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Addressing social service needs in COVID-19 era

Texas Policy Report Proposal

Khanh Doan

GOVT-2306-21002 GOVT 2306 Fall 2020

Dr. Mark Skorick

Word Count: 601

Covid-19 is the most recent pandemic that has affected many lives. Although the pandemic is still ravaging people’s lives, it is currently managed through observing the World Health Organization’s protocols. The pandemic started late last year when people least expected it. No one foresaw the pandemic coming and the impact it would have on the global economy. The critical thing with the virus is that once it attacks someone, it will affect their respiratory system, therefore restraining the affected person from performing their day-to-day activities. This paper aims to address social service needs in the Covid-19 eras.

Most of the activities in several sectors of the economy were affected, including social services. It was an indication that things had got out of hand since the virus was a killer disease. The only option that people were left with was to lock themselves in their houses and never to get out for some time (Ranganathan et al. 112). Everything was shut down, including schools, churches, entertainment arenas, and some hospitals that were not sufficiently equipped to handle the disease. Additionally, some community healthcare personnel were not adequately trained and prepared to handle such rising cases of Covid-19. Workplaces were shut down, many compelling employees to work online, others losing their jobs. Multitudes lost their lives; as a result of this pandemic. Furthermore, the housing sector was very much affected due to the pandemic and community management as well.

To start with the schools, all schools within the United States' borders were closed, including those of other countries. This is because students would not learn amid the pandemic as they would all end up contracting the virus. The other thing with this virus is that it can spread through the air, making it more difficult for people to assemble in a public place. Learning systems across the world were mostly affected, and one of the critical things that happened, in this case, was taking studies through online platforms. The key thing from this was to ensure that most of these students have the opportunity of continuing with their studies despite the pandemic. The other thing is that most school administration should come up with teachers to help take the students through and come up with the right education framework on what they should do to ensure that the students are ever kept busy (Sharma et al. 7). Notably, most students, when left idle for a long time, there is a likelihood of indulging in bad behavior or bad company. Therefore, the need for a learning system was to keep the students busy so that they would be occupied all day without having to get out.

The other need for social service was for health care and the determination of how to handle community management. In this case, the first thing is to ensure that most public members have access to health care. Most healthcare officials were able to go home to home, checking whether the people had good health. Most of the people, in this case, would get complications and the only way was to call medical assistance who would check their progress to reduce congestion in health care facilities (Joseph et al., 257). This was to ensure that the cases were reduced or managed, and the health care practitioner needed to be free from covid 19. Finally, social service needs are community management, whereby some of the community activities came to a halt. Therefore, there was a need to develop the right to some activities, such as community empowerment, and ensure they get to conduct their activities online through their mobile phones.

Works Cited

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Ranganathan, Priya, et al. “Addressing Challenges Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic – A Site and Investigator Perspective.” Perspectives in Clinical Research, vol. 11, no. 3, July 2020, pp. 111–114. EBSCOhost, doi:10.4103/picture.PICR_165_20.

Sharma, Shreela V., et al. “Using a Rapid Assessment Methodology to Identify and Address Immediate Needs among Low-Income Households with Children during COVID-19.” PLoS ONE, vol. 15, no. 10, Oct. 2020, pp. 1–11. EBSCOhost, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240009.