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Applying Critical Consciousness: Culturally Competent Disaster Response Outcomes
Author(s) -
Goodman Rachael D.,
WestOlatunji Cirecie A.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of counseling and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.805
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1556-6676
pISSN - 0748-9633
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2009.tb00130.x
Subject(s) - outreach , disaster response , cultural competence , consciousness , psychology , critical consciousness , hurricane katrina , qualitative research , medical education , emergency management , medicine , natural disaster , pedagogy , sociology , political science , geography , social science , neuroscience , law , meteorology
The authors explored the use of critical consciousness as a training tool to provide effective, culturally competent disaster response counseling services to disaster‐affected communities. The results are presented of a qualitative study evaluating the outcomes for participants in a disaster response outreach project serving residents of post‐Katrina New Orleans. Participants demonstrated increased personal and cultural awareness and also constructed new knowledge related to counseling outreach competencies.