Resilience of Hong Kong people in the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons learned from a survey at the peak of the pandemic in Spring 2020
Abstract
At the beginning of the pandemic, the world has likened COVID-19 to SARS which devastated Hong Kong in 2003. Based on the results of a survey conducted between March and April 2020 with 761 Hong Kong adult residents, we summarised three lessons on the coping of Hong Kong people: (i) Establish adequate personal vigilance, (ii) Brace for a mental health crisis and (iii) Find strengths in social and community support. Social workers’ roles in health education, identifying service gaps, resource mapping and orchestrating community actions are vital for empowering flexible and adaptive community responses.
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- Authors
- Lau, B. H. P., Chan, C. L. W., & Ng, S.-M.
- Affiliations
- Hong Kong Shue Yan University (CN)
- University of Hong Kong
- ORCID
- Lau, Bobo H. P.
- Venue
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2020-06-18
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 105-114
- ISSN
- 0218-5385 (ISSN-L)
- 2994-9769
- 2165-0993
- OpenAlex
- W3036529237
- Cited by
- 59
- References
- 19
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 7 · 2023: 11 · 2022: 17 · 2021: 18 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 4.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Innovative Research Grant
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Resilience and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › COVID-19 Prevention and Impact
- Keywords
- COVID-19 pandemic, resilience, coping, mental health crisis, social support, community support, social workers, health education, resource mapping, community response, Hong Kong
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