A Case Study,May 2016:A Snapshot of Psychosocial Issues in Camp Living-A Sri Lankan Landslide in the Kegalle District  

作　　者：Broadway-Horner M Koreshi Khan S Perera K Ariyabandu S Hettiarachchi D Munasinghe M Amarathunga K Nimaladasa S Vishwalingam A 

机构地区：[1]Department of School of Health Sciences,Nottingham University,UK [2]Colombo Institute of Research and Psychology,Sri Lanka

出　　处：《Environment & Social Psychology》2019年第1期17-24,共8页环境社会心理学

摘　　要：This paper seeks to explore the aspects of being made homeless or internally displaced person(IDP)and how the team attempted to assess this.The team of 10 psychological researchers and statisticians spent a day at five camps in four locations within Kegalle,Sri Lanka.The languages within the team are Tamil,English,and Sinhalese.The aim to find out if depression,anxiety,and trauma symptoms are evident within child,adolescents,and adults categories,3 months after the landslide triggered by the Storm Roanu,May 2016.The participants volunteered to be interviewed using self-report measures.The psychological researchers did have undergraduate and postgraduate degrees in psychology.While the project lead had clinical experience,the researchers did not and so this was their first field trip.The research was granted ethical clearance by the ethics board at the Cooperative Institutional Research Program(CIRP),Colombo.Unfortunately,due to low numbers,a significance is problematic and so this paper addresses the experience and lessons learned by implication for professional growth and future research with IDP.However,the impact on men’s health becomes clear as the team discovers the psychosocial aspects of being homeless.Purpose–This paper seeks to explore the aspects of being made homeless or internally displaced person(IDP)and how the team attempted to assess this.Design/methodology/approach–The team of 10 psychosocial researchers headed up by Matt Broadway-Horner,Consultant Nurse in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities,spent a day at five camps in four locations within Kegalle,Sri Lanka.The languages within the team are Tamil,English,and Sinhalese.The aim was to find out if depression,anxiety,and trauma symptoms are evident within child,adolescent,and adult categories,3 months after the landslide triggered by the Storm Roanu,May 2016.The participants volunteered to be interviewed using self-report measures.The research was granted ethical clearance by the ethics board at CIRP,Colombo.Findings–unfortunately,due

关 键 词：Human RIGHTS DISASTER Management Internal Displacement HOMELESS DISASTER RELIEF MASCULINITY 

分 类 号：P64[天文地球—地质矿产勘探]