Promoting Staff Health & Wellbeing: Based on over 25 years of experience supporting the health & wellbeing of people working in some of the most difficult & dangerous parts of the world, what follows is our collection of learning... Read more
Wellbeing
Thalagala, N. I., Rajapakse, L., & Yakandawala, H. (2004). National survey on emerging issues among adolescents in Sri Lanka. Colombo, UNICEF. Adolescents comprise one fifth of Sri Lankan population. One of the constraints found in formulating policies and programmes... Read more
de Mel, N., Peiris, P., & Gomez, S. (2013). Broadening gender: Why masculinities matter. Attitudes, practices and gender-based violence in four districts in Sri Lanka. Colombo: CARE International Sri Lanka. This study brings out key risk factors in relation... Read more
Jayawickreme, N., Jayawickreme, E., Goonasekera, M. A., & Foa, E. B. (2009). Distress, wellbeing and war: qualitative analyses of civilian interviews from north eastern Sri Lanka. Intervention, 7(3), 204-222. This paper outlines a methodology for the development of culturally... Read more
Quosh, C. (2013). Mental health, forced displacement and recovery: integrated mental health and psychosocial support for urban refugees in Syria. Intervention, 11(3), 295-320. This article describes a pilot mental health and psychosocial support programme that was initiated by the... Read more
Mediation of daily stressors on mental health within a conflict context: a qualitative study in Gaza
Schafer, A., Masoud, H., & Sammour, R. (2014). Mediation of daily stressors on mental health within a conflict context: a qualitative study in Gaza. Intervention, 12(2), 171-186. The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines on Mental Health and Psychosocial Support... Read more
Cheung, E. Y. (2015). An outbreak of fear, rumours and stigma: psychosocial support for the Ebola Virus Disease outbreak in West Africa. Intervention, 13(1), 70-76. This field report summarises the experience and lessons learnt by the author, who was... Read more
The thesis findings and conclusions point to the need for collaboration with disaster, conflict and unplanned development affected communities to retrieve their knowledge systems to improve their mental health and wellbeing. These countries were selected based on their geographical... Read more
Context affects research validity. Therefore, in order to reduce any uncertainty about their findings, cross-cultural researchers should use appropriate methodological techniques. Using focus groups to evaluate the quality of standard measures is one such technique.This paper highlights a study... Read more
This paper describes the use of a mixed methods design to develop the Sri Lankan Children's Daily Stressor Scale (CDSS). It briefly describes its use in a study assessing the relative contribution of daily stressors on the one hand,... Read more
