Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Controlling COVID-19

Mohseni, Mohammad; Azami-Aghdash, Saber; Isfahani, Haleh Mousavi; Moosavi, Ahmad; Fardid, Mozhgan

doi:10.1017/dmp.2021.60

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“…In response to the challenges of the pandemic, many local networks and solutions were created, often spearheaded by non-governmental and non-profit organizations. To provide support, these organizations frequently requested confidential information from social workers about their service users ( Cai et al, 2021 ; Mohseni et al, 2021 ). For example, one participant stated that she was asked to reveal information on service users to organizations collecting donations.…”

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Ethical and legal dilemmas experienced by Israeli social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Segal

Gur

2023

Journal of Social Work

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Summary The Covid-19 pandemic (Coronavirus) has created complex challenges for recipients of social services worldwide and for the social workers entrusted with assisting them. This article presents a study of the decision-making process of Israeli social workers when coping with ethical and legal dilemmas arising during the pandemic. Method A qualitative self-administered survey was completed by 478 social workers who worked during the Covid-19 pandemic. Thematic analysis was used to identify major themes. Findings We identified three major themes. The first theme was concern over the potential violation of the service users' privacy and confidentiality due to the unique circumstances of the pandemic. The second theme was the danger to the social workers' health when serving clients during the pandemic. The third theme focused on difficulties in providing professional services during the pandemic. Applications We present several recommendations to help social workers cope with ethical and legal decisions in national emergencies.

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Ethical and legal dilemmas experienced by Israeli social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Segal

Gur

2023

Journal of Social Work

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“…There is need to develop the knowledge and do capacity-building for taking up activities of emergency relief operations, and COVID-19 combat work, so that the sector can contribute to tackle COVID-19 situations (Mohseni, Azami-Aghdash, Mousavi Isfahani, Moosavi, & Fardid, 2021). Apart from COVID-19 containment, these NGOs will also be having expertise and experience in dealing with mental health issues and provide appropriate care to the affected (Anand, Verma, Aggarwal, Nanjundappa, & Rai, 2021).…”

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Multistakeholder Participation, Collaboration, and Networking in Disaster Risk Reduction and Pandemic Management: Insights and Future Policy Framework

Panneer,

Dutta,

Bhat

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Social Development Issues

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The natural and manmade disasters impact a society with loss of assets and human lives. Disasters leavepeople in vulnerable conditions and an overall economic slowdown is observed. The impact of disasters is highly complex and multidimensional in nature. It becomes imperative to handle the complexity of issues with comprehensive approach. Managing disasters effectively is one of the important challenges any government faces when it tries to be prepared with appropriate mitigation, rescue, and relief strategies. The unexpected nature and urgency related to Disaster Risk Reduction makes it important and relevant to involvemultistakeholders. This will help to bring down the severity and impact of the disaster on human lives and losses. Disaster Risk Reductionrequires meticulous planning and sharing of the responsibility among multistakeholders through networking so as to bring down the severity and minimize the negative impact of a disaster. Many research studies have suggested the multistakeholder approach in addressing the disasters. There are several gaps such as inefficiency of vertical management to deal the issues, involvement of multiple stakeholders, and lack of local public supportfor disaster. This paper, considering the case of COVID-19 as a pandemic and disaster, discusses the importance of multistakeholder participation. The paper presents an extensive review of the papers on the relevance ofparticipation of multistakeholdersin Disaster Risk Reduction and explores the scope and challenges involved and suggests policies to address the disasters, which utilizes Multistakeholder Participation.

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“…The focus on the role of health NGOs amidst COVID-19 has increased along with massive interest and concern over NGO performance from NGO practitioners, governments, donors, policy makers, citizens, and academics (Mohseni et al, 2021). Over the years, NGOs have continuously gained global attention due to the significant role they play, both socially and economically.…”

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Internal appraisal and performance of national non-governmental organizations in the health sector in Kenya

Kawiti

Okello

2023

TUJ

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The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of internal appraisal on the organizational performance of national health non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Kenya. The study utilized positivism research philosophy and cross-sectional research design. The target population constituted 564 program directors and chief executive officers (CEOs) of 282 national NGOs registered with the NGO coordination board. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of234, of which 227 responded to the questionnaire. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection, while descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were used for data analysis. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was applied to test the study hypothesis. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) Version 26 and Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) version 26 software were used for the analysis. The findings showed that the national health NGOs engaged in internal appraisal of leadership (M = 3.48, SD = 0.407), project development (M = 3.22, SD = 0.365) and funding (M = 3.20, SD = 0.397). In addition, it was established that conducting internal appraisal has a significant positive influence on the organizational performance of national health NGOs in Kenya(mn= 0.41,$ = 0.643,km = 6.578, 9 < 0.05). The study concluded that conducting internal appraisal is essential to enable national health NGOs in Kenya to accomplish their organizational performance objectives. This paper makes recommendations to the national health NGOs to regularly appraise internal strategic elements and continually analyze their organizations’ capacity to take advantage of current opportunities while mitigating threats.

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Role of Nongovernmental Organizations in Controlling COVID-19

Cited by 6 publications

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Ethical and legal dilemmas experienced by Israeli social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Ethical and legal dilemmas experienced by Israeli social workers during the COVID-19 pandemic

Multistakeholder Participation, Collaboration, and Networking in Disaster Risk Reduction and Pandemic Management: Insights and Future Policy Framework

Internal appraisal and performance of national non-governmental organizations in the health sector in Kenya

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