An online group for young women with breast cancer: sparking online engagement

Social Work with Groups Pub Date : 2021-06-01 DOI:10.1080/01609513.2021.1907996

E. Nau

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Abstract

ABSTRACT Younger women diagnosed with breast cancer express more psycho-emotional concerns than older women because younger women are facing problems with fertility, disruption to their young families, disruption to their careers, and lower libido during a time of higher sexual activity. Support groups create a place for younger women diagnosed with breast cancer to give and receive mutual aid. To meet the needs of younger women with breast cancer, an online support group was created by the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program. A SPARC grant from the International Association of Social Work with Groups (IASWG) helped the program reduce technology barriers to the online group, and help the program promote the group to community partners. The author, in the role of the support group facilitator, created a comfortable and confidential group space by embracing the needs of the clients, including the need for a flexible virtual meeting space. The ongoing facilitation of the online group impacted the support services provided by the Adelphi NY Statewide Breast Cancer Hotline and Support Program, encouraging additional psychoeducational groups to be developed, and contributing to expanding online group services to meet the specific needs of all program clients when the program was forced to transition to online services due to the COVID-19 crisis striking the local community.

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一个针对年轻乳腺癌女性的在线小组:激发在线参与

诊断为乳腺癌的年轻女性比年长女性表现出更多的心理情感担忧，因为年轻女性面临着生育问题、年轻家庭的破裂、职业生涯的破裂以及性活动高发期性欲下降。支持团体为被诊断患有乳腺癌的年轻女性创造了一个相互给予和接受援助的场所。为了满足年轻女性乳腺癌患者的需求，纽约州阿德尔菲乳腺癌热线和支持计划创建了一个在线支持小组。来自国际团体社会工作协会(IASWG)的SPARC拨款帮助该项目减少了网络团体的技术障碍，并帮助该项目向社区合作伙伴推广该团体。作者以支持小组促进者的角色，通过满足客户的需求，包括对灵活的虚拟会议空间的需求，创造了一个舒适和保密的小组空间。在线小组的持续便利影响了纽约州阿德尔菲乳腺癌热线和支持项目提供的支持服务，鼓励了更多的心理教育小组的发展，并有助于扩大在线小组服务，以满足所有项目客户的特定需求，因为该项目因COVID-19危机袭击当地社区而被迫过渡到在线服务。

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Social Work with Groups Social Sciences-Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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1.30

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期刊介绍： Social Work with Groups is a unique quarterly journal of community and clinical practice, and an important reference publication for those in the social work profession who value and seek to understand the small group. The journal addresses the issues of group work in psychiatric, rehabilitative, and multipurpose social work and social service agencies; crisis theory and group work; the use of group programs in clinical and community practice; and basic group competencies for all social work professionals. The contributions reflect a sophisticated knowledge of the use of the group as a learning medium and a highly developed understanding of instructional technology in the teaching of social group work knowledge and skills.