections. The first sect...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Malak Annan Samer Sakr Zeinab Alaouie Mohamed Salla Imtithal Sheet Ali Al Khatib Source Type: research

"Gutting It Out" Does Not Work: Why Mental Health Days are Needed
This study sought to answer the question, "What are the perspectives of time-off for mental health?" Using Reddit's responses, this study extracted (N = 392) quotes and used thematic analysis to identify four main themes. Implications include the need for school-level mental health time-off policies or integration of instructors' policies into their syllabi for transparency to students, which may alleviate student stress and further stigmatization.PMID:38426694 | DOI:10.1080/19371918.2024.2322589 (Source: Social Work in Public Health)
Source: Social Work in Public Health - March 1, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: December Maxwell Regina T Praetorius Source Type: research

Health Protection And Improvement Sensitivity For Covid-19 Pandemic: Turkey's Case
Soc Work Public Health. 2024 Feb 29:1-11. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2024.2322601. Online ahead of print.ABSTRACTThis descriptive study was aimed at identifying the anxiety levels of Turkish people in the first three months of the pandemic, the coping methods they use to control this anxiety, and their knowledge and behavior about protection and prevention against COVID-19. The data were collected from 571 individuals. Of the individuals, 84.6% had anxiety. The anxiety levels of those who kept working during the pandemic were significantly higher than were the anxiety levels of those who did not (p < .05). The participants e...
Source: Social Work in Public Health - February 29, 2024 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Eda Ergin Hale Sezer Derya Çinar Seren D üzenli Öztürk Source Type: research