Fostering Resilience in Pregnancy and Early Childhood During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The HUGS/Abrazos Program Design and Implementation
Autor: | Meisui Liu, Fernanda Neri Mini, Carlos Torres, Gracia M. Kwete, Alexy Arauz Boudreau, Mary Lyons Hunter, Maria Yolanda Parra, William Lopez, Amy Izen, Sarah N. Price, Meghan E. Perkins, Elsie M. Taveras |
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Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Psychological intervention Social Workers 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Nursing Pregnancy 030225 pediatrics Humans Social inequality 030212 general & internal medicine Early childhood Child resilience Pandemics media_common Social work SARS-CoV-2 Public Health Environmental and Occupational Health COVID-19 early childhood toxic stress Mental health patient navigation Mental Health Child Preschool Family resilience Female Program Design Language Psychological resilience Public Health Public aspects of medicine RA1-1270 Psychology Community Case Study |
Zdroj: | Frontiers in Public Health Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 9 (2021) |
ISSN: | 2296-2565 |
Popis: | Pregnancy and early childhood pose unique sensitivity to stressors such as economic instability, poor mental health, and social inequities all of which have been magnified by the COVID-19 pandemic. In absence of protective buffers, prolonged exposure to excessive, early adversity can lead to poor health outcomes with significant impact lasting beyond the childhood years. Helping Us Grow Stronger (HUGS/Abrazos) is a community-based program, designed and launched at the time of the COVID-19 surge in the Spring of 2020, that combines emergency relief, patient navigation, and direct behavioral health support to foster family resilience and mitigate the negative impacts of COVID-related toxic stress on pregnant women and families with children under age 6. Through a targeted referral process, community health workers provide resource navigation for social needs, and a social worker provides behavioral health support. The use of innovative tools such as a centralized resource repository, community health workers with specialized knowledge in this age range, and a direct referral system seeks to assist in streamlining communication and ensuring delivery of quality care. We aim to serve over 300 families within the 1st year. The HUGS/Abrazos program aims to fill an important void by providing the necessary tools and interventions to support pregnant women and young families impacted by adversity exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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