OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The TQCC of Social Work in Public Health is 3. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)

Article	Citations
“At the End of the Day it’s Their choice”: An Exploratory Qualitative Study of Pregnancy Options Counseling	16
“Gutting It Out” Does Not Work: Why Mental Health Days are Needed	16
Impact of COVID-19 on Adolescents’ Smartphone Addiction in South Korea	16
Innovative Nutrition Policies and Programs to Reduce Low-Income Children’s Sodium Intake in the United States: Implication for Social Work	15
Violence Toward Social Workers in Spain and its Association with Burnout, Job Satisfaction and Anxiety	15
Health Literacy among Korean American Immigrant Women in the USA: Role of Social Support	15
Social Workers’ Knowledge and Ability in Crisis Intervention in Kuwait– A Case of COVID-19	14
Perceived Risk of COVID-19 and Anxiety in Syrian Refugees in Turkey	13
The working experiences and perceptions of Chinese medical social workers in a children’s hospital	12
Identifying Lockdown Relaxation Strategies and Policy Implications to Fight against COVID-19: Medical Experts Perspective from Pakistan	12
A Holistic Evaluation of a Community Health Improvement Plan	11
The DNA of Social Work as a Partner in Primary Health Care	11
“Any Reason is Valid:” How an Unexpected Abortion Disclosure is Received by an Online Community	9
Voices of Those Who Bear the Brunt – Experiences of Programme Personnel Concerning Private Sector Tuberculosis Notifications in Bengaluru City, India	8
Reporting on Health Care and Social Service Provider Approaches to Promoting Alcohol Abstinence During Pregnancy	8
The 2018 Heat Wave’s Impact on the Mortality of Older People in Seoul, South Korea	8
Do health infrastructure and services, aging, and environmental quality influence public health expenditures? Empirical evidence from Pakistan	8
Risky Sexual Behavior Among Mexican-Origin Emerging Adults in Los Angeles	8
Evaluation of the Rural Interprofessional Behavioral Health Scholars Program to Expand Public Health Workforce Capacity During COVID-19	8
What did Chinese Social Workers Do at the Worst Moment? ——A Research Based on Social Workers’ Participation in the Fight against COVID-19 at Guangzhou	8
Implicit Biases and Racial Microaggressions: Examining the Impact on Black Social Work Students’ Well-Being	7
The Consequences of Misdiagnosing Race-Based Trauma Response in Black Men: A Critical Examination	7
“Unprecedented Times:” Experiences of Social Work and Public Health Professionals during Times of Public Crises	7
Unveiling the Unseen: Exploring the Mental Health Realities of Black Men	7
A Case Study on Community Treatment Center for Response to COVID-19 in Korea: Focusing on Surge Capacity 4S Component Analysis and Social Well-Being Perspective	6

Family Caregiver Support Interventions’ Effectiveness Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic	6
Examining Demographic & Socio-Cultural Factors as Predictors of Alcohol Consumption Among African American Male College Students Attending an Urban Historically Black College and University	6
Evidence-based Training to Improve Communication between Health Advocates and State Policymakers	6
Factors Associated with the Uptake of HIV Testing in Canada: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Study	5
Community Asset Mapping in Public Health: A Review of Applications and Approaches	5
Ending the HIV Epidemic: One Southern Community Speaks	5
The 2nd Alarm Project: Bridging Social Work and Public Health to Improve Mental Wellness in the Fire Service	5
African American Fathers as a Solution to the Maternal Health Crisis	5
Discrimination as A Barrier to Romani Women’s Health and Empowerment: A Qualitative Study	5
Social Work’s Response during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Literature Review—Balancing Telemedicine with Social Work Self-Care during A Pandemic	4
Transgender Rights & the Urgent Need for Social Work Advocacy	4
Investigating the Relationship Between Disaster Preparedness Knowledge, Disaster Related Stress, and Post-Disaster Depression Among Students and Faculty in Higher Education	4
Lived Experiences of Adult Burn Survivors with Post-Burn Contractures	4
Social Determinants of Opioid Use among Patients in Rural Primary Care Settings	4
The Insomnia and Loneliness of Elderly Individuals and Affecting Factors During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Turkey	4
What Do EHRs Tell Us about How We Deploy Health Professionals to Address the Social Determinants of Health	4
COVID-19 broken access: implications for individuals with substance use disorders	4
The Evaluation of Depression Levels and Domestic Violence during the COVID-19 Pandemic	4
Determination of COVID-19 Phobia Level in Health Care Workers	4
The Impact of Income Inequality on Health Levels: Empirical Evidence from China:2002–2016	4
An Investigation of the Relationship between Health Literacy Levels of Pregnant Women and Their Perceptions of Traumatic Childbirth	4
Health Beliefs in Association with Behaviors in Compliance with COVID-19 Public Health Guidelines: A Cross-sectional Study	4
Exploring Teen Suicide Rates through the Lens of Macro Risk Factors	4
Nurturing Black Male Mental Health Through the Black Church: A Conceptual Approach from a Social Work Perspective	3
Social Work and Motivation for Rehabilitation in Children with Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System	3
Caregiving Stress Experienced by Parents of Adult Children with Intellectual Disabilities During COVID-19 in Korea	3
Understanding the Intersection Between Racial Segregation, Social Isolation and Safety Perceptions on Health for an Economically Disadvantaged Urban Community	3
The Association between Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Socioeconomic Factors in the Households of Pakistan Using Quantile Regression Model	3
Family Functioning and Community Resilience During the COVID-19 Lockdown Period in Turkey	3
New media platform’s understanding of Chinese social workers’ anti-epidemic actions: an analysis of network public opinion based on COVID-19	3
The Influence of COVID-19 Program Innovativeness on Occupational Stress Outcomes of Community Health Workers in a Selected City Health Department in the Philippines	3
Investigation of the Perceived Coronavirus Threat, E-Health Literacy, and Psychological Well-Being in Turkey	3
Outcomes of an Interprofessional Opioid Training Program for Graduate Students in Nursing and Social Work	3
Social Workers and Black Barbers: A Collaboration to Address Mental Health Stigma	3
Knowledge, Accessibility and Utilization of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) Among Registered Employees of Federal Government Institutions in Ebonyi State: Lessons for Medical Social Worker	3
Patient-provider communication quality as a predictor of medical mistrust among young Black women	3
Pandemics, Income Inequality, and Refugees: The Case of COVID-19	3
“Treat Me like Your Family”: Positive Factors that Influence Patient-Provider Relationships for Native American Women	3
Entrepreneurship in the Favela: Negotiating Precarity and Mental Health During Covid-19	3