RT Journal Article
T1 Conducting a desk review to inform the mental health and psychosocial support response to the 2016 Ecuador earthquake
A1 Troya, M. Isabela
A1 Greene, M. Claire
A1 Gesteira Santos, Clara
A1 Shultz, James Michael
AB Following the 7.8 magnitude earthquake that struck Ecuador on 16 April 2016, multiple salient public health concerns were raised, including the need to provide mental health and psychosocial support for individual survivors and their communities. The World Health Organization and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees recommend conducting a desk review to summarize existing information, specific to the affected communities, that will support timely, culturally-attuned assessment and delivery of mental health and psychosocial support shortly after the onset of a disaster or humanitarian emergency. The desk review is one component of a comprehensive toolkit designed to inform and support humanitarian actors and their responders in the field.This commentary provides a case example of the development of a desk review that was used to inform personnel responding to the 2016 earthquake in Ecuador. The desk review process is described in addition to several innovations that were introduced to the process during this iteration. Strengths and limitations are discussed, as well as lessons learned and recommendations for future applications.
PB Taylor & Francis online
SN 2166-5044
YR 2016
FD 2016-11-18
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99365
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/99365
LA eng
NO M. Isabela Troya, M. Claire Greene, Clara Gesteira Santos & James M. Shultz (2016) Conducting a desk review to inform the mental health and psychosocial support response to the 2016 Ecuador earthquake, Disaster Health, 3:4, 90-101, DOI: 10.1080/21665044.2016.1261598
DS Docta Complutense
RD 6 abr 2025