Patricia Fronek is an Associate Professor in social work, academic and researcher in the School of Health Sciences and Social Work, Griffith University, Australia. Currently, she is the Director of the Bachelor of Social Work Program, a member of Griffith University's Law Futures Research Centre, and is Special Advisor to Child Identity Protection (CHIP). Social justice, human rights, ethics and professional practice are core to her practice and research over the last forty years. Her work is widely published and highly regarded.

Karen Smith Rotabi-Casares is a Professor in social work with a background in child protection and family support. Her work is international and she has been engaged in child rights and health promotion projects in a number of countries, to include Belize, Guatemala, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Malawi, the United Arab Emirates and Somalia. Focused on child rights, Rotabi-Casares is most interested in prevention with an orientation to the development of programs that engage the community and human service organizations in social change.

1. Introducing social work in health emergencies. Part I- Regional, historical and social work perspectives. 2. Regions of the world and the COVID-19 health emergency. 3. Lessons from pandemic history. 4. Human dignity. Part II- Social work practice, issues and responses. 5. Hospital social work during the second wave in Canada. 6. Child protection and health emergenciesin Botswana. 7. Family violence during the COVID-19 pandemic. 8. Families and the COVID-19 pandemic: perspectives from the UK. 9. Disability and health emergencies. 10. Ageism, older people and COVID-19. 11. Impacts of global pandemics on people on the move. 12. Mental health social work in Hong Kong during the COVID-19 pandemic.13. Urban homelessness: housing and health equity during health emergencies.14. The new social services: organising community during ecosocial health crises. 15. Challenges and innovations in field education in Australia, New Zealand and the United States. Part III- Preparing for the future. 16. Social innovation as the need of the hour in health emergencies. 17. Preparing for the next health emergency. 18. Yesterday, today and tomorrow. Part IV: Bonus chapters. 19. SARS-CoV-2 in wildlife: Q &A with Alan B. Franklin. 20. COVID-19: Q &A with Peter C. Doherty