Doctoral Dissertation Research: Scientific Evidence concerning Humanitarian Interventions in Israeli Conflict Zones

博士论文研究：有关以色列冲突地区人道主义干预的科学证据

• 批准号: 1230057
• 负责人: Stephen Hilgartner
• 金额: $ 1.14万
• 依托单位: Cornell University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2013-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1230057&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Scientific; Evidence

IntroductionIn recent years, the mental health of people in conflict and disaster zones has attracted increasing attention among international humanitarian aid organizations. However, as compared with food or medical aid, mental health interventions pose unique design, coordination, and validation challenges. Amid ongoing debate over what falls within the domain of mental health, aid organizations are employing diverse interventions, ranging from individual therapy, to vocational training, to human rights advocacy. This diversity stems in part from variation in conditions on the ground and in part from disagreement about appropriate goals and methods. To improve oversight and communication, several multinational humanitarian consortia and research groups have worked to develop techniques for scientifically assessing the efficacy of mental health interventions in conflict and disaster zones. But given the varying needs of different populations and a lack of consensus about appropriate measures of success, producing convincing assessments poses significant challenges.Intellectual MeritThis project examines the challenges that humanitarian organizations and researchers encounter when trying to implement and assess mental health interventions. It examines the methods that they employ to overcome these challenges, and the manner in which they evaluate the effectