Implementation of trauma and disaster mental health awareness training in Puerto Rico.

Autor: Orengo-Aguayo R; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA. orengoaa@musc.edu., Stewart RW; Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, USA., Rodríguez-Sanfiorenzo TDM; Albizu University, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico., Martínez-González KG; University of Puerto Rico, Medical Sciences Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Npj mental health research [Npj Ment Health Res] 2024 Dec 21; Vol. 3 (1), pp. 65. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Dec 21.
DOI: 10.1038/s44184-024-00110-w
Abstrakt: Climate change is disproportionately impacting youth mental health around the world. Using a Community-Based Participatory approach, three universities (one in South Carolina and two in Puerto Rico) partnered after the devastation of Hurricane Maria in 2017. We offered culturally and linguistically tailored trauma and disaster-informed mental health awareness training (e.g., Psychological First Aid (PFA), Trauma Informed Care (TIC), & Suicide & Crisis Management) to 9236 individuals and 652 Puerto Rican youth were identified and referred to mental health services as a result. The US Surgeon General featured our program as a promising model to help disaster-affected youth.
Competing Interests: Competing interests: The authors declare no competing interests.
(© 2024. The Author(s).)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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