واقع دور الأخصائي الاجتماعي الطبي في تنمية الوعي بثقافة التباعد الاجتماعي في ظل أزمة فيروس كورونا (COVID19)‎ من وجهة نظر الشباب السعودي

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This study aims to identify the real role of Medical Social Worker in developing cultural awareness of social distancing In light of the coronavirus crisis (Covid19) from the point of view of the Saudi Youth.

The descriptive-analytical approach was utilized by designing a 76-element questionnaire divided into four domains.

The sample comprised (196) of the Saudi Youth in Al – Riyadh City.

The results indicated that the reality of the developmental role of the Medical Social Worker in developing a culture of social distancing from the point of view of the Saudi Youth in light of the Coronavirus crisis came in the first -ranking with an arithmetic average (2.76), while it came in the second-ranking the preventive role of the Medical Social Worker with an arithmetic average (2.73), and in the third-ranking the therapeutic role of Medical Social Worker with an arithmetic average (2.72).

The most important obstacles from the point of view of the Saudi Youth in Community disbelief came in the importance of the role of medical Social workers in such crises.

The study recommended the need to improve the awareness of the working team about the importance of the professional role of the Social Worker in developing a culture of social distancing and setting up a mechanism for cooperation between the management of the medical institution and the social worker in developing a culture of social distancing.