Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Disaster Lit® Database Daily Updates

Librarians Are Essential: Advocating for a Seat at the Table

08/08/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA). Published: 8/8/2019. This 50-minute webinar featured two speakers discussing advocacy and the essential role of librarians in disasters. Siobhan Champ-Blackwell of the National Library of Medicine Disaster Information Management Research Center drew on resources available through the National Library of Medicine to present ways in which librarians can advocate for themselves by initiating and developing relationships with relevant local, state, and federal officials and agencies, as well as with emergency responders. Dr. Lenny Rhine discussed his experience with the Research4Life Advocacy Toolkit and associated marketing resources, discussing their application in different scenarios. (Video or Multimedia)

Manual on Community-Based Mental Health and Psychosocial Support in Emergencies and Displacement

07/01/2019 12:00 AM EDT

Source: International Organization for Migration (IOM). Published: 7/2019. This 495-page manual aims to facilitate mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) experts and managers in designing, implementing, and evaluating community-based MHPSS programs, projects, and activities for emergency-affected and displaced populations in humanitarian settings. It responds to a call in recent years to shift the focus of MHPSS programs in emergencies from psychological symptoms, and their treatment and prevention, to collective and contextual elements of consequences of adversities. This includes understanding the importance of the collective reactions to adversity and of social cohesion, social supports, identities, and social textures in determining individual and social well-being after disasters. (PDF)