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COVID-19 Three Years Later: A Changing Landscape

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Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) declared a 90-day public health emergency (PHE), which has been renewed every 90 days from 2020 to early 2023. In January of 2020, as COVID-19 began its global spread, the Secretary of the U.S. She admits that initially she felt doubtful about the efficacy of the vaccine. .

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Association between Loneliness, Mental Health Symptoms, and Treatment Use among Emerging Adults

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The authors conclude that the significant impact of loneliness on mental health symptoms and the effect of social support on service use highlight the importance of developing interventions to prevent and reduce loneliness over the life course.

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Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part Three)

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I’m so proud of what we’ve achieved through this grant, including training over 1,000 social workers from 27 NASW state chapters in how to use motivational interviewing (MI) and screening, brief intervention and referral to treatment (SBIRT) to help clients make informed vaccine decisions. million with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS.

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Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part Two)

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The Connect to End COVID-19 project was a multi-level, multi-pronged intervention, and I believe it demonstrated that preventing and ameliorating any such crisis in the future will require that type of intervention in order to successfully have the desired impact.

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Social Work on the Front Lines of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Look Back, A Look Ahead (Part One)

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In Part One, an interview with Gwen Bouie-Haynes, PhD, LMSW—Executive Director, NASW MS Chapter and NASW Alabama Chapter ; and, Project Coordinator, Connect to End COVID-19 Special Populations. Department of Health and Human Services as part of a financial assistance award totaling $3.3