Disaster Resilience in a Hakka Community in Taiwan

Jang, Li-Ju; Wang, Jieh‐Jiuh

doi:10.1375/prp.3.2.55

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“…Filipinos, health and mental health decisions are made within the family (Nadal, 2011). Spirituality has also been identified as an important resilience factor among Asians (Jang & Wang, 2009;Hechanova et al, 2015).). Another cultural adaptation of both interventions was the use of groups.…”

Section: Designing and Implementing Community-based Mental Health Intmentioning

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Development of Community-Based Mental Health Interventions in The Philippines: An Ecological Perspective

Hechanova¹

2019

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Although urbanization is linked to modernization and economic growth, it is also associated with overcrowding, population density, poverty, inadequate social services, and violence, all of which put the urban poor at risk of environmental health problems and other dangers. Moreover, experiences of environmental and psychological adversity increase vulnerability to mental health disorders. Unfortunately, in low resource countries, mental health treatment is largely inaccessible to the poor. This paper describes the challenges in the development and implementation of community-based mental health interventions in the Philippines. It summarizes the internal and external resilience factors and vulnerabilities of clients. It also highlights the key drivers and barriers to establishing community-based mental health interventions in the Philippines.

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Section: Designing and Implementing Community-based Mental Health Intmentioning

confidence: 99%

Development of Community-Based Mental Health Interventions in The Philippines: An Ecological Perspective

Hechanova¹

2019

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“…Findings from previous studies have suggested that a community's disaster resilience can be attributed to a variety of factors: a sense of community; problem-focused coping style; self-or collective efficacy (Tobin 1999;Paton and Johnston 2001) social support or social capital (Buckland and Rahman 1999;Buckle et al 2003;Rhinard and Sundelius 2010) citizen participation in voluntary organizations (Childs 2008) local leaders (Buckle et al 2003;Paton and Auld 2006;Boin 2010) disaster management policies, plans, and practices (Manyena 2006) process-oriented hazard mitigation policies (Birkland 2010) organizational preparedness (Kendra and Wachtendorf 2003) cooperation (Rhinard and Sundelius 2010) learning and communication (Buckle et al 2003;Comfort et al 2010) local knowledge, experience, value, and culture (Jang and LaMendola 2006;Jang and Wang 2009) infrastructure and lifelines (Cutter et al 2008(Cutter et al , 2010Johnston et al 2006) and the demographic characteristics of a community (Cutter et al 2008;Lahad 2008).…”

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Flood Resilience Building in Thailand: Assessing Progress and the Effect of Leadership

Khunwishit

Choosuk

Webb

2018

Int J Disaster Risk Sci

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Disaster risk reduction has become a global strategy for making cities more resilient since the establishment of the Hyogo Framework for Action in 2005. The question that still challenges emergency management scholars and professionals, however, is what contributes to the progress of resilience building. Previous literature suggests that disaster resilience can be attributable to multiple factors, including leadership. But the specific abilities that help leaders promote resilience have not yet been examined empirically. To address this problem, using the United Nations International Strategy for Disaster Reduction 10 Essentials for Making Cities Resilient as guidelines, we assessed the progress of flood resilience building in Thailand and its relationship to local government leaders' abilities. Our research showed that, since the flood disaster in 2011, municipalities in Thailand have made moderate progress in flood resilience building. The results of a multiple regression analysis revealed that disaster resilience leadership abilities have had a statistically significant, positive effect on the progress of flood resilience building. Our findings underscore the role of leadership in making cities more resilient and shed light on how local government leaders can contribute to the progress of disaster risk reduction. We also outline the academic implications and practical contributions of our research.

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“…Community-level factors include community culture, resource availability, social support, and an orientation to serving. Community cultural characteristics associated with resilience are frugality, diligence, self-reliance, responsibility, and persistence (Jang & Wang, 2009). …”

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“…On the other hand, community resilience (sense of community, collective self-efficacy, articulation of problems, social support, availability of physical and emotional resources) helps people prepare for and cope with disasters. Finally, societal institutions and the resources they provide influence psychological, family, and community resilience.The importance of both internal and external resilience factors was affirmed in a study among Taiwan disaster survivors (Jang & Wang, 2009). Results reveal that personal resilience factors included acceptance, preparedness, self-reliance, and spirituality.…”

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Evaluation of a Group-Based Resilience Intervention for Typhoon Haiyan Survivors

Hechanova

Waelde

Ramos

2016

Journal of Pacific Rim Psychology

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T his study evaluated the impact of Katatagan, a culturally adapted, group-based, and mindfulnessinformed resilience intervention developed for disaster survivors in the Philippines. The intervention aimed to teach six adaptive coping skills: harnessing strengths, managing physical reactions, managing thoughts and emotions, seeking solutions and support, identifying positive activities, and planning for the future. Pre-and post-intervention assessments were conducted with 163 Typhoon Haiyan survivors. Six-month follow-up assessments were obtained for 37 participants. Pre-and post-results showed improvements in participants' self-efficacy on all six coping skills. The 6-month follow-up revealed significant improvements in four of the six coping skills. Focus group discussions conducted at follow-up revealed that mindfulness, self-care, strengths, and reframing were some of the topics that were most memorable to participants. Among these, participants identified mindfulness as a skill that they continued to use. Participants also shared that they felt stronger because of the intervention and have shared what they learned with others in their communities. Keywords: resilience, disaster, psychosocial interventions, Philippines, Typhoon HaiyanGiven climate change and environmental degradation, natural disasters have increased in regularity and intensity. Disasters can bring about destruction and the erosion of protective support systems in families and communities, thus causing pain and trauma. Although many survivors are able to recover after a disaster, there are those who experience difficulty in recovering and are at risk for developing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Meta-analytic studies report the prevalence of PTSD ranges from 19.5-28% among earthquake victims (Dai, Chen, Lai, Wang, & Liu, 2016), 11.5-16% among flood victims (Chen & Liu, 2015), and 15-24% across disaster victims in general (Utzon-Frank et al., 2014).Mental health and/or psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions are particularly salient among communities located in the Pacific Rim Ring of Fire, who regularly contend with earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, floods, and bushfires (Paton, 2009). In the past 100 years, nine of ten of the worst natural disasters occurred in Asia (Udomratn, 2008). Furthermore, in developing countries, the impact of natural calamities is exacerbated by poverty, environmental degradation, inadequate infrastructure, and the poor delivery of government social services (Porio, 2014). Ave, Quezon City, 1108 Metro Manila, Philippines. Email: rhechanova@ateneo.edu) A review of related literature on the consequences of disasters in Asia reports that PTSD affects from 8.7-57.3% of survivors, which is higher than that reported in other global studies. However, the author cites limitations on the rigour, timing, and sampling of the studies on PTSD in Asia (Udomratn, 2008). Address for correspondence: Ma. Regina M. Hechanova, Department of Psychology, Ateneo de Manila University KatipunanRather than wait for the onset o...

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Disaster Resilience in a Hakka Community in Taiwan

Cited by 26 publications

References 18 publications

Development of Community-Based Mental Health Interventions in The Philippines: An Ecological Perspective

Development of Community-Based Mental Health Interventions in The Philippines: An Ecological Perspective

Flood Resilience Building in Thailand: Assessing Progress and the Effect of Leadership

Evaluation of a Group-Based Resilience Intervention for Typhoon Haiyan Survivors

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