Resources

The East and Southern Africa MHPSS Community of Practice (ESA MHPSS COP) was established at a meeting held in Nairobi Kenya on the 13th and 14th of February 2019 by…

In emergencies and resource-poor settings, non-specialists are increasingly being trained to provide psychosocial support to people in distress, with Psychological First Aid (PFA) one of the most widely-used approaches. This…

This document is a compilation of the MHPSS resources that The Ohana Project has been sharing widely in the aftermath of the crisis.

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On July 4 and 5th 2018, UNICEF and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) co-convened a mental health expert level meeting “Rebuilding Lives: Addressing Needs, Scaling-up…

Psychosocial Support and Social and Emotional Learning for Children and Youth in Emergency Settings (INEE Background Paper)

EVALUATION OF CHILD FRIENDLY SPACES - Uganda Field Study Summary Report

Problem Management Plus (PM+) - Urdu

Problem Management Plus (PM+) - Spanish

Problem Management Plus (PM+) - Japanese

Les premiers secours psychologiques pendant l’épidémie de la maladie à virus Ébola

Psychological Fist Aid (Hindi)

This is an excerpt of the most relevant components from my comprehensive exam this fall where I reviewed the existing literature on social work practice in conflict settings, with a…

A Systematic Review of the literature, with a conclusion (Conclusions: As well as role-specific stressors, many occupational stressors not specific to humanitarian relief (e.g. poor leadership, poor support) present a…

The toolbox contains tools to monitor Staff and volunteers wellbeing .. It is part of PSS M&E toolkit, other parts are available on http://pscentre.org

Annexes part one

This document is a rough, first draft of JRS' desk review of organizations' staff care practices, policies, etc. It is not meant to be critical, rather a way to see…

The manual was first compiled in 2015 with intent to address the diverse emotional challenges that health facility staff in Liberia were experiencing shortly after the Ebola Virus disease outbreak.…

This is a survey tool I've used (in slightly adapted form) with various ACT Alliance organisations. It's heavily based on UNHCR's staff care survey.

The aim of this study is to assess the levels of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in national aid workers in Central African Republic as well as to evaluate the…

A career as a humanitarian worker can bring many things – hard work, wonderful adventures, personal growth, and heartbreak at the scope of suffering in this world. For many, it also means…

Background to this research Increasingly, humanitarian and development work is undertaken in insecure, and sometimes treacherous environments. With a deeper understanding of human vulnerabilities, and a growing appreciation of the risks associated with…

The Role of Spirituality in Understanding and Coping with Traumatic Stress in Humanitarian Aid Workers

International and national humanitarian aid workers were recruited for this study through convenience and purposive sampling techniques using social media. Eight interviews and one focus group discussion were carried out (N=5), and…