%0 Journal Article
%T Psychological first-aid experiences of disaster health care workers: a qualitative analysis
%J Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
%D 2019
%A Choi, Yun-Jung
%V ePub
%N ePub
%P ePub-ePub
%X OBJECTIVE: Disaster health care workers experience much greater stress providing psychological first-aid and suffer from the indirect experience of traumatic events. This study examines how disaster health care workers experience disaster mental health. <br><br>METHODS: Twenty-one disaster health care workers recruited from fire stations, community mental health service centers, and disaster trauma centers in Korea participated in this study. Data were collected via in-depth interviews and qualitatively analyzed according to Colaizzi's phenomenological approach. <br><br>RESULTS: Disaster health care workers' experiences of disaster mental health can be analyzed according to 4 theme categories: (1) commitment to one's duty as a disaster health care worker; (2) powerlessness and lack of confidence; (3) incident shock and burnout; and (4) incomplete and inadequate healing. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: In order to prevent mental health problems and support the disaster health care workers, it is necessary to develop and provide effective, nationwide psychological first-aid training, as well as disaster trauma recovery programs that are tailored to Korean sociocultural context and use immersive digital health care/education technology.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>
%G en
%I Cambridge University Press
%@ 1935-7893
%U http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2019.87