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Title: Risk and resilience factors affecting the psychological wellbeing of individuals deployed in humanitarian relief roles after a disaster.
Authors: Brooks, Samantha K. (AUTHOR), Dunn, Rebecca (AUTHOR), Sage, Clara A. M. (AUTHOR), Amlôt, Richard (AUTHOR), Greenberg, Neil (AUTHOR), Rubin, G. James (AUTHOR)
Source: Journal of Mental Health. Dec2015, Vol. 24 Issue 6, p385-413. 29p. 1 Diagram, 3 Charts, 2 Graphs.
Subjects: Psychological adaptation, Disasters, Emergency management, Emergency medical services, Humanitarianism, Industrial hygiene, Industrial safety, Medical information storage & retrieval systems, Psychology information storage & retrieval systems, MEDLINE, Mental health, Mental illness, Psychological resilience, Systematic reviews, Well-being, Thematic analysis
Abstract: Background: When disasters occur, humanitarian relief workers frequently deploy to assist in rescue/recovery efforts. Aims: To conduct a systematic review of factors affecting the psychological wellbeing of disaster relief workers and identify recommendations for interventions. Method: We searched MEDLINE®, Embase, PsycINFO® and Web of Science for relevant studies, supplemented by hand searches. We performed thematic analysis on their results to identify factors predicting wellbeing. Results: Sixty-one publications were included. Key themes were: pre-deployment factors (preparedness/training); peri-deployment factors (deployment length/timing; traumatic exposure; emotional involvement; leadership; inter-agency cooperation; support; role; demands and workload; safety/equipment; self-doubt/guilt; coping strategies) and post-deployment factors (support; media; personal and professional growth). Conclusions: As well as role-specific stressors, many occupational stressors not specific to humanitarian relief (e.g. poor leadership, poor support) present a significant health hazard to relief workers. Humanitarian organisations should prioritise strengthening relationships between team members and supervisors, and dealing effectively with non-role-specific stressors, to improve the psychological resilience of their workforce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Background: When disasters occur, humanitarian relief workers frequently deploy to assist in rescue/recovery efforts. Aims: To conduct a systematic review of factors affecting the psychological wellbeing of disaster relief workers and identify recommendations for interventions. Method: We searched MEDLINE®, Embase, PsycINFO® and Web of Science for relevant studies, supplemented by hand searches. We performed thematic analysis on their results to identify factors predicting wellbeing. Results: Sixty-one publications were included. Key themes were: pre-deployment factors (preparedness/training); peri-deployment factors (deployment length/timing; traumatic exposure; emotional involvement; leadership; inter-agency cooperation; support; role; demands and workload; safety/equipment; self-doubt/guilt; coping strategies) and post-deployment factors (support; media; personal and professional growth). Conclusions: As well as role-specific stressors, many occupational stressors not specific to humanitarian relief (e.g. poor leadership, poor support) present a significant health hazard to relief workers. Humanitarian organisations should prioritise strengthening relationships between team members and supervisors, and dealing effectively with non-role-specific stressors, to improve the psychological resilience of their workforce. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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