Building national capacity for child and family disaster mental health research.
Year: 2010
Type: article
Abstract: Disaster mental health is a burgeoning field with numerous opportunities for professional involvement in preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. Research is essential to advance professional understanding of risk and protective factors associated with disaster outcomes; to develop an evidence base for acute, intermediate, and long-term mental health approaches to address child, adult, family, and community disaster-related needs; and to inform policy and guide national and local disaster preparedness, response, and recovery programs. To address the continued need for research in this field, we created the Child & Family Disaster Research Training & Education (DRT) program, which is focused specifically on enhancing national capacity to conduct disaster mental health research related to children, a population particularly vulnerable to disaster trauma. This paper describes the structure and organization of the DRT program, reviews the training curriculum, discusses implementation and evaluation of the program, and reviews obstacles encountered in establishing the program. Finally, key lessons learned are reviewed for the purpose of guiding replication of the DRT model to address other areas of community mental health.
DOI: 10.1037/a0017056
Language: English
Subfield: Emergency Medical Services
Field: Health Professions
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
Funders: Boston College, University of Miami, Florida International University, University of Washington, University of Oklahoma, Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment, National Institutes of Health, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute of Nursing Research
OpenAlex ID: W2042065010