@article{ref1,
title="Learning from previous disasters: potential pitfalls of epidemiological psychosocial research in the COVID-19 environment",
journal="Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry",
year="2021",
author="Bell, Caroline and Beaglehole, Ben and Bell, Romana and Tanveer, Sandila and Sulaiman-Hill, Ruqayya and Boden, Joseph and Porter, Richard",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="It is critical to understand the psychosocial impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on populations around the world. In this article, we highlight the key challenges associated with epidemiological psychosocial research in a disaster context and reflect on lessons learned from firsthand experience over the last decade in Christchurch, New Zealand, following the 2010/2011 Canterbury earthquakes and 2019 Mosque attacks. We make recommendations for study design to improve the quality of research evaluating the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, the inclusion of positive outcome measures and the need to evaluate a range of cultural contexts. We hope that highlighting these areas will improve research and result in a better understanding of the psychosocial impacts of the pandemic.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0004-8674",
doi="10.1177/0004867421998783",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0004867421998783"
}