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Research

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Introduction

Recent years have seen an increased level of investigation into a variety of psychosocial issues as they relate to both humanitarian aid staff and the populations they support. This page features several studies of particular interest to practitioners in this field. If you know of another research study that should be listed here, and which can be hosted on this site to enable free circulation to the Psychosocial community, please contact us.

Ongoing research

"Longitudinal Study on Stress in Humanitarian Aid Workers"pdf
Center for Disease Control and Antares Foundation
The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, United States) in collaboration with the Antares Foundation (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) has initiated a longitudinal study on stress in humanitarian aid workers. The overall study goal is to provide in depth and scientifically valid information regarding mental health status of humanitarian workers working under stress and in hardship.

"A European Survey of the Psychological Support given by NGOs to their Expatriate Staff"pdf
The Centre for Humanitarian Psychology
The present survey concerns the range of problems which may result from inappropriate handling of the different types of stress incurred by aid workers, and it examines the ways that more than 100 European NGOs are supporting their expatriate staff.

"Cultural Differences in Autobiographical Memory of Trauma"pdf
Laura Jobson, Ph.D. Dissertation, The Australian National University
This study proposes to explore how individuals from individualistic/Western cultures represent trauma in autobiographical memory compared to individuals from collectivistic/Non-Western cultures and the influence of this on mental health and clinical treatment.

Past research

"Context Matters: Identifying Micro- and Macro-Level Factors Contributing to NGO Insecurity"pdf
Larissa Fast
This report briefly reviews a study that examines why some NGOs seem to be more secure than others operating in the same area. By looking at characteristics of NGOs that have and have not been targets, the study concludes that there may be some elements that contribute to higher risk.

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