Sarah Banks Research Articles

Everyday ethical challenges for Indian community development practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abstract Drawing upon empirical evidence and using Sarah Banks’s concept ‘ethics work’ as a conceptual approach, the article examines the ethical dilemmas facing community development practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic. The article attempts to understand the everyday experience of community development practitioners working with Dalits, women, and labour migrants in India. Further, given these communities’ social and economic vulnerabilities, the article tries to comprehend how practitioners’ engagement with these communities during the COVID-19 response exposed them to various ethical dilemmas. The article also traces negotiation and navigation strategies for dealing with ethical dilemmas and delivering services in the community during the COVID-19 pandemic in ways that promote human dignity.

Ethical Issues in Hospital-based Social Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case from Uganda, with a Commentary

ABSTRACT This paper comprises a case study illustrating ethical and practical challenges for a Ugandan hospital-based social worker early in the COVID-19 pandemic, followed by a commentary. The hospital was under-resourced, with staff and patients experiencing lack of information and panic. The social worker, Denis Adia, recounts his responses to new and ethically challenging situations, including persuading Muslim patients to stop fasting for the good of their health; deciding to keep a baby in hospital with parents although this was against the rules; and supporting a stigmatised former patient in the face of intimidation by colleagues. He reflects on the importance of recognising each person’s unique needs and circumstances, seeing this as a vital role for social workers. The case is followed by a commentary from a UK academic (Sarah Banks), who notes the cognitive and emotional effort (‘ethics work’) undertaken by the social worker to: see the ethical aspects of particular situations; take account of patients’ specific needs; ensure they are treated with respect; promote their well-being; and perform as a good social worker. Banks draws attention to the key role of the virtue of courage in pandemic conditions, which involves working with new risks and facing fears with confidence.

Ethical decision-making of social workers in Spain during COVID-19: Cases and responses.

In this article we address the ethical decision-making processes of social work professionals in Spain during the first wave of COVID-19. We present some of the findings from a broader international research project led by professor Sarah Banks and carried out in collaboration with the International Federation of Social Workers. The first wave of COVID-19 had a major impact in Spain, hitting harder the most vulnerable groups. In this unprecedented and unexpected context, social workers had to make difficult ethical decisions on fundamental issues such as respecting service-user's autonomy, prioritizing wellbeing, maintaining confidentiality or deciding the fair distribution of the scarce resources. There were moments of uncertainty and difficult institutional responses. The broader international project was carried out using an online questionnaire addressed to social work professionals in several countries. In this article, through several specific cases, we examine the ethical decision-making processes of social work professionals in Spain, as well as the way to resolve that situations. We have used a qualitative content analysis with a deductive approach to analyze the responses and cases. Findings show many difficult situations concerning the prioritization of the wellbeing of users without limiting their autonomy, the invention of new organizational protocols to provide support and resources for vulnerable people… Social workers had to manage the bureaucracy and had to solve some emergency situations getting personally involved or developing other cooperation mechanisms. The pandemic forced them to look for new forms of social intervention.

Effects of Plyometric Training on Lower Extremity Force Production and Reactive Strength in Adolescent Female Basketball Players

Effects of Plyometric Training on Lower Extremity Force Production and Reactive Strength in Adolescent Female Basketball Players Randy Hill, PT, DPT, Sarah Banks, PT, DPT, Jenna Sawdon-Bea, PT, PhD, Jennifer Roos, PT, DPT, GCS, Julie DeYoung, PT, DPT, OCS Abstract Purpose:The purpose of this investigation was to determine the effects of a 6-week, standardized, group-based plyometric training program on force generating potential of knee extensors, hip abductors, and hip extensors and reactive strength as measured by the reactive strength index in a sample of adolescent female basketball players. Methods: Seventeen female basketball players completed the study, 13 to 16 years of age (average of 14 years). Isometric force production of knee extensors, hip abductors, and hip extensors was measured with the hand-held MicroFet3 dynamometer. Reactive strength index was measured with the MuscleLab Ergotest infrared contact grid using depth jumps. The intervention consisted of 6 exercises performed prior to normal basketball practice twice per week for 6 weeks. Results: statistically significant improvements were observed between pre-test and post-test for all force measurements with the exception of right leg hip abduction. Reactive strength index did not significantly change. Conclusions: findings suggest the proposed plyometric training program offers sufficient stimulus to improve lower extremity force production, but not reactive strength in adolescent female athletes. More research is needed comparing the intervention to a control group and to determine an exercise dose necessary to produce changes in reactive strength index. Full Text: PDF DOI: 10.15640/jpesm.v8n1a5

