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Psychological First Aid: Facilitator's Manual for Orienting Field Workers

AUTHOR World Health Organization
PUBLISHER World Health Organization (05/01/2014)
PRODUCT TYPE Paperback (Paperback)

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This manual is designed to orient helpers to offer psychological first aid (PFA) to people following a serious crisis event. PFA involves humane, supportive and practical assistance for people who are distressed, in ways that respect their dignity, culture and abilities.

The instructions and materials in this manual are for a half-day orientation (4 hours excluding breaks) to prepare helpers to support people recently affected by very stressful events. If you have more time available for the orientation, extra activities and slides are included in text boxes to deliver a full day orientation (five and a half hours excluding breaks). Where possible, one should organize full day orientations to allow for deeper learning.

It is important to adapt the orientation and materials to the local culture, language and context, and to the likely kinds of crisis situations in which your participants would be helping.

This facilitator's manual is to be used together with Psychological First Aid: Guide for Field Workers.

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ISBN-13: 9789241548618
ISBN-10: 9241548614
Binding: Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language: English
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Page Count: 80
Carton Quantity: 0
Product Dimensions: 8.20 x 0.30 x 11.60 inches
Weight: 0.65 pound(s)
Feature Codes: Price on Product
Country of Origin: CH
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BISAC Categories
Medical | Emergency Medicine
Medical | Allied Health Services - Emergency Medical Services
Medical | First Aid
Dewey Decimal: 616.89
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This manual is designed to orient helpers to offer psychological first aid (PFA) to people following a serious crisis event. PFA involves humane, supportive and practical assistance for people who are distressed, in ways that respect their dignity, culture and abilities.

The instructions and materials in this manual are for a half-day orientation (4 hours excluding breaks) to prepare helpers to support people recently affected by very stressful events. If you have more time available for the orientation, extra activities and slides are included in text boxes to deliver a full day orientation (five and a half hours excluding breaks). Where possible, one should organize full day orientations to allow for deeper learning.

It is important to adapt the orientation and materials to the local culture, language and context, and to the likely kinds of crisis situations in which your participants would be helping.

This facilitator's manual is to be used together with Psychological First Aid: Guide for Field Workers.

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Author: World Health Organization
World Health Organization is a Specialized Agency of the United Nations, charged to act as the world's directing and coordinating authority on questions of human health. It is responsible for providing leadership on global health matters, shaping the health research agenda, setting norms and standards, articulating evidence-based policy options, providing technical support to countries and monitoring and assessing health trends.
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