Mental Health and Psychosocial Support Network | Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research | Group Activity http://mhpss.net/groups/assessment-monitoring-evaluation-and-research/activity/feed Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research - Group Activity Feed Sun, 26 May 2013 01:08:48 +0000 http://buddypress.org/?v=1.5.5 http://mhpss.net/activity/p/14957/ Wietse A. Tol uploaded the file: Review of studies on resilience in children affected by armed conflict to Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research http://mhpss.net/activity/p/14957/ Mon, 06 May 2013 12:49:35 +0000 Wietse A. Tol uploaded the file: Review of studies on resilience in children affected by armed conflict to Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Background: Researchers focused on mental health of conflict-affected children are increasingly interested in the concept of resilience. Knowledge on resilience may assist in developing interventions aimed at improving positive outcomes or reducing negative outcomes, termed promotive or protective interventions. Methods: We performed a systematic review of peer-reviewed qualitative and quantitative studies focused on resilience and mental health in children and adolescents affected by armed conflict in low- and middle-income countries. Results: Altogether 53 studies were identified: 15 qualitative and mixed methods studies and 38 quantitative, mostly cross-sectional studies focused on school-aged children and adolescents. Qualitative studies identified variation across socio-cultural
settings of relevant resilience outcomes, and report contextually unique processes contributing to such outcomes. Quantitative studies focused on promotive and protective factors at different socio-ecological levels (individual, family-, peer-, school-, and community-levels). Generally, promotive and protective factors showed gender-, symptom-, and phase of conflict-specific effects on mental health outcomes. Conclusions: Although limited by its predominantly cross-sectional nature and focus on protective outcomes, this body of knowledge supports a perspective of resilience as a complex dynamic process driven by time- and context-dependent variables, rather than the balance between risk- and protective factors with known impacts on mental health. Given the complexity of findings in this population, we conclude that resilience-focused interventions will need to be highly tailored to specific contexts, rather than the application of a universal model that may be expected to have similar effects on mental
health across contexts.

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/14956/ Wietse A. Tol uploaded the file: How can mental health and psychosocial epidemiology in conflict-affected settings be improved? to Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research http://mhpss.net/activity/p/14956/ Mon, 06 May 2013 12:47:03 +0000 Wietse A. Tol uploaded the file: How can mental health and psychosocial epidemiology in conflict-affected settings be improved? to Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research This editorial proposes a shift in emphasis in the field of mental health epidemiology in conflict-affected settings. After a
brief summary of the nature of contemporary armed conflicts, we consider the current and potential roles that epidemiology
can play with regard to: (1) establishing the burden of mental disorders; (2) identifying risk and protective factors;
and (3) intervention research. We advocate for improved methodological rigor; more attention to mixed methods
approaches and multi-level longitudinal research; inclusion of the determinants of mental health beyond conflict-related
violence; and consideration of a wider array of mental health outcomes. We particularly highlight the importance of
expanding interest to epidemiological research that advances prevention and promotion interventions (e.g., in the
early childhood period), in order to fill the gap between epidemiology and mental health practice in conflict-affected
settings.

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/14700/ Sigridur Thormar posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research: hello everyone, I am currently working on an EU run project […] http://mhpss.net/activity/p/14700/ Tue, 30 Apr 2013 21:23:10 +0000 Sigridur Thormar posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research hello everyone, I am currently working on an EU run project (through the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam) where the aim is to create European Guidelines on psychosocial support to emergency services. Currently we are gathering indicators for good PSS programming. Its harder than we assumed. Does anyone have information on that? This is the first time I post so I am not sure this is the best way to do this?
Best wishes and thanks,

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/13350/ Chathuri Jayasooriyya posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research: Request for Input: Monitoring and Evaluating Reintegration […] http://mhpss.net/activity/p/13350/ Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:46:05 +0000 Chathuri Jayasooriyya posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Request for Input: Monitoring and Evaluating Reintegration Programmes for Children | UHI | Closing Date: 29th April 2013 - http://mhpss.net/request-for-input-monitoring-and-evaluating-reintegration-programmes-for-children-uhi-closing-date-29th-april-2013/

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/12591/ Peter Ventevogel posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research: CALL FOR PAPERS - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS for a special issue of […] http://mhpss.net/activity/p/12591/ Thu, 07 Mar 2013 11:30:41 +0000 Peter Ventevogel posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research CALL FOR PAPERS - CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
for a special issue of Social Science & Medicine - Special Issue on Medical Humanitarianism

