The role of social workers in disasters

Yanay, Uri; Benjamin, Sharon

doi:10.1177/0020872805051704

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“…As supported by Yanay and Benjamin (2005) and Javadian (2007), we encourage social workers to enhance their unique body of knowledge and skills in this specific field of practice and to incorporate emergency preparedness and planning in their day-to-day work with all vulnerable clients to improve clients' survival chances in disasters.…”

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Reflections from the end of the Earth: Social work planning, preparation and intervention with evacuees on haemodialysis treatment following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake

Stewardson¹,

Crump²

2016

ANZSWJ

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The February 2011 earthquake in Christchurch caused damage to infrastructure which made it impossible for people with end stage renal failure to have haemodialysis treatment in Christchurch for an undetermined period. Guided by the National Civil Defence Emergency Management Plan (Ministry of Civil Defence and Emergency Management, 2009) and the National Health Emergency Plan (Ministry of Health, 2008), the National Emergency Response Team decided to transfer dialysis-dependent people out of Christchurch to the Northern District Health Board.This article discusses the links between social work and emergency preparedness and emergency responsiveness and the role of social workers before and immediately after disasters. It will provide a practitioner’s view of the planning, preparation and social work intervention to support identified acute psychosocial needs for the group of haemodialysis patients evacuated from Christchurch to Whangarei following this earthquake, with particular focus on emotional and psychological stress, isolation and financial resources.The evacuated Christchurch patients expressed feeling as if they were being sent to ‘the end of the earth’. This article will reflect on issues of resilience, group dynamics, the role of social workers with evacuees, managing media and community boundaries, and social worker’s self care.

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Section: Recommendationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Reflections from the end of the Earth: Social work planning, preparation and intervention with evacuees on haemodialysis treatment following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake

Stewardson¹,

Crump²

2016

ANZSWJ

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“…Social work research suggests an important, if narrow, conception of the professional response to disaster: helping victims to deal with trauma induced by disaster (Farquhar and Dobson, 2004); providing mental health and social services to victims of disaster (Banerjee and Gillespie, 1994;Weist et al, 2002); and planning and implementing responses to natural and technological disasters (Soliman and Rogge, 2002). Overall, the literature highlights the role of social work in micro-level responses to the individual impact of natural disasters (Yanay and Benjamin, 2005).…”

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Man-made disaster and development

Harding

2007

International Social Work

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The idea of disaster is usually associated with human suffering caused by natural events: tsunamis, hurricanes, earthquakes, floods. However, human-created disasters stemming from war, the conduct of repressive regimes, the use of sanctions, and economic and social policies represent an equally important dimension of disaster. These practices have political goals and produce a range of negative social and economic conditions beyond their stated aims. They cause human suffering, especially among vulnerable groups, disproportionately women, children, older people and poor people.In this article I explore the concept of disaster and examine US-led policy towards Iraq as a case study of a human-made disaster. I argue that the current war, following years of economic sanctions, US military intervention in 1990-1, the Iran-Iraq war and decades of government repression has crippled Iraq's economic and social development. I consider the ongoing violence and social disintegration in Iraq to suggest that social work has a key global role to play in responding to policies that create such disaster.Social work is predicated on the values of social justice and elimination of all forms of oppression, discrimination and inequality. To advance this perspective and confront human-made disaster, the profession should promote social development strategies and human rights principles through political practice and within social work education. This would give social work a central role

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“…Indeed the social work profession has recently documented a wide variety of responses to public emergencies (Kreuger & Stretch, 2003;McPartlin, 2006;Patterson, 2003;Puig & Glynn, 2003;Sanders, Bowie, & Bowie, 2003;Telesco, 2002;Yanay & Benjamin, 2005).…”

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An Examination of Evidenced-Based Practice Interventions for Public Emergencies

Patterson

2009

Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work

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The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics identifies numerous ethical standards that describe the responsibilities for the social work profession to the broader society. Mentioned among these ethical standards is the responsibility for social workers to provide appropriate professional services in response to public emergencies. However, few empirical studies describing effective interventions for public emergencies are available. This article reviews empirical evidence that can be used to guide social work practice in response to public emergencies, the methodological issues that present challenges for evidence-based research during public emergencies, and provides suggestions for the delivery of professional social work services in response to public emergencies considering the limited empirical evidence.

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The role of social workers in disasters

Cited by 43 publications

References 22 publications

Reflections from the end of the Earth: Social work planning, preparation and intervention with evacuees on haemodialysis treatment following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake

Reflections from the end of the Earth: Social work planning, preparation and intervention with evacuees on haemodialysis treatment following the 2011 Christchurch earthquake

Man-made disaster and development

An Examination of Evidenced-Based Practice Interventions for Public Emergencies

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