AN ATYPICAL PRESENTATION OF CYTOMEGALOVIRUS PNEUMONIA

SESSION TITLE: Monday Medical Student/Resident Case Report Posters SESSION TYPE: Med Student/Res Case Rep Postr PRESENTED ON: 10/21/2019 02:30 PM - 03:15 PM INTRODUCTION: Cytomegalovirus (CMV) is a viral pathogen that is seen in 40-100% of adults by the fourth decade (1). Infection in an immunocompetent individual is usually subclinical, with severe life-threatening infection seen in immunocomprised individuals. Steroid use has a weak association for infection reactivation in an immunocompetent host. We present the case of a chronic kidney disease (CKD) patient on steroids who was diagnosed and treated for CMV interstitial pneumonia. CASE PRESENTATION: 78-year-old female with a past medical history of interstitial lung disease, idiopathic thrombocytopenia purpura on steroids, CKD stage III who presented from a nursing facility where she was recuperating from a recent hospitalization due to pneumonia. During her prior admission, she was treated with steroids, vancomycin and cefepime for a presumed bacterial pneumonia. Patient presented with shortness of breath. Vital signs were notable for a temperature of 98.4 F, heart rate 102 bmp, RR 24/min, and SaO2 90% on 7L NC. Physical exam revealed bibasilar rales. Labs showed a white blood cell count of 10.1 Thou/uL, creatinine of 1.5 mg/dL, lactic acid 2.8 mmol/L, procalcitonin of 0.12 ng/mL, lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) of 544 U/L. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest showed increasing ground glass changes compared to previous admission imaging. Patient was started on steriods, vancomycin and cefepime. Given worsening radiographical findings, history of ILD, and elevated LDH in the setting of chronic steroids, there was a suspicion for pneumocystis pneumonia. She underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lung biopsy, bronchoalveolar lavage and wedge resection of the right lung. Pathology showed microscopic honey combing and extensive subpleural fibrosis, consistent with interstitial pneumonia. CMV cytopathic effect was confirmed with immunoperoxidase staining. PCR testing and tissue culture also returned positive for CMV; viral load was 81,581 IU/mL. Patient was started on a six-week course of valganciclovir with a plan to taper steroids as an outpatient. Patient was unfortunately lost to follow up thereafter. DISCUSSION: Severe life threatening CMV infection is seen in immunocomprised risk groups particularly transplant recipients, patients affected with AIDS, malignancy and neonates. Steroid use has a weak association with CMV reactivation; CKD also has been postulated as a risk factor for reactivation due to malfunctioning white cells. CONCLUSIONS: Although CMV pneumonia targets a subtype of immunosuppressed patients, it should be considered a differential in patient’s on chronic steroid treatment and CKD. This case emphasizes the importance of having a high degree of suspicion of CMV pneumonia in a patient on chronic high dose steroids, in clinical setting, such as this one. Without the correct diagnosis, obtained by PCR of a BAL sample, treatment opportunities will be missed, leading to poor outcomes. Reference #1: Grilli, Elisabetta, et al. “Cytomegalovirus Pneumonia in Immunocompetent Host: Case Report and Literature Review.” Journal of Clinical Virology : the Official Publication of the Pan American Society for Clinical Virology, U.S. National Library of Medicine, Dec. 2012. Reference #2: Al-Omari, A., Aljamaan, F., Alhazzani, W., Salih, S., & Arabi, Y. (2016). Cytomegalovirus infection in immunocompetent critically ill adults: literature review. Annals of intensive care, 6(1), 110 Reference #3: Carpani, G., Foresti, S., Dell'Oro, R., Grassi, G., & Bombelli, M. (2019). Severe systemic cytomegalovirus infection in an immunocompetent patient outside the intensive care unit: a case report. BMC infectious diseases, 19(1), 34. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3621-8 DISCLOSURES: No relevant relationships by Antonie Auguste, source=Web Response No relevant relationships by Amreet Aujla, source=Web Response No relevant relationships by Sarah Banks, source=Web Response No relevant relationships by Manmeet Grewal, source=Web Response No relevant relationships by Ann Palmer, source=Web Response

Rosie R Meade, Mae Shaw and Sarah Banks (eds), Politics, power and community development

Rosie R Meade, Mae Shaw and Sarah Banks (eds), <i>Politics, power and community development</i>

