Premium
Bringing order out of chaos: A culturally competent approach to managing the problems of refugees and victims of organized violence
Author(s) -
Eisenbruch Maurice,
de Jong Joop T. V. M.,
van de Put Willem
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
journal of traumatic stress
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.259
H-Index - 134
eISSN - 1573-6598
pISSN - 0894-9867
DOI - 10.1023/b:jots.0000022618.65406.e8
Subject(s) - refugee , psychosocial , blueprint , intervention (counseling) , public health , mental health , psychology , poison control , sociology , medicine , political science , nursing , psychiatry , medical emergency , engineering , law , mechanical engineering
The collaborative program of the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) provides a community‐oriented and culturally sensitive public health response to the psychosocial problems of refugees and victims of organized violence. This paper describes the 9‐step model that TPO has developed as a blueprint for each new intervention. Beneficiaries participate in determining priorities and there is an orientation toward culturally competent training, capacity‐building, and sustainability. Two cases, one related to Sudanese refugees in Uganda and the other to internally displaced persons and returnees in postwar Cambodia, show how the TPO intervention protocol is adapted to local settings. The paper provides preliminary evaluative comments on the model's performance.