OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The median citation count of Social Work in Health Care is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2020-04-01 to 2024-04-01.)

Article	Citations
Compliance with preventative measures during the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA and Canada: Results from an online survey	46
“You never stop being a social worker:” Experiences of pediatric hospital social workers during the acute phase of the COVID-19 pandemic	38
Self-care among healthcare social workers: The impact of COVID-19	38
Anxiety levels among social work students during the COVID-19 lockdown in Spain	34
The well-being and perspectives of community-based behavioral health staff during the COVID-19 pandemic	30
Adverse childhood experiences and mental and physical health disparities: the moderating effect of race and implications for social work	21
Social support and self-esteem on the association between stressful life events and mental health outcomes among college students	17
Supporting survivors of campus dating and sexual violence during COVID-19: A social work perspective	16
Strengths-based behavioral telehealth with sexual and gender diverse clients at Center on Halsted	16
The potential impact of bereavement grief on workers, work, careers, and the workplace	12
How COVID-19 has impacted integrated care practice: lessons from the frontlines	10
Predictors of healthcare mistreatment among transgender and gender diverse individuals: Are there different patterns by patient race and ethnicity?	9
Social work and telehealth: How Patient Aligned Care Team (PACT) social workers in the Veterans Health Administration responded to COVID-19	9
Employing telehealth strategies for opioid addiction during COVID-19: implications for social work health care	8
Telehealth in a Washington, DC African American Religious Community at the Onset of COVID-19: Showcasing a Virtual Health Ministry Project	8
Hearts above water: Palliative care during a pandemic	8
Contraceptive use in Appalachian women who use drugs and were recruited from rural jails	8
Riding the wave: pandemic social work in hospitals	7
Social care for older people – a blind spot in the Norwegian care system	7
Nursing home social services: A systematic review of the literature from 2010 to 2020	6
An exploratory study of factors associated with social isolation and loneliness in a community sample	6
Clinical supervision in frontline health care: A survey of social workers in Ontario, Canada	6
Introduction to the special issue: Social work practice in the era of the COVID-19 pandemic - Challenges and innovations	6
Examining the impact of functional disability and cognitive impairment on mental health of Chinese elderly	6
cAIR: Implementation of peer response support for frontline health care workers facing the COVID-19 pandemic	6

Barriers to accepting mental health care in cancer patients with depression	6
“The hierarchy is your constraint:” a qualitative investigation of social workers’ moral distress across a U.S. health system	5
Effectiveness of board game activities for reducing depression among older adults in adult day care centers of Taiwan: a quasi-experimental study	5
Internalized homophobia and sexual risk behavior among HIV-infected men who have sex with men in Israel	5
Health challenges of mothers with special needs children in Pakistan and the importance of integrating health social workers	5
Resilience, perceived social support and professional quality of life among medical social workers during COVID-19 pandemic in Mainland China: A cross-sectional survey	5
The unique role of the social worker within the Hospital at Home care delivery team	5
Covid-19: A critical time for cross-sector social work care management	5
Health, disability, and consumption of psychoactive substances among people in a homeless situation in León (Nicaragua)	5
Effect of transitional care stroke case management interventions on caregiver outcomes: the MISTT randomized trial	4
The current practice of social work in pain management: a scoping review on chronic disease	4
Differences in the association of spirituality, forgiveness, PTSD and stress among social workers and social work students treating trauma survivors	4
The cancer journey through the lens of a sibling: a photovoice intervention for teen siblings of children with cancer	4
Social work leadership in a medical school: A coordinated, compassionate COVID-19 response	4
In the Global Epicenter: Social Work Leadership in a New York City Hospital	4
Caregiver burden in Iranian caregivers of patients undergoing hemodialysis: a qualitative study	4
Live discharge from hospice care: psychosocial challenges and opportunities	4
Social work, Parkinson’s disease care, and COVID-19	4
COVID-19 and social work in health care in Canada: What are the impacts?	4
Support or stressor? The community as a predictor of perceptions of infertility	4
Supporting families struggling with food insecurity during the COVID-19 pandemic: An innovative cross-sector collaboration	4
Medical social workers as mediators between patients, physicians, and the court: the case of former ringworm patients	3
“Another tool in our toolbox”: a scoping review of the use of eHealth technologies in health social work practice	3
Health literacy of cardiology patients: determinants and effects on patient outcomes	3
Documenting the contributions of palliative care social work: testing the feasibility and utility of tracking clinical activities using medical records	3
SBIRT training: how do social work students compare to medical learners?	3
Understanding social workers’ hidden roles in medication safety for older adults: A qualitative study	3
Take it to the resident: A model for engaging long-term stay residents in advance care planning	3
Factors influencing social work students’ motivation to work in drug treatment settings: the role of knowledge and attitudes	3
Yoga as medicine: Understanding Bhutanese refugee perspectives on health and healthcare	3
Ending intimate partner violence among women living with HIV: How attachment and HIV stigma inform understanding and intervention	2
COVID 19 pandemic: Impact of changes experienced on social workers’ professional quality of life in Singapore	2
Illustrating the value of social work: results of an open pilot trial of the psychosocial acuity scale in a large urban pediatric hospital	2
Health professionals’ attitudes on integrated care and social work practice	2
Mental health care needs in cystic fibrosis: A scoping review	2
A descriptive analysis of concurrent alcohol and substance use among patients living with HIV/HCV co-infection	2
The experiences of hospital social workers who care for homeless patients: an interpretive phenomenological analysis	2
COVID-19 pandemic in Nigeria: Caregivers lived experiences in health care management of older adult	2
Needs and experiences of cancer care in patients’ perspectives among the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer community: a systematic review	2
“A breath of fresh air”: mindfulness training for early-career mental health social workers in Israel during COVID-19	2
Measuring care coordination by social workers in a foster care medical home	2
‘We are essential:’ Pediatric health care social workers’ perspectives on being designated essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	2
Psychological resilience, activities of daily living, and cognitive functioning among older male Tekun adults in rural long-term care facilities in China	2
Transforming Impossible into Possible (TIP) for SUD recovery: A promising practice innovation to combat the opioid crisis	2
Addressing the social needs of individuals with food allergy and celiac disease during COVID-19: A new practice model for sustained social care	2
Exploring dementia care in acute care settings: Perspectives of nurses and social workers on caring for patients with behavioral and psychological symptoms	2
Resilience and adaptability of social workers in health care settings during COVID-19 in Australia	2
Sexual health needs and psychosocial well-being of patients with prostate cancer in a regional cancer Center	2
Heidi’s legacy: community palliative care at work in regional Australia	2
“We’re kind of on the back burner”: Psychological distress and coping among medical social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic	2

Exploring a social work lead mindfulness-based intervention to address burnout among inpatient psychiatric nurses: a pilot study