Disaster Recovery: Community-Based Psychosocial Support in the Aftermath

361 Pages·2018·3.58 MB·English

by  Joseph O Prewitt-Diaz

DISASTER RECOVERY
Community-Based Psychosocial
Support in the Aftermath

DISASTER RECOVERY
Community-Based Psychosocial
Support in the Aftermath
Edited by
Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz, PhD
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1. Disaster victims--Mental health services--Case studies. 2. Community-based social
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CONTENTS
List of Contributors ..................................................................................ix
List of Abbreviations ..............................................................................xiii
Acknowledgement ................................................................................ xv
Preface ............................................................................................... xvii
About the Editor .................................................................................. xxi
Introduction ........................................................................................xxiii
PART I: Theoretical Building Blocks and Background ....................1
1. Theoretical Building Blocks for Community-Based
Psychosocial Support ................................................................ 3
Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz and S. P. Agarwal
2. Historical Overview of Recent Policy Statements,
Guidance, and Agreements Pertaining to Mental
Health and Psychosocial Support ............................................ 35
Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz
3. Components of Community-Based Psychosocial
Support in Sri Lanka: Planning, Implementing,
Monitoring, and Evaluating Community
Resilience Project ...................................................................... 45
Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz and Anjana Dayal de Prewitt
PART II: Development of Community-Based Psychosocial
Support After the 2005 East Asia Tsunami ...............................59
4. Psychosocial Support in South and Southeast Asia:
From the Gujarat Earthquake to the Tsunami ...................... 61
Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz
vi Contents
5. Development of a Linguistically Appropriate
Instrument in Two States of India ......................................... 103
Satyabrata Dash, Anjana Dayal de Prewitt, and
Rashmi Lakshinarayana
6. A Historical Overview of Psychosocial Support
Program Response to the 2004 South Asia Tsunami ............. 113
Anjana Dayal de Prewitt
7. Community-Based Psychosocial Support is a Process
and Tool for Protection of the Vulnerable Survivors
of Disaster ................................................................................ 129
Subhasis Bhadra
8. Implementation of Community-Based Psychosocial
Support in South Asia ............................................................. 157
Satyabrata Dash
PART III: Current Events That Require Psychosocial Support 181
9. Psychosocial Support as a Priority in Ebola
Response: Structured Interventions in Accordance
with IASC-MHPSS Guidelines .............................................. 183
Pramudith D. Rupasinghe
10. The First Psychosocial Procedures in Zenie ........................ 197
Cecilie Alessandri and Jean-Claude Kékoura Zoumanigui
11. Safe School Program as a Psychosocial Support Tool
in Addressing Thread .............................................................. 219
Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz
12. Psychosocial Support and Epidemic Control
Interface: A Case Study .......................................................... 247
Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz
13. Psychosocial Support in the Communities: A Review
of Evidence Informed Practices ............................................. 273
Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz
Contents vii
14. Hurricane Maria, Personal and Collective Suffering,
and Psychosocial Support as a Crosscutting Intervention .. 289
Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz
15. Place-Based Psychosocial Interventions in the
Aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico .................... 307
Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz
Postlude: Lessons Learned: Route Map for the Future:
Psychosocial Support Program Planning and Development ...... 321
Joseph O. Prewitt Diaz
Index .....................................................................................................325

LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS
Dr. Satya Paul Agarwal (in memoriam) was an eminent neurosurgeon,
prolific writer, visionary, and secretary general of the Indian Red Cross
Society. He served as the Secretary General from 2005 and was also the
Chair of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Advi-
sory Body on Sustainable Development and Health. He had also served
as Director General of Health Services, Government of India, from 1996
to 2005. Dr. Agarwal was a prolific writer who represented India at may
international meetings, symposia, and scholarly meetings. He took an
interest in psychosocial support in 2006 and had been contributing to the
development of the field in India and Southeast Asia. Under Dr. Agarwal’s
leadership, India had the largest psychosocial support program in the Red
Cross movement. In May 2015, Dr. Agarwal corresponded with the Editor
about a book on psychosocial support. He reviewed the early chapters of
the present work and offered ideas and suggestions for improvement of the
theoretical building blocks of the book. In August 2015 he shared with the
Editor suggestions for improvement that were later incorporated as part
of Chapter 1 of this book. Therefore, he merits posthumous ownership
recognition for Chapter 1. His untimely death left a significant void in the
completion of this book, his idea.
Cecilie Alessandri, MA, is the psychosocial desk officer for the inter-
national department at the French Red Cross. An intercultural psycholo-
gist, she also has a master degree in educational sciences. She worked as
psychologist, program manager (HIV, mental health and training projects
mainly), and trainer in several NGOs (Action Against Hunger, ASMAE,
International Medical Corp.) in France and abroad. She manages French
Red Cross psychosocial activities in different operational countries and
supports dedicated teams to implement and develop psychosocial support
for vulnerable persons affected by sicknesses, conflicts, or natural disasters.
Subhasis Bhadra, PhD in Psychiatric Social Work, (NIMHANS, Banga-
lore) is working as Assistant Professor and Head in the Department of Social
Work, Gautam Buddha University. He started his career with his work in
intervention in the Gujarat earthquake (2001) and subsequently worked