Trauma Healing: A Mixed Methods Study of Personal and Community-Based Healing

Todahl, Jeffrey; Walters, Elaine; Bharwdi, Deepa; Dube, Shanta R.

doi:10.1080/10926771.2014.920453

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“…It is thus important for mental health professionals to recognize that traumatized survivors’ help-seeking activity may vary according to the type of disaster and/or evacuation situation. In addition, survivors’ stigma, their level of insight regarding trauma (i.e., knowledge about the impact of trauma and the pathways of healing), and their mental health literacy (e.g., problems recognizing their symptoms) may be related to help-seeking behaviors (Gulliver, Griffiths, & Christensen, 2010; Todahl, Walters, Bharwdi, & Dube, 2014). Considering the postdisaster mental health awareness and responses of survivors, mental health care teams may need to tailor their psychosocial response to the specific disaster, to provide multidimensional psychosocial care, to target at-risk population groups, and to address barriers in access to care (Reifels et al, 2013).…”

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The association of posttraumatic stress disorder risk with help-seeking behavior: A cross-sectional study of earthquake and tsunami survivors in Japan.

Takaoka

Niitsu²,

Suzuki

et al. 2018

Traumatology

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The Great East Japan Earthquake in March 2011 and subsequent tsunami affected the northeastern coast of Japan. We investigated the association between the risk of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and help-seeking behaviors of survivors in a landlocked city in Japan's Tohoku area at 1 year after this disaster. The participants were 902 residents of Ichinoseki City and 218 evacuees from coastal areas to the city. We used sociodemographic characteristics, the Trauma Screening Questionnaire with a score Ն6 defined as predicted PTSD, and the General Help-Seeking Questionnaire. We examined the whole sample and the stratified samples between the Ichinoseki residents and the evacuees. Missing values were complemented using a multiple imputation method after a missing-value analysis. Data from the final sample of 1,101 respondents were analyzed using logistic regression and sensitivity analyses. Compared with the Ichinoseki residents, the evacuees were older, showed higher Trauma Screening Questionnaire scores, and had fewer house occupants. However, the prevalence of predicted PTSD was not different between the 2 groups. In the whole sample and among the Ichinoseki residents, predicted PTSD was associated with an active help-seeking behavior, possibly from mental health professionals. In the evacuees, predicted PTSD was not associated with any specific help-seeking behavior. Although survivors with predicted PTSD in the whole sample and among the Ichinoseki residents showed an active help-seeking behavior, the evacuees with predicted PTSD showed little active help-seeking behavior. Traumatized survivors' help-seeking activity may also vary according to the type of disaster and/or evacuation situation.

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The association of posttraumatic stress disorder risk with help-seeking behavior: A cross-sectional study of earthquake and tsunami survivors in Japan.

Takaoka

Niitsu²,

Suzuki

et al. 2018

Traumatology

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“…These assets can operate at the level of the individual (for example, abilities, competences and talents), group and community (including the role of supportive networks and population as protective or promoting factors to buffer against life's stresses) and eventually an organizational or institutional level (for example making use of external financial, physical or even environmental resources) [19]. According to the management of stress, literature advocates that all those resources not only immediately help people to cope better with stress and surviving [1]; but also, over time, personal and environmental resources can help with recovery and healing [20][21][22][23], even from early life adversities in adult populations [24].…”

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Health Assets, Vocation and Zest for Healthcare Work. A Salutogenic Approach to Active Coping among Certified Nursing Assistant Students

Colomer-Pérez

Chover-Sierra

Gea-Caballero

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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People’s health assets (HA) mapping process and design dynamization strategies for it are paramount issues for health promotion. These strategies improve the health heritage of individuals and communities as both the salutogenic model of health (SMH) and health assets model (HAM) defend. Connecting and mobilizing HA and strengthens the ‘sense of coherence’ (SOC) are both related to enhancing stress active and effective coping strategies. This study aims to describe the HA present in a population of certified nursing assistant students (n = 921) in Spain and then to explore their relationships with the SOC, the motivation to choose healthcare studies and their academic performance. A great variety of HA were identified and mapped. Findings showed that individuals with greater motivation towards self-care and ‘caring for others’ as internal HA, possessed higher SOC levels and a strong vocation for healthcare work. Differences in HA were identified according to gender, age and employment situation. Consistent connections between the care–relation factor and vocational factor with interpersonal and extrapersonal HA were reported. Evidence and results substantiated the salutogenic and asset-based approach as a proper strategy to strengthen SOC, dynamize their HA map, reinforce the sense of calling and enable Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) students to buffer against caregiving-related stress and thrive in their profession.

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Twenty years and counting: The past, present, and future of ACEs research

Dube

2020

Adverse Childhood Experiences

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Trauma Healing: A Mixed Methods Study of Personal and Community-Based Healing

Cited by 11 publications

References 14 publications

The association of posttraumatic stress disorder risk with help-seeking behavior: A cross-sectional study of earthquake and tsunami survivors in Japan.

The association of posttraumatic stress disorder risk with help-seeking behavior: A cross-sectional study of earthquake and tsunami survivors in Japan.

Health Assets, Vocation and Zest for Healthcare Work. A Salutogenic Approach to Active Coping among Certified Nursing Assistant Students

Twenty years and counting: The past, present, and future of ACEs research

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