The myth of the 1-day training: the effectiveness of psychosocial support capacity-building during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

The myth of the 1-day training: the effectiveness of psychosocial support capacity-building during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa

Background.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 paper considers the effectiveness of short training programmes t...

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Main Authors: Rebecca Horn, Fiona O'May, Rebecca Esliker, Wilfred Gwaikolo, Lise Woensdregt, Leontien Ruttenberg, Alastair Ager
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Cambridge University Press 2019-01-01
Series:Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health
Subjects:
Capacity building
Ebola
liberia
mental health
psychological first aid
psychosocial support
Sierra Leone
Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2054425119000025/type/journal_article

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