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Social Workers' Responses to COVID-19 Community Health Crisis in Hong Kong's Public Housing Estates

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Researchers conducted a study to explore social workers' responses to the COVID-19 community health crisis in Hong Kong's public rental housing estates. The study involved 17 social worker teams in 14 estates, with individual monthly Zoom meetings used as the primary research method. The study found that social workers responded to community needs with their habits and situated reflective responses, rather than following plans and guidelines. This suggests that social work practice is a confluence between preconscious and conscious being.

Key Takeaways:

  • The study highlights the importance of recognizing social work practice as a confluence between preconscious and conscious being.
  • Social workers respond to community needs with their habits and situated reflective responses rather than following plans and guidelines.
  • The study suggests the use of the concepts of sense-making and modus operandi to understand social workers' responses.
  • Practitioners' active initiative and bodily reactions are crucial in responding to community needs.
  • The study emphasizes the need to focus on practitioners' active initiative and bodily reactions rather than following plans and guidelines.
  • Seventeen social worker teams in fourteen public rental housing estates were engaged in the study.
  • Individual monthly Zoom meetings were employed as the primary research method with open-ended dialogue conducted.
  • The study highlights the interaction between preconscious and conscious mindset of practitioners.

Statistics:

  • 17 social worker teams were engaged in the study.
  • 14 public rental housing estates were involved in the study.
  • Monthly Zoom meetings were conducted as the primary research method.
  • 17 social workers participated in the Zoom meetings.
  • The study involved 17 individual monthly Zoom meetings.

Sources:

  • NewsRx. New Coronavirus Study Findings Recently Were Reported by Researchers at Peking University (Practice Research On Social Work Responses To a Community Health Crisis In Hong Kong's Public Housing Estates). Health & Medicine Week. August 1, 2025; p 2361.
  • The British Journal of Social Work. Practice Research On Social Work Responses To a Community Health Crisis In Hong Kong's Public Housing Estates. 2025.
  • Oxford Univ Press. The British Journal of Social Work, Great Clarendon St, Oxford OX2 6DP, England.

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