Guest editors: Sharon Abramowitz, Mary-Jo Good, Byron Good, Arthur Kleinman & Catherine Panter-Brick

‘Medical humanitarianism’ - health care delivery by relief organizations - has a prominent international presence. Increasingly, social scientists find themselves working alongside humanitarians in states of emergency, armed conflict, food crises, and natural disasters

The goal of this special issue is to provide state-of-the-art analyses of medical humanitarianism from a variety of disciplinary perspectives. The editors seek to develop a base for comparative analysis and insight, and promote dialogue between social scientists and humanitarian practitioners and seek (i) systematic, comprehensive, or critical reviews of the literature, (ii) original research articles that make a substantive empirical contribution, (iii) well-articulated critiques that go further than a simple overview or commentary. Thus papers are to make strong empirical and theoretical contributions, and have strong policy relevance. Of interest are the following issues:

- The content of medical humanitarian services, and their uniqueness in terms of healthcare delivery.
- Insights generated from a comparative perspective on medical humanitarianism.
- The characteristics of relations and transactions in medical humanitarian encounters.
- Ways in which medical humanitarians take culture, social relations, and issues of demography, equity, and justice into quotidian practice.
- Ways in which personal relations structure the dynamics and shape of medical humanitarianism.
- Ways in which medical humanitarians negotiate need vs. scarcity, limits vs. access, independence vs. negotiation, and other critical conflicts in humanitarian practice.
- The application of medical humanitarianism to International Criminal Court proceedings, human rights testimonies, or political witnessing.
- Social, political, and historical analyses of the growth of medical humanitarianism, and assessment of risk and resilience in populations facing health crises.
- Other issues of funding, policy, translational research, legal protection, clinical care, and public health interventions.

Abstract submission deadline is 31 March 2013. Please submit a 250 word unstructured abstract (specify issues, sample, analysis, and take-home messages) and three punchy research highlights (each 85 characters). All submissions will be reviewed by guest editors, for originality and substance. If your abstract meets Soc. Sci. Med. quality requirements, you will be asked to prepare a full 8,000 words article for Social Science & Medicine, with final publication contingent on a rigorous peer-review process.

Submit abstract and research highlights by email to sabramowitz@ufl.edu or online at http://j.mp/15iu7Ew.

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/12316/ Fahmy Bahgat uploaded the file: What counts as good evidence ? to Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research http://mhpss.net/activity/p/12316/ Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:39:54 +0000 Fahmy Bahgat uploaded the file: What counts as good evidence ? to Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research A though provoking and debate raising article challenging simple answers to the question on What counts as good evidence .

Sandra Nutley , Alison Powel and Huw Davies , Research Unit for Research Utlization , University of St Andrewes , November 2012

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/12027/ Paschal Boris Bagonza joined the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research http://mhpss.net/activity/p/12027/ Sat, 16 Feb 2013 12:35:46 +0000 Paschal Boris Bagonza joined the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/11543/ Gayathri Jayasooriya uploaded the file: Mental Health Atlas to Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research http://mhpss.net/activity/p/11543/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:54:38 +0000 Gayathri Jayasooriya uploaded the file: Mental Health Atlas to Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research
WHO 2005 (Revised)

Project Atlas was launched by WHO in 2000 in an attempt to map mental health resources in the world. These data are needed at the country level to assess the current situation and to assist in developing plans and at the regional and global levels to develop an aggregate picture of the available mental health resources and the overall needs. The project thus responds to WHO’s objectives as set out in the World Health Report 2001 (WHO, 2001) and in recent resolutions from the governing bodies of WHO on mental health (EB109.R8 on strengthening mental health and its affirmation by WHA55.10).

The analyses of the global and regional data collected in 2001 were compiled and presented in the publication – Atlas: Mental Health Resources in the World (WHO, 2001b); and individual country profiles and some further analyses were presented in Atlas: Country Profiles on Mental Health Resources in the World, 2001. Mental Health Atlas-2005 is the second set of publications from the project, and it presents aggregate results as well as individual country profiles on mental health.

