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Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers

Author : Fiona Dunkley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351782045
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (517 download)

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Download or read book Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers written by Fiona Dunkley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-03-13 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanitarian aid workers are trying to make a difference in an increasingly dangerous world. Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers: A Roadmap of Trauma and Critical Incident Care highlights the risks of such work, educates professionals responsible for their duty of care, and brings together current thinking to promote collaborative working to support the carers of our world. From the humanitarian aid worker trying to organise support amongst chaos, to the professional offering a safe place for recovery, all of these individuals are at risk of becoming traumatised. Therefore, it is vital that we recognise the psychological risks on these individuals, and that they recognise how they can support themselves, so they can continue to function in the work that they do. This book can be used as a trauma awareness guide for all staff whose work exposes them – directly or indirectly – to trauma, and therefore becomes a risk to their physical or mental wellbeing. Psychosocial Support for Humanitarian Aid Workers will appeal to all those working in the field of humanitarian aid, counsellors and psychotherapists, emergency first responders, as well as those who are looking to support themselves after surviving trauma.

Psychosocial Concepts in Humanitarian Work with Children

Author : Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309089336
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Psychosocial Concepts in Humanitarian Work with Children written by Program on Forced Migration and Health at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2003-07-06 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This report is concerned with reviewing psychosocial concepts in research related to humanitarian work, with particular emphasis on research related to children affected by prolonged violence and armed conflict.

Sharing the Front Line and the Back Hills

Author : Yael Danieli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351841807
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Sharing the Front Line and the Back Hills written by Yael Danieli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-26 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sharing the Front Line and the Back Hills" points to a crisis facing international institutions and the media who seek to alleviate and report human suffering throughout the world. The goals of the editor are to tell the story of thousands of individuals dedicated to helping others; and to integrate issues of protection and care into all levels of planning, implementing and evaluating international intervention and action. The book identifies approaches that have proven useful and explores and suggests future directions.

A Field Manual for Palliative Care in Humanitarian Crises

Author : Elisha Waldman
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190066547
Total Pages : 112 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (9 download)

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Book Synopsis A Field Manual for Palliative Care in Humanitarian Crises by : Elisha Waldman

Download or read book A Field Manual for Palliative Care in Humanitarian Crises written by Elisha Waldman and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-11 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As humanitarian aid organizations have evolved, there is a growing recognition that incorporating palliative care into aid efforts is an essential part of providing the best care possible. A Field Manual for Palliative Care in Humanitarian Crises represents the first-ever effort at educating and providing guidance for clinicians not formally trained in palliative care in how to incorporate its principles into their work in crisis situations. Written by a team of international experts, this pocket-sized manual identifies the needs of people affected by natural hazards, political or ethnic conflict, epidemics of life-threatening infections, and other humanitarian crises. Later chapters explore topics including pain management, skin conditions, non-communicable diseases, palliative care emergencies, the law and ethics of end of life care, and more. Concise and highly accessible, this manual is an ideal educational tool pre-deployment or during fieldwork for clinicians involved in planning and providing humanitarian aid, local care providers, and medical trainees.

Humanitarian Work Psychology

Author : S. C Carr
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137015225
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Humanitarian Work Psychology written by S. C Carr and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-04-11 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contextualizing Humanitarian work in history, justice, methods and professional ethics, this book articulates process skills for transformational partnerships between diverse organizations, motivating education, organisational learning and selecting the disaster workforce.

Health in Humanitarian Emergencies

Author : David Townes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107062683
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Health in Humanitarian Emergencies written by David Townes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-31 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive, best practices resource for public health and healthcare practitioners and students interested in humanitarian emergencies.

Psychological Support for Workers on the Move

Author : Kate S. Thompson
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 100085552X
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Psychological Support for Workers on the Move written by Kate S. Thompson and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-03-24 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the psychological pressures faced by workers who migrate for short periods, exploring what it means to work in high-stress environments, often on time-limited contracts and with low levels of support; and how best to protect this kind of key worker. The text addresses three central questions. First, how we can think about the experiences of workers on the move? Second, what forms of support given by who, and when, provide the best staff care? Finally, how can appropriate and timely staff support by organisations influence the lives of workers on the move? The authors, all psychological therapists and many former international workers, offer recommendations for workers in humanitarian aid, the mission sector, international contracting and seafaring, among others, taking into account the changing world of work, and the impact on this of the Covid-19 pandemic. Psychological Support for Workers on the Move provides essential guidance to organisations posting personnel internationally, to psychological and wellbeing therapists working with them, and to individual workers themselves

