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1. Full name:             Nguyen Thu Ha                  2. Sex: Female

3. Date of birth:        18 – 3 – 1982                        4. Place of birth: Phu Tho town

5. Admission decission number 1745/2017/QĐ-XHNV on July 13, 2017.

6. Changes in academic process: no changes.

7. Official thesis title: Social work activities with adolescents inpatient treatment at National Hospital of Pediatrics.

8. Major: Social work                                              9. Code: Pilot training

10. Supervisors: Prof.Dr. Dang Canh Khanh

11. Summary of new findings of the thesis:

• The thesis contributes to enriching the content of demand theory, cognitive-behavior theory and advocacy - empowerment theory in researching social work activities in the health environment; contribute to in-depth interpretation of the concepts of: social work, group social work, social workers, adolescents inpatient treatment and social work activities with adolescents inpatient treatment; at the same time, highlighting an overview of social activities in hospitals.
• The thesis has clearly shown that adolescents inpatient treatment have a high need to access to social work activities and clearly reflect the social work activities at the National Hospital of Pediatrics with low focus on supporting children on administrative procedures, on medical examination and treatment, on connecting medical examination/treatment with medicine staff, but highly focused on nutritional support and gift giving. This fact makes many teenagers think that social work activities are unnecessary and do not create their satisfaction. Evaluation results from the medicine staff also show that social work activities have almost no positive impact on medical examination and treatment.
• The thesis also clarifies the process of experimental group social work activities with adolescents inpatient treatment; analyze the meaning and ways of forming a group; analyze how to prepare group interventions through the "defrosting" activity, strengthen relationships among members, identify problems and select priorities, plan task implementation.
• The thesis also analyzes the positive and limited role of experimental social work activities in group in helping adolescents inpatient treatment to minimize feelings of anxiety about disease and treatment, in connecting them with medicine staff, and in assisting them to reduce anxiety about studying for peace of mind.
• The research results reflect that adolescents inpatient treatment evaluated at a high score about the necessity of group social work activities, with high satisfaction about these activities. Medecine staffs and caregivers also acknowledge that the group social word activities has made a positive impact on the health care.
• The thesis also proposes a system of solutions in line with current practice at the National Hospital of Pediatrics in order to improve the effectiveness of medical examination and treatment for patients from the perspective of social work.

12. Practical applicability, if any: The research results of the thesis can be applied at the National Hospital of Pediatrics and hospitals implementing social work activities; can be used as research and training materials on social work in hospitals.

13. Further research directions, if any

• Research on solutions to raise awareness for medical staff about the meaning and value of social work activities
• Research on solutions to raise the awareness of inpatient about the meaning and value of social work activities
• Research on solutions to improve capacity for social workers in hospitals
• Research on application of individual social work intervention model in the hospital
• Research on solutions to development of professional social work activities in the hospital

14. Thesis – related publications

1. Nguyen Thu Ha (2018), “The functional models of social works in hospitals”, International Worksop on Promoting therapeutic services in social work in Vietnam, Ed Lao dong – Xa hoi, pp. 247 - 251.
2. Nguyen Thu Ha (2018), “Social works at the hospital in Vietnam: Achievement and Issues”, International Worksop on Promoting therapeutic services in social work in Vietnam, Ed Lao dong – Xa hoi, pp. 314 - 320.
3. Nguyen Thu Ha (2018), “Identify the origin of adolescent psychological and social crisis of inpatient treatment in hospital environment”, Proceedings of an international workshop Orientation of social work career development in Vietnam: The role of law - training - practice, Hue University Press, pp. 274 – 282.