Social work during the COVID-19 crisis has faced one of the most challenging times to cover urgent social needs in an uncertain scenario. This study analyzes the immediate responses in social work to vulnerable groups in the first 15 days of the pandemic in Barcelona, one of the most affected areas worldwide by COVID-19. The sample for this qualitative study includes 23 semi-structured interviews with social workers from different fields of intervention, from general approaches (primary care) to specific ones (health, ageing, homeless, and justice). The data analysis followed the communicative methodology, including transformative and exclusionary dimensions, and the analytical categories focused on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on social services users, the organizational responses of social workers, and the impact of the interventions to cover urgent social needs of attendees. The interventions have been accompanied by an improvement in communication channels with vulnerable groups, ensuring an understanding of the situation of families and individuals, and covering the most urgent social needs. The study shows the key role of social workers from diverse social attention tools and their contribution to the sustainability of social services with a long-term impact.

In this article, we analyze the role of Roma families in shaping the paths of academic success of Roma women (hereinafter, the Romí). Our findings challenge biased views of Roma culture as a reproducer of gender inequality, which is assumed to be higher among the Roma than in other cultures. Recent advancements in the field of cultural and feminist studies show the role of Romí as agents of change in gender relations, which contributes to overcoming a stereotype that tends to hierarchically classify cultures as less or more unequal with regard to gender relations. This research includes Romí voices and concludes that family support in academic careers is a way of transforming gender relations within the Roma community. This study is based on the dialogical feminism and contributes to the acquisition of cultural competences about Romí among social workers, which may have a positive impact in the social work practice and the overcoming of stereotypes about this community.

The scientific literature has already shown that health information is a factor that contributes to reduce health disparities, improving the situation of vulnerable groups, such as homeless people. However, less is known about the ways that health information has been spread by social workers and related professionals to homeless people in the first moments of the COVID-19 pandemic. This work analyses some social work actions related to health information addressed to homeless people and to identify its impact during the lockdown in Barcelona. This qualitative study is based on semi-structured interviews with social workers and related professionals involved in developing interventions related to health information with homeless people in Barcelona. The data analysis is based on the communicative methodology to identify exclusionary and transformative dimensions. The results show the improvement in the health information of homeless people during the pandemic through the design and development of actions facilitated and promoted by some social workers and related professionals. The findings demonstrate the role that some social workers and related professionals have played in the improvement of health information of homeless people during the lockdown in Barcelona.

IntroductionDespite significant medical and technological advances, the incidence of Postoperative pancreatic fistula (POPF) after distal pancreatectomy (DP) is reported to be between 3-45%. The main objective of our study was to analyse the early post-surgical risk factors for developing POPF after DP. Material and methodsA retrospective observational study was conducted on a prospective basis of patients undergoing PD in a tertiary hospital from January 2011 to December 2021. Sociodemographic, preoperative analytical, tumour-related and postoperative complications variables were analysed. ResultsOf the 52 patients analysed, 71.8% of the sample had postoperative drains amylase elevation; however, 25.7% of the total had Grade-B and/or Grade-C POPF. Univariate logistic regression with the variables studied showed the following as risk factors for B-C o clinically relevant POPF: amylase values in drainage at 5 th POD [p=0.

<p>El presente artículo ofrece una reflexión acerca de dos tendencias de investigación que atañen a la realidad del Pueblo Roma: aquella que considera a las personas cómo sujetos pasivos de la investigación, y aquella que trata a las personas gitanas como agentes activos en el proceso de creación de conocimiento científico sobre su propio pueblo. Al mismo tiempo, a través de datos empíricos, se  muestra como el Pueblo Gitano reclama participar en la producción  de conocimiento sobre sí mismo, rechazando aquellos estudios científicos que, en ausencia de la visión de los propios roma,  llegan a conclusiones marcadamente etnocentristas que perpetúan prejuicios y desigualdades históricas en nuestro país.</p>