Disaster Recovery

Author : Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 1351592815
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Disaster Recovery written by Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2018-05-30 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new volume, Disaster Recovery: Community-Based Psychosocial Support in the Aftermath, provides a wealth of realistic and applicable information for addressing mental health related issues resulting from disasters. It will provide readers with both a theoretical and practical look at community-based psychosocial support and community consultation from an interdisciplinary perspective. The last thirty years have brought to the fore the importance of psychosocial support as an integrator and cross-cutting theme in disaster response. The need for a timely volume on this topic at this time is based on recent world efforts to include the topic within the disaster risk reduction framework. In this volume, the authors share their practical knowledge about development of community-based psychosocial support based on the hundred of thousands of people in fourteen countries and three continents who provided an immense amount of knowledge about psychosocial support through their participation in programs. These programs helped to lead the way in sharing the strategies and tools presented in here. This book uses case study methodology and practical examples to share how communities can come together, care for themselves, and use their social capital and problem-solving skills to survive and thrive. The information in the book will aid in the development of program offerings for mental health and psychosocial support in disasters and humanitarian emergencies. The final section will provide the components of a proposal for external work and a chapter on monitoring and evaluation. The book will include case studies to help illustrate the content. Edited by Dr. Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz, a 2008 recipient of the American Psychological Association’s International Humanitarian Award, the book is based on his extensive experience and existing research in the field. The information provided here will be helpful to those working in or teaching on disaster management and support, including professors and instructors, students in social work and psychology, government and non-government agencies personnel in the field in places where emerging conflicts are occurring, and many others.

Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters

Author : Institute of Medicine
Publisher : National Academies Press
ISBN 13 : 0309316227
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (93 download)

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Download or read book Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2015-09-10 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the devastation that follows a major disaster, there is a need for multiple sectors to unite and devote new resources to support the rebuilding of infrastructure, the provision of health and social services, the restoration of care delivery systems, and other critical recovery needs. In some cases, billions of dollars from public, private and charitable sources are invested to help communities recover. National rhetoric often characterizes these efforts as a "return to normal." But for many American communities, pre-disaster conditions are far from optimal. Large segments of the U.S. population suffer from preventable health problems, experience inequitable access to services, and rely on overburdened health systems. A return to pre-event conditions in such cases may be short-sighted given the high costs - both economic and social - of poor health. Instead, it is important to understand that the disaster recovery process offers a series of unique and valuable opportunities to improve on the status quo. Capitalizing on these opportunities can advance the long-term health, resilience, and sustainability of communities - thereby better preparing them for future challenges. Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters identifies and recommends recovery practices and novel programs most likely to impact overall community public health and contribute to resiliency for future incidents. This book makes the case that disaster recovery should be guided by a healthy community vision, where health considerations are integrated into all aspects of recovery planning before and after a disaster, and funding streams are leveraged in a coordinated manner and applied to health improvement priorities in order to meet human recovery needs and create healthy built and natural environments. The conceptual framework presented in Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters lays the groundwork to achieve this goal and provides operational guidance for multiple sectors involved in community planning and disaster recovery. Healthy, Resilient, and Sustainable Communities After Disasters calls for actions at multiple levels to facilitate recovery strategies that optimize community health. With a shared healthy community vision, strategic planning that prioritizes health, and coordinated implementation, disaster recovery can result in a communities that are healthier, more livable places for current and future generations to grow and thrive - communities that are better prepared for future adversities.

Psychological First Aid

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789241548618
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Psychological First Aid written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2014-05 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This manual is designed to orient helpers to offer psychological first aid (PFA) to people following a serious crisis event. PFA involves humane, supportive and practical assistance for people who are distressed, in ways that respect their dignity, culture and abilities. The instructions and materials in this manual are for a half-day orientation (4 hours excluding breaks) to prepare helpers to support people recently affected by very stressful events. If you have more time available for the orientation, extra activities and slides are included in text boxes to deliver a full day orientation (five and a half hours excluding breaks). Where possible, one should organize full day orientations to allow for deeper learning. It is important to adapt the orientation and materials to the local culture, language and context, and to the likely kinds of crisis situations in which your participants would be helping. This facilitator's manual is to be used together with Psychological First Aid: Guide for Field Workers.

Assessing Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs and Resources

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9789241548533
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (485 download)

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Download or read book Assessing Mental Health and Psychosocial Needs and Resources written by World Health Organization and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) is a term used to describe a wide range of actions that address social, psychological and psychiatric problems that are either pre-existing or emergency-induced. These actions are carried out in highly different contexts by organizations and people with different professional backgrounds, in different sectors and with different types of resources. All these different actors--and their donors--need practical assessments leading to recommendations that can be used immediately to improve people's mental health and well-being. Although a range of assessment tools exist, what has been missing is an overall approach that clarifies when to use which tool for what purpose. This document offers an approach to assessment that should help you review information that is already available and only collect new data that will be of practical use, depending on your capacity and the phase of the humanitarian crisis. This document is rooted in two policy documents, the IASC Reference Group s (2010) "Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Humanitarian Emergencies: What Should Humanitarian Health Actors Know?" and the "Sphere Handbook's Standard on Mental Health" (Sphere Project, 2011). It is written primarily for public health actors. As the social determinants of mental health and psychosocial problems occur across sectors, half of the tools in the accompanying toolkit cover MHPSS assessment issues relevant to other sectors as well as the health sector.

Psychological First Aid

Author : Leslie Snider
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9789241548205
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (482 download)

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Download or read book Psychological First Aid written by Leslie Snider and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2011-10-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide covers psychological first aid which involves humane, supportive and practical help to fellow human beings suffering serious crisis events. It is written for people in a position to help others who have experienced an extremely distressing event.

MhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG)

Author : World Health Organization
Publisher : World Health Organization
ISBN 13 : 9241548924
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (415 download)

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Download or read book MhGAP Humanitarian Intervention Guide (mhGAP-HIG) written by World Health Organization and published by World Health Organization. This book was released on 2015-05-20 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The mhGAP Intervention Guide (IG) is a clinical guide on mental neurological and substance use disorders for general health care workers who work in non-specialized health care settings particularly in low- and middle-income countries. These health care workers include general physicians family physicians nurses and clinical officers. The mhGAP programme provides a range of tools to support the work of health care providers as well as health policy makers and planners The proposed guide is an adaptation of the mhGAP Intervention Guide to be used in humanitarian settings. These settings include a broad range of acute and chronic emergency situations arising from armed conflicts natural disasters and industrial disasters and may include mass displacement of populations (eg refugees and/or internally displaced people).

Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action

Author :
Publisher : UNICEF
ISBN 13 : 9280645129
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (86 download)

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Download or read book Core Commitments for Children in Humanitarian Action written by and published by UNICEF. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Mental Health of Refugee and Conflict-Affected Populations

Author : Nexhmedin Morina
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319970461
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Book Synopsis Mental Health of Refugee and Conflict-Affected Populations by : Nexhmedin Morina

Download or read book Mental Health of Refugee and Conflict-Affected Populations written by Nexhmedin Morina and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-12-10 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides an overview of theoretical, empirical, and clinical conceptualizations of mental health following exposure to human rights violations (HRV). There are currently hundreds of millions of individuals affected by war and conflict across the globe, and over 68 million people who are forcibly displaced. The field of refugee and post-conflict mental health is growing exponentially, as researchers investigate the factors that impact on psychological disorders in these populations, and design and evaluate new treatments to reduce psychological distress. This volume will be a substantial contribution to the literature on mental health in refugee and post-conflict populations, as it details the state of the evidence regarding the mental health of war survivors living in areas of former conflict as well as refugees and asylum-seekers.

The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit

Author : Beth Kanter
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119251117
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit written by Beth Kanter and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Steer your organization away from burnout while boosting all-around performance The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit presents realistic strategies for leaders looking to optimize organizational achievement while avoiding the common nonprofit burnout. With a uniquely holistic approach to nonprofit leadership strategy, this book functions as a handbook to help leaders examine their existing organization, identify trouble spots, and resolve issues with attention to all aspects of operations and culture. The expert author team walks you through the process of building a happier, healthier organization from the ground up, with a balanced approach that considers more than just quantitative results. Employee wellbeing takes a front seat next to organizational performance, with clear guidance on establishing optimal systems and processes that bring about better results while allowing a healthier work-life balance. By improving attitudes and personal habits at all levels, you'll implement a positive cultural change with sustainable impact. Nonprofits are driven to do more, more, more, often with fewer and fewer resources; there comes a breaking point where passion dwindles under the weight of pressure, and the mission suffers as a result. This book shows you how to revamp your organization to do more and do it better, by putting cultural considerations at the heart of strategy. Find and relieve cultural and behavioral pain points Achieve better results with attention to well-being Redefine your organizational culture to avoid burnout Establish systems and processes that enable sustainable change At its core, a nonprofit is driven by passion. What begins as a personal investment in the organization's mission can quickly become the driver of stress and overwork that leads to overall lackluster performance. Executing a cultural about-face can be the lifeline your organization needs to thrive. The Happy, Healthy Nonprofit provides a blueprint for sustainable change, with a holistic approach to improving organizational outlook.

Aid in Danger

Author : Larissa Fast
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812246039
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Aid in Danger written by Larissa Fast and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2014-05-14 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Humanitarian aid workers increasingly remain present in contexts of violence and are injured, kidnapped, and killed as a result. Since 9/11 and in response to these dangers, aid organizations have fortified themselves to shield their staff and programs from outside threats. In Aid in Danger, Larissa Fast critically examines the causes of violence against aid workers and the consequences of the approaches aid agencies use to protect themselves from attack. Based on more than a decade of research, Aid in Danger explores the assumptions underpinning existing explanations of and responses to violence against aid workers. According to Fast, most explanations of attacks locate the causes externally and maintain an image of aid workers as an exceptional category of civilians. The resulting approaches to security rely on separation and fortification and alienate aid workers from those in need, representing both a symptom and a cause of crisis in the humanitarian system. Missing from most analyses are the internal vulnerabilities, exemplified in the everyday decisions and ordinary human frailties and organizational mistakes that sometimes contribute to the conditions leading to violence. This oversight contributes to the normalization of danger in aid work and undermines the humanitarian ethos. As an alternative, Fast proposes a relational framework that captures both external threats and internal vulnerabilities. By uncovering overlooked causes of violence, Aid in Danger offers a unique perspective on the challenges of providing aid in perilous settings and on the prospects of reforming the system in service of core humanitarian values.