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ArticleTransformative social work2023

Advancing shared accountability for meaningful community engagement with socially vulnerable communities: Lessons learned from COVID-19 health education and general outreach in an urban region.

Marcela Nava, Caleb Crago, Monica Cañizares, Gabrielle Scott, Christian E Vazquez

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Article in Transformative social work, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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0.6field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Marcela NavaSchool of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-9144-2060
Caleb CragoSchool of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States.ORCID 0009-0004-4824-0510
Monica CañizaresSchool of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States.ORCID 0009-0001-3186-7606
Gabrielle ScottSchool of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States.ORCID 0009-0002-4780-1297
Christian E VazquezSchool of Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, Texas, United States.ORCID 0000-0002-3792-9150
The University of Texas at Arlington · US

Funding

ACTIV Integration of Host-targeting Therapies for COVID-19 Administrative Coordinating CenterOT2HL156812 · NHLBI · RESEARCH TRIANGLE INSTITUTE · PI NOLEN, TRACY L, THOMAS, SONIA M · 2020 to 2024
$1270.7M
Spanish Language Older Adult eHealth LearningK01AG081455 · NIA · UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS ARLINGTON · PI Christian E Vazquez · 2023 to 2026
$508k
NHLBI NIH HHS OT2 HL156812NIA NIH HHS K01 AG081455NIA NIH HHS L60 AG084095
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As COVID-19 public health emergency measures come to an end, socially vulnerable communities have reduced access to resources that address social and health disparities created or exacerbated by the pandemic. Social workers must uphold access to healthcare as a human right in the post-pandemic era by reducing social vulnerability and strengthening community resilience to respond to future health emergencies and natural disasters. This paper draws on the experiences of a team of social work researchers, students, and practitioners engaged in efforts to disseminate information on COVID preventive measures and broker access to local health and social resources. This project, based in one of the fastest-growing metropolitan areas in the United States, formed part of the federal research response to promote community engagement in regions most disproportionately impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Through participation in health fairs and community events that targeted persons with limited access to healthcare resources, we gathered critical insights on how to build community capacity for meaningful community engagement. Drawing on a conceptual model for evaluating community engagement strategies, we describe three main barriers to collaborative community outreach: weak organizational communication and coordination, inconsistent strategies for requesting on-site health services, and low neighborhood awareness of outreach events. We advance strategies for improvement that engage community-based organizations, health systems, backbone organizations, and community members in targeted activities to build community resilience. This includes inter-organizational communication during outreach event planning, formal processes to promote greater use of mobile health services, centralized event communication, and grassroots outreach event promotion.

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community engagementcommunity resilienceCOVID-19human rightssocial work

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PMID38469126
PMCPMC10926231
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