Book Review: Rosie R. Meade, Mae Shaw and Sarah Banks (eds) Politics, Power and Community Development

Book Review: Rosie R. Meade, Mae Shaw and Sarah Banks (eds) <i>Politics, Power and Community Development</i>

Oppression and professional ethics

ABSTRACTThis paper will suggest some key elements needed to adequately ground a concept of oppression relevant to the ethics of the social professions11. The ‘social professions’ is a useful phrase employed by Sarah Banks (2004) and includes social work, community and youth work, and other professions where human services are offered., and demonstrate how a coherent account of such a concept can be offered, drawing on recent work in social, moral and political philosophy: an account that both supports and challenges the social professional. The ethical commitment of social professionals in many countries to an ‘anti-oppressive’ approach to their work has not always been well understood by those who have supported the idea, or by those critical of it. The aim of this paper is to contribute to the understanding and development of anti-oppressive values and practice in the social professions through a review of recent work relevant to the concept of oppression. It argues that a substantial, critical concept of oppression should underpin any social professional ethics.

Book review: Sarah Banks Ethics: Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work

Book review: Sarah Banks <i>Ethics: Critical and Radical Debates in Social Work</i>

The Campaign for Women's Property Rights: Sarah Banks's Story

The Campaign for Women's Property Rights: Sarah Banks's Story

The ambulance service: the past, present and future

Journal of Paramedic PracticeVol. 4, No. 5 College of ParamedicsThe ambulance service: the past, present and futureAndy NewtonAndy NewtonSearch for more papers by this authorAndy NewtonPublished Online:16 Aug 2013https://doi.org/10.12968/jpar.2012.4.5.303AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextPDF/EPUB ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InEmail View article References Baskett PJ, Diamond AW, Cochrane DF (1976) Urban mobile resuscitation-training and service. Br J Anaesth 48(4): 377–85 Crossref, Google ScholarBBC Panorama (1963) The ambulance services are under fire www.bbc.co.uk/archive/nhs/5161.shtml (accessed 22 April 2012) Google ScholarBurr ML (1969) Concise History of the Ambulance Service. Medical Officer (Reprinted in Ambulance UK (2001) 16: 161–81) Google ScholarCarney CJ (1999) Prehospital care—a UK Perspective. Br Med Bull 55(4): 757–66 Crossref, Google ScholarChamberlain DA, Brown PM, Briggs RS et al.(1976) The Brighton Resuscitation Ambulances: a continuing experiment in pre-hospital care by ambulance staff.BMJ 2(6045):1161–5 Crossref, Google ScholarDepartment of Health England NHS Executive(1996) Review of Ambulance Performance Standards; Final report of the Steering Committee. DH Google ScholarEMS (2009) EMS makes a difference: Improving clinical outcomes and downstream healthcare savings. A Position Statement of the National EMS Advisory Council www.ems.gov/pdf/nemsac-dec2009.pdf (accessed 24 April 2012) Google ScholarHadfield H (1903) Municipal Ambulance Work.The Windsor Magazine 18(3): 339–47 Google ScholarHeightman AJ, McCallion T (2011) Management lessons from Pinnacle.JEMS 36(10): 50–4 Google ScholarJudge TP (2004) “Reforming Emergency Care” and the Ambulance Service.Emerg Med J 21(1):4 Crossref, Google ScholarKouwenhoven WB, Jude JR, Knickerbocker GG (1960) Closed chest cardiac massager. JAMA 173:1064–7 Crossref, Google ScholarLakhani M, Fernandes A, Archard D (2007) Urgent Care: A Position Statement from the Royal College of General Practitioners. Royal College of General Practitioners Google ScholarMinistry of Health (1966) Report by the working party on ambulance training and equipment: Part 1—training. Scottish Home and Health Department,HMSO Millar ELM Google ScholarMinistry of Health, Scottish Home and Health Department (1967) Millar Report—Report by the working party on ambulance training and equipment: Part 2 equipment. HMSO Google ScholarMunjal KG, Silverman RA, Freese J (2011) Utilization of Emergency Medical Services in a large Urban Area: Description of Call Types and Temporal Trends. Pre-hosp Emerg Care 15(3): 371–80 Crossref, Google ScholarPalazzo FF, Warner OJ, Harron M et al. (1998) Misuse of the London ambulance Service: how much and why? J Accid Emerg Med 15(6): 368–70 Crossref, Google ScholarPost C, Treber M (2002) History chapter 1 Pre-Hospital Systems and Medical Oversight (3rd edn). National Association of Emergency Medical Service Physicians,Iowa Google ScholarRasmus W (2009) Listening to the Future, why it's everybody's business; Microsoft Executive Leadership Series Wiley,New Jersey. Google ScholarRichardson R (1974) Larrey Surgeon to Napoleon's Imperial Guard. Quller Press,London Google ScholarSafer P, Elam J (1958) Manual versus mouth to mouth methods of artifcial respiration.Anaestbesiology 19:111–2 Crossref, Google ScholarSanders J (2000) A review of health professional attidudes and patient perceptions on ‘inappropriate’ accident and emergency attendances. The implications for current minor injury service provision in England and Wales.J Adv Nurs 31(5): Crossref, Google Scholar FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byDisruptive innovation: barriers, opportunities and differences internationallyAndy Newton, Barry Hunt, Julia Williams27 September 2020 | International Paramedic Practice, Vol. 10, No. 3The paramedic profession: disruptive innovation and barriers to further progressAndy Newton, Barry Hunt, Julia Williams8 April 2020 | Journal of Paramedic Practice, Vol. 12, No. 4Work intensification and ambidexterity - the notions of extreme and ‘everyday’ experiences in emergency contexts: surfacing dynamics in the ambulance service23 August 2019 | Public Management Review, Vol. 22, No. 1Examining the type and frequency of incidents attended by UK paramedicsTristan Henderson, Ruth Endacott, Jonathan Marsden, Sarah Black11 September 2019 | Journal of Paramedic Practice, Vol. 11, No. 9Why do paramedics have a high rate of self-referral?Anna van der Gaag, Robert Jago, Zubin Austin, Magdalena Zasada, Sarah Banks, Ann Gallagher, Grace Lucas4 May 2018 | Journal of Paramedic Practice, Vol. 10, No. 5Future Perspectives for the UK Ambulance Services: Evolution Rather than Revolution20 September 2015 5 May 2012Volume 4Issue 5ISSN (print): 1759-1376ISSN (online): 2041-9457 Metrics History Published online 16 August 2013 Published in print 5 May 2012 Information© MA Healthcare LimitedPDF download

