The world’s first “molecular disease,” sickle cell disease (SCD) has captivated the medical community’s attention as a multisystem blood disorder linked to abnormalities in one molecule: hemoglobin. While the molecular model of SCD has led to advances in medical...
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Contested Disability: Sickle Cell Disease
Sickle cell disease is frequently contested as a disability. So opportunities to support people with sickle cell disease escape many healthcare providers.
Reopening Ahead of a Fourth Wave of COVID-19
July 30, 2021 About Social Work Responds The Association of Social Work Boards, the Council on Social Work Education, and the National Association of Social Workers are committed to collaborating on the range of issues affecting the social work profession and the...
Social Workers and the National Strategy for the COVID-19 Response and Pandemic Preparedness
[Note: Below is an excerpt from an article in the most recent issue of the journal Health & Social Work, co-published by NASW and Oxford University Press. The article was written by Ethan J. Evans, PhD, MSW, assistant professor, Division of Social Work, California...
COVID Vaccine Hesitancy in Communities of Color: A National Concern
By Mel Wilson, MBA, LCSW NASW Senior Policy AdvisorWhile much of the nation is beginning to return to a degree of normalcy since the start of national COVID vaccine distribution, there are still nagging and serious barriers to ending the pandemic in the United...
Celebrating National Women’s Health Week with Prevention Practice
More than a year into the pandemic, the research is in: COVID-19 has taken a toll on women’s health, including increased levels of risky drinking. According to a study in JAMA Network Open, the number of days when women drank heavily – having four or more drinks in a...
The Pause in the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 Vaccine: What Social Workers Should Know
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on April 13 made a momentous decision to indefinitely pause the distribution of the Johnson & Johnson (J&J) COVID-19 vaccine. The action was triggered by reports...
Social Workers Address COVID, Pediatrics, and Mental Health
By Alana Epstein, LCSWEvery single Monday for months, an average of 10 California-based pediatricians and five mental health providers volunteer their time to answer community questions about Covid-19 and its effect on the lives of children, their families, and the...