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Qual Soc Work ; 20(1-2): 343-349, 2021 Mar.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-34253977

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The emergence of COVID-19 pandemic has brought untold hardship across the globe. Developed nations have taken relatively commendable actions to quell its impact on livelihood and most have also included social workers in the frontline due to their expertise in working with vulnerable populations. Same cannot be said of developing nations particularly Nigeria who hurriedly copied the measures adopted by the developed nations without carefully considering her peculiarities. Given Nigeria's high poverty rate prior to and even higher during the pandemic as well as the few available resources, it is important that Nigerian social workers should be called upon as frontline workers with regards to the welfare of the vulnerable and the psychosocial well-being of infected persons and their families. Instead, Nigeria has totally ignored the importance of social workers and palliatives have been stolen by those tasked with distribution while the psychosocial well-being of affected persons has been left to fate.

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J Emerg Med ; 44(1): 249-58, 2013 Jan.
Article in English | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22809810

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BACKGROUND: The Emergency Department (ED) has been shown to be a valuable location to screen for family violence. STUDY OBJECTIVE: To investigate the characteristics of family violence victims presenting to EDs in a Chinese population in Hong Kong. METHODS: This study examined a retrospective cohort of patients presenting to the Accident and Emergency Departments of three regional hospitals in the Kwai Tsing district of Hong Kong for evaluation and management of physical injuries related to family violence during the period of January 1, 1997 to December 31, 2008. RESULTS: A total of 15,797 patients were assessed. The sample comprised cases of intimate partner violence (IPV; n=10,839), child abuse and neglect (CAN; n=3491), and elder abuse (EA; n=1467). Gender differences were found in patterns of ED utilization among the patients. The rates of readmission were 12.9% for IPV, 12.8% for CAN, and 8.9% for EA. Logistic regression showed that being male, being discharged against medical advice, and arriving at the hospital via ambulance were the common factors associated with readmission to the EDs for patients victimized by IPV and CAN. CONCLUSION: This study investigates the victim profile of a large cohort of a Chinese population, providing a unique data set not previously released in this cultural or medical system. The findings give insights to early identification of victims of family violence in the EDs and suggest that screening techniques focused on multiple forms of family violence would improve identification of violence cases. Multidisciplinary collaboration between health, legal, and social service professionals is also warranted to meet the various needs of victims and to reduce hospital readmissions.


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Domestic Violence/statistics & numerical data , Emergency Service, Hospital/statistics & numerical data , Adolescent , Adult , Aged , Aged, 80 and over , Child , Child Abuse/statistics & numerical data , Child, Preschool , Elder Abuse/statistics & numerical data , Female , Hong Kong/epidemiology , Humans , Infant , Logistic Models , Male , Middle Aged , Patient Readmission/statistics & numerical data , Retrospective Studies , Young Adult
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