TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2019//
TI  - Psychological first-aid experiences of disaster health care workers: a qualitative analysis
JO  - Disaster medicine and public health preparedness
A1  - Choi, Yun-Jung
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 1935-7893
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/dmp.2019.87
ID  - ref1
ER  -