Essays about: "Mental Health and Psychosocial Support MHPSS"
Found 3 essays containing the words Mental Health and Psychosocial Support MHPSS.
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1. Challenges and Opportunities for Culturally Sensitive Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in the African Context
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Mental Health and Psychosocial Support is a growing field of intervention in humanitarian assistance worldwide. The influence of culture and faith in individual and collective coping mechanisms and recovery processes has brought scholars to emphasize the need for MHPSS programming to adopt a cultural and faith sensitive approach to increase the cultural relevance and efficacity of interventions. READ MORE
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2. Can All Humanitarian Workers Access the Same Support and is that Support Effective? : A qualitative study of MHPSS for staff in humanitarian organizations
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Humanitarian workers often operate in high-risk environments, including warzones, environmental disasters, and outbreaks of infectious diseases, amongst others. Research shows that the mental health of any worker is affected when exposed to high levels of negative stress for some time. READ MORE
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3. The Integration of Religion and Spirituality by Humanitarian Organisations in Indonesia : A Qualitative Case Study on the Provision of MHPSS after Disaster
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Although growing scientific evidence has highlighted beneficial effects of religion and spirituality on mental health and psychosocial well-being, the integration of religious and spiritual needs with mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian contexts has been identified as a gap. Accordingly, this can be linked to a lack of official related guidelines of how to address these concepts in the humanitarian sector. READ MORE