This edition includes updated and revised information on themes published in Atlas 2001. Atlas 2005 also includes information on new Member States (Timor-Leste) and more Associate Member States, Areas and Territories (e.g. West Bank and Gaza Strip). The general information section has been strengthened considerably, particularly through inclusion of a subsection on epidemiology. And the qualitative information in the country profiles, particularly for low- and middle income countries is much enriched, as a result of a systematic search on mental health services. This has also led to highlighting issues particularly relevant to these countries, e.g. the issue of migration of trained manpower to high-income countries.

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/11542/ Gayathri Jayasooriya uploaded the file: Rapid Assessment of Mental Health Needs of Refugees, Displaced and Other Populations Affected by Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations to Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research http://mhpss.net/activity/p/11542/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 18:44:22 +0000 Gayathri Jayasooriya uploaded the file: Rapid Assessment of Mental Health Needs of Refugees, Displaced and Other Populations Affected by Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations to Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research
A community-oriented assessment
WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
Geneva 2001

This Tool for the Rapid Assessment of Mental Health Needs of Refugees, Displaced and Other Populations Affected by Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations and Available Resources (RAMH) is intended to be used by mental health professionals, non-mental health personnel, and others involved in mental and psychosocial community support. Since in any conflict or post-conflict situation, the community and health workers are among the first level of contact with forcibly displaced people, they need a basic tool to help them assess mental health needs in emergency situations.

The information collected through use of this tool will serve to set up immediate and longer-term community-based mental health programmes. Close collaboration with mental health professionals is necessary, when they are available. This will help in project design and capacity building, which will include training, establishment of services, ongoing supervision, monitoring and evaluation, care for chronic psychiatric clients, for traumatized persons, and for psychosocial rehabilitation of the community/ties concerned.

The RAMH tool can be used immediately in emergencies; at least one mental health professional should be included in the RAMH team.

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/11529/ Louise Kryger posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research: I am looking for the REPSSI & UNICEF (2011).The Psychosocial […] http://mhpss.net/activity/p/11529/ Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:54:29 +0000 Louise Kryger posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research I am looking for the REPSSI & UNICEF (2011).The Psychosocial Support Monitoring and Evaluation Technical Training Kit.
Any ideas on how to get it?

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/11505/ Chathuri Jayasooriyya posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research: Here's the link to the Webinar on the Inter-agency Guide to […] http://mhpss.net/activity/p/11505/ Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:03:53 +0000 Chathuri Jayasooriyya posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research Here's the link to the Webinar on the Inter-agency Guide to the Evaluation of Psychosocial Programmes in Humanitarian Crises held on the 19th of December - https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/jwsdetect/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=vclass&psid=2012-12-19.0200.D.5C81111D24F7BAF5AFF667C2FC8F57.vcr

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/11426/ Sarah Meyer joined the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research http://mhpss.net/activity/p/11426/ Mon, 28 Jan 2013 03:01:33 +0000 Sarah Meyer joined the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/10790/ updaramola posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research: JMHC Journal of Mental Health Care Revue des soins de santé […] http://mhpss.net/activity/p/10790/ Thu, 17 Jan 2013 01:37:32 +0000 updaramola posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research JMHC Journal of Mental Health Care
Revue des soins de santé mentale

Call for papers

Dear Valued Colleagues,

Send your article/manuscript for publication in Journal of Mental Health Care (Revue des soins de santé mentale) email: to jmhc_editorial@yahoo.com,

Your abstract shall be published in French and English then the full paper shall be in the language that the author submitted it with (English or French).

Warmest regards,
Omosola Loye

Editorial Assistant
Journal of Mental Health Care
A Peer-Reviewed journal of the
Open Therapy Enterprises

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/10702/ Viktoria Vibhakar posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research: I am really interested in the link to Alastair Ager's […] http://mhpss.net/activity/p/10702/ Thu, 10 Jan 2013 12:56:55 +0000 Viktoria Vibhakar posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research I am really interested in the link to Alastair Ager's webinair. Is it available for posting yet? Thank you.

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]]> http://mhpss.net/activity/p/10401/ Wendy Wheaton posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research: When will the Webinar led by Alastair Ager on Inter-Agency […] http://mhpss.net/activity/p/10401/ Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:51:07 +0000 Wendy Wheaton posted an update in the group Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation and Research When will the Webinar led by Alastair Ager on Inter-Agency Guide to the Evaluation of Psychosocial Programmes in Humanitarian Crisis be available to view? Meant to join, but missed it. Thanks.

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