Treating implicit trauma: a quasi-experimental study comparing the EMDR Therapy Standard Protocol with a ‘Blind 2 Therapist’ version within a trauma capacity building project in Northern IraqJournal of International Humanitarian Action - Tập 5 - Trang 1-13 - 2020
Derek Farrell, Matthew D. Kiernan, Ad de Jongh, Paul William Miller, Peter Bumke, Salah Ahmad, Lorraine Knibbs, Cordula Mattheß, Paul Keenan, Helga Mattheß
Psychological trauma is a silent epidemic which presents as a global public health issue, often in the form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing (EMDR) Therapy is an empirically supported treatment intervention for PTSD and has been used as part of trauma-capacity building, particularly in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). For some survivor...... hiện toàn bộ
Context matters: a systematic review of neonatal care in humanitarian emergenciesJournal of International Humanitarian Action - - 2022
Sally McBride, Alison Morgan
Abstract
Background
Of the 15 countries with the highest neonatal mortality rates, 13 are characterised by conflict and political instability. Despite well-documented evidence of best practice interventions for neonatal survival, it remains less clear on how these practices are implemented in humani...... hiện toàn bộ
Health service utilization and access to medicines among Syrian refugee and host community children in LebanonJournal of International Humanitarian Action - Tập 1 - Trang 1-13 - 2016
Emily Lyles, Baptiste Hanquart, Michael Woodman, Shannon Doocy
With over 500,000 Syrian refugee children in Lebanon, we undertook this study to assess unmet child health needs and health service utilization among Syrian refugees and affected host communities in Lebanon with the aim of informing humanitarian programming. A cross-sectional survey of Syrian refugees and host communities in Lebanon was conducted using a two-stage cluster survey design with probab...... hiện toàn bộ
Getting relief to marginalised minorities: the response to cyclone Komen in 2015 in MyanmarJournal of International Humanitarian Action - Tập 4 - Trang 1-16 - 2019
Isabelle Desportes
Little academic research has examined the challenges humanitarian actors face or the strategies they develop in the increasingly numerous authoritarian and low-intensity conflict settings. Based on 4 months of qualitative fieldwork in Myanmar in 2017–2018, this article explores how civil society organisations, international non-governmental organisations, international organisations, and donor age...... hiện toàn bộ
Making decisions for effective humanitarian actions: a conceptual framework for relief distributionJournal of International Humanitarian Action - Tập 7 - Trang 1-15 - 2022
Mohammad Tafiqur Rahman, Tim A. Majchrzak, Maung K. Sein
Responding to a disaster encompasses a myriad of humanitarian actions; the ultimate and crucial is immediate relief distribution. Making effective decisions in chaotic disaster environment is always complex and challenging. Decisions made here are heavily influenced by the decisions made in several related problem areas such as facility locations, relief supply chain, transportation, scheduling, a...... hiện toàn bộ
Do No Harm in refugee humanitarian aid: the case of the Rohingya humanitarian responseJournal of International Humanitarian Action - Tập 6 - Trang 1-13 - 2021
Abu Faisal Md. Khaled
The article broadly examines how humanitarian aid for Rohingya refugees inadvertently harmed poorer hosts and adversely affected local capacities for peace. The article also discusses possible ways of easing tension and improving social cohesion in the refugee-hosting areas, while also highlighting how policy- and mandate-related constraints hinder a humanitarian response anchored in the "Do No Ha...... hiện toàn bộ
Humanitarian support in a denial of access context: emergent strategies at the interface of humanitarian and sovereign lawJournal of International Humanitarian Action - Tập 6 - Trang 1-14 - 2021
Erwin Biersteker, Julie Ferguson, Peter Groenewegen, Kees Boersma
The principles of international humanitarian law (IHL) have evoked considerable debate in the practice of humanitarian support, particularly in terms of emerging tensions with sovereign (national) law. Drawing on organization studies, we examine the emergent strategies aimed at resolving the ambiguous legal context in which humanitarian support operations in a conflict context are embedded. Our an...... hiện toàn bộ