Complex families,the social determinants of health and psychosocial interventions: Deconstruction of a day in the life of hospital social workers |
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| Authors: | Barbara Muskat Shelley L. Craig Biju Mathai |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Social Work, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;2. Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada;3. Acute Care of the Elderly Unit and Inpatient Mental Health, Rehabilitation Social Worker Queensway Carleton Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada |
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| Abstract: | The roles of hospital social workers are delineated in the literature; however, their daily interventions have only been described anecdotally. This study analyzes the daily work of social workers in a pediatric hospital through a survey completed which examined factors related to interventions utilized and time spent per case over a 1-day period. Length and types of interventions were associated with the social determinants of health, time since diagnosis, biopsychosocial issues, and perception of complexity. The study offers a snapshot of the personalized expertise, provided by social workers that addresses complex contextual and biopsychosocial concerns of patient and families |
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| Keywords: | Hospital social work pediatric patient complexity social determinants of health |
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