Resumen
Social work is a practice-based discipline, where the research-practice approach encourages social work professionals to apply evidence-based strategies from their research to enhance their practice interventions. During the COVID-19 pandemic, six faculty members from the School of Social Work at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, collaborated with community-based agencies (e.g., shelters, community clinics, and community centers) in Halifax to conduct a series of community participatory research projects to explore diverse COVID-19-driven impacts on different vulnerable and marginalized groups. These research projects concentrated on people experiencing homelessness, older adults, immigrants and refugees, migrant workers, women who experienced gender-based violence, people with (dis)Abilities, African Nova Scotian children, and 2SLGBTQIA+, who have been centred on social work research, practice, and policymaking. These research efforts contribute to a nuanced understanding of diverse vulnerabilities among these vulnerable and marginalized individuals and portray a full spectrum of their unique requirements, further informing the development of related social work practices to support them during COVID-19 and beyond. The six faculty members will build a knowledge mobilization symposium to translate their research-practice outcomes with other social workers through individual presentations and group discussions. This knowledge mobilization event will support other social work professionals to develop the best research, practice, and policymaking strategies to better serve the vulnerable and marginalized co-inhabitants in their communities. This research-practice approach will eventually contribute to reducing vulnerability, building resilience, and promoting social justice, moving beyond the disaster settings.
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Research-practice approach, vulnerable and marginalized people, COVID-19, Vulnerability reduction, Building resilience, Knowledge mobilization
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Title: Moving beyond COVID-19: Utilizing the research-practice approach to promote social justice for vulnerable and marginalized people\ Coordinator: Dr. Haorui Wu