Ethnocultural Perspectives on Disaster and Trauma Foundations, Issues, and Applications /

Crises do not occur in cultural vacuums, but help often does. Good intentions are not enough. Lack of cultural understanding, sensitivity, and competencies can hamper and even harm the professional response to disasters. To help and heal, one must know and understand the cultural background of disas...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Marsella, Anthony J. (Editor ), Johnson, Jeanette L. (Editor ), Watson, Patricia (Editor ), Gryczynski, Jan (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York, NY : Springer New York : Imprint: Springer, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:International and Cultural Psychology,
Temas:
Ethnopsychology.
Cross-Cultural Psychology.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Background and Foundations
  • Essential Concepts and Foundations
  • Promoting Disaster Recovery in Ethnic-Minority Individuals and Communities
  • Ethnocultural and Racial Group Considerations
  • Meeting the Physical, Psychological, and Social Needs of African Americans Following a Disaster
  • Essential Information for Disaster Management and Trauma Specialists Working with American Indians
  • Arab Americans: Understanding Their Challenges, Needs, and Struggles
  • Asian Indians: Cultural Considerations for Disaster Workers
  • Caribbean Blacks: (Haitiains, Jamaicans, Virgin Islanders, Eastern Caribbean) Responses to Disasters in Cultural Context
  • Chinese Americans: Guidelines for Disaster Mental Health Workers
  • The Kanaka Maoli:Native Hawaiians and heir Testimony of Trauma and Resilience
  • Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Caribbean, and Other Latin Americans
  • Working with Vietnamese Americans in Disasters
  • Culture, Trauma, and the Treatment of Post-Traumatic Syndromes: A Global Perspective.

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