Hospital social work journal articles12/2/2023 Government and healthcare systems across the globe have struggled immensely to contain the spread of the virus ( The Lancet Editorial Board, 2020) and, to date, over 80 million cases having been reported in the United States alone ( Centers for Disease Control, 2020). On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization declared a global pandemic due to the worldwide spread of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), commonly known as COVID-19 ( Liu et al., 2020). An overview of what has stayed the same, what has changed, and what the future may hold for pediatric hospital social workers is reviewed. The Framework Method was used to analyze data, from which six superordinate themes emerged: burnout/coping the impact of patient acuity awareness of racial inequity in patient care awareness of social determinants of health social worker inclusion in hospital decision-making and policy reform and grief/racial inequity. In this qualitative study, a series of practice-setting based focus groups were conducted with social workers to capture (a) what has changed or stayed the same since the beginning of COVID-19, (b) thoughts and experiences on diversity, equity, and inclusion with particular attention to race and racism, and (c) perspectives about the long-term implications of COVID-19 on the profession of social work. There is a need to understand how the roles and experiences of pediatric social workers have evolved during the first year of the pandemic. Pediatric hospital social workers have played a key role since the beginning of the pandemic in responding to the resulting behavioral health crisis and helping to address social disparities. The rise of the Black Lives Matter movement has also led to renewed attention to systemic racism in the United States and awareness of how the pandemic has further exacerbated health inequities that disproportionately affect communities of color. COVID-19 has continued to bring devastation to children and families, even 1 year into the pandemic.
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