Case Study: Working with Sexual Abuse in East Jerusalem

This case study is the first of what we hope may become a more regular feature in the journal. The format is based on taking an anonymised case from practice that raises ethical issues, and asking for two commentaries that reflect on the nature of the issues involved from a variety of different perspectives. This case and commentaries are taken from a book, Practising Social Work Ethics around the World: Cases and Commentaries, edited by Sarah Banks and Kirsten Nøhr (Routledge, 2011) and published in association with the journal. We are grateful to the authors of the case and commentaries and to Routledge for allowing us to reprint this extract from the book.

Ethics and values in social work. By Sarah Banks, 2nd edn, Palgrave, BASW Practical Social Work Series, Basingstoke, Hants. RG 21 6XS, 2001, 217 pp, ISBN 0‐333‐94798‐3

Criminal Behaviour and Mental HealthVolume 14, Issue 1 p. 62-63 Book Review Ethics and values in social work. By Sarah Banks, 2nd edn, Palgrave, BASW Practical Social Work Series, Basingstoke, Hants. RG 21 6XS, 2001, 217 pp, ISBN 0-333-94798-3 Gwyneth Boswell, Corresponding Author Gwyneth Boswell Community and Criminal Justice Unit, De Montfort University, Leicester, UKCommunity and Criminal Justice Unit, De Montfort University, Leicester, UKSearch for more papers by this author Gwyneth Boswell, Corresponding Author Gwyneth Boswell Community and Criminal Justice Unit, De Montfort University, Leicester, UKCommunity and Criminal Justice Unit, De Montfort University, Leicester, UKSearch for more papers by this author First published: 30 March 2006 https://doi.org/10.1002/cbm.566AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. Volume14, Issue1March 2004Pages 62-63 RelatedInformation

Nineteenth‐century scandal or twentieth‐century model? A new look at‘open’and‘close’parishes

The Economic History ReviewVolume 41, Issue 1 p. 51-73 Nineteenth-century scandal or twentieth-century model? A new look at‘open’and‘close’parishes SARAH BANKS, SARAH BANKSSearch for more papers by this author SARAH BANKS, SARAH BANKSSearch for more papers by this author First published: February 1988 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-0289.1988.tb00455.xRead the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditWechat Volume41, Issue1February 1988Pages 51-73 RelatedInformation