Citation

Allahbakhshi K, Jahangiri K, Khorasani-Zavareh D. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019; 16(15): e16152789.

Affiliation

Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention Research Center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, 198571-1151 Tehran, Iran. davoud.khorasani@gmail.com.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, MDPI: Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute)

DOI

10.3390/ijerph16152789

PMID

31387322

Abstract

Recently, Choi et al. published an article in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, indicating that mental health disorders were experienced by disaster survivors in Korea. Comments were made on topics such as the participant selection, the standardization of vocabulary in disasters, choosing three types of hazards (flood, fire, and road traffic incidents), the type of interviews, and the language applied for interviews. This Commentary sets out to improve as much as possible the quality of the article.

Keywords: disaster; mental health; qualitative study; Korea

Concerning: Choi, Y.-J.; Choi, H.-B.; O’Donnell, M. Disaster reintegration model: A qualitative analysis on developing Korean disaster mental health support model. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2018, 15, 362.

Language: en

Keywords

Korea; disaster; mental health; qualitative study