 Post‐disaster psychosocial support and quality improvement: A conceptual framework for understanding and improving the quality of psychosocial support programsMichel L. A. Dückers and Sigridur B. Thormar Nursing & Health Sciences, 2015, vol. 17, issue 2, 159-165 Abstract: This article is original in that it addresses post‐disaster psychosocial support programs from a quality‐improvement perspective, not from the traditional viewpoint of mental health services. Based on a combination of renowned quality models, a framework is sketched that offers chances to better understand and optimize the quality of post‐disaster psychosocial service delivery. The quality is reflected in the program's structure, process, and outcome. Moreover, quality can be expressed in scores per criterion (i.e. need centeredness, effectiveness, safety, timeliness, efficiency, and equity) that are proposed to be related to the “attitude” (more passive or active) toward affected people. When quality and attitude are combined in a 2‐D parabolic model, psychosocial support is preferably found in the middle of the attitude‐axis (high quality); extremely passive or active positions are to be avoided (low quality). Well‐timed assessments of structure, process, and outcome aspects, and associations between them, will help planners, providers, and evaluators understand if the optimum is reached, as well as provide guidance for quality improvement. Date: 2015 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:wly:nuhsci:v:17:y:2015:i:2:p:159-165 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Nursing & Health Sciences from John Wiley & Sons |
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