2025/09/04 by Uko, Udin Utit, Otu, Bernard Diwa
#Social work education intervention strategies #post COVID-19 adjustment
paper · doi:10.60787/tjesds.vol1no2.30
The study investigated social work education intervention strategies which resulted in post COVID-19 adjustment among Catholic Christian organizations in Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State. Nigeria to achieve this purpose, five hypotheses were formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Review of literature was carried out in accordance with the variables of the study. Ex-post-facto research design was used for this study. The target population of the study comprised of all the Catholic faithful in Catholic churches in Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State. The estimated population of Catholic Church members in Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State is 52,698 parishioners including the Priest and the Religious. Simple random and accidental sampling techniques was adopted for the study. The sample of the study comprised of 768 parishioners in the sampled Catholic churches. The instrument used for data collection in this study is a questionnaire titled Social Work Education Intervention Strategies and Covid-19 Prevention Questionnaire” (SWEISCPQ). The instrument was validated by experts in Test and Measurement from the University of Calabar. Data analyses were carried out using Pearson product moment correlation analysis. Findings of the study revealed that the p-value of .000 is Significant at .05 level; p<.05 which implied that; Covid-19 awareness creation and availability of covid-19 prevention gadgets (hand sanitizers, face mask etc) are significantly related to post Covid-19 adjustment among Catholic Christian Organizations in the Southern Senatorial District of Cross River State. Based on these findings, it was recommended among others that more effort should be made by the government to promote awareness of infectious diseases such as Covid-19 to prevent resurfacing of the disease.