Abstract
This paper describes a short, ethnographic study approach for understanding how people from non-Western cultures think about mental health and mental health problems, and the rationale for using such an approach in designing and implementing mental health interventions during and after disasters. It describes how the resulting data can contribute to interventions that are more acceptable to local people, and therefore, more effective and sustainable through improved community support.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 97-101 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Prehospital and disaster medicine |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1 2004 |
Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- assessment
- cross-cultural
- culture
- ethnographic
- interventions
- mental health
- qualitative
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Emergency Medicine
- Emergency