The goal of the BFS is a holistic psychosocial program that aims at providing comprehensive support to children and their caregivers who are facing emergency situations. This includes: -Helping the family to adapt care practices to the emergency and... Read more
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Combined psychosocial and nutrition interventions improve the development of infants. However, there is a paucity of studies examining the effectiveness of such interventions in humanitarian settings. This article examines the impact of combining a group based psychosocial intervention with... Read more
Bodas, M., Ben-Gershon, B., Rubinstein, Z., Bergman-Levy, T., & Peleg, K. (2015). The evolution of the emergency mental health system in Israel-from the 1980’s until today. Israel journal of health policy research, 4(1), 1. Emergency and disaster situations such... Read more
Rockhold, P., & McDonald, L. (2008). The World Bank's work on mental and psychosocial health in the context of conflict affected countries: the IASC Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergency Settings. Intervention, 6(3), 314-322. This paper... Read more
Schafer, A. (2011). Spirituality and mental health in humanitarian contexts: a response to the commentaries. Intervention, 9(1), 74-77. Read more
Miller, V. W., & Affolter, F. W. (2002). Helping children outgrow war. USAID. Chicago Helping children outgrow war is an overarching goal of educational reconstruction in post-conflict settings. Given the diversity and complexity of such settings, responses must be... Read more
In Sri Lanka psychosocial interventions became a priority for emergency response largely led by the concerns of the international media and aid agencies. Interventions were quickly launched but coordination was poor and lessons learned from years of pre-tsunami conflict-related... Read more
After several weeks of ongoing tremors, on 1 April 2014, at 20:46 hours, an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.2 on the Richter scale occurred 89 kilometres south-west of Cuya (northern part of Chile). A few minutes after the... Read more
Posterior al terremoto de 6.2 grados en la escala de Richter ocurrido el 10 de abril y a los 2 terremotos del día 11 de abril de 6.2 y 6.7 grados en la escala de Richter, el 13 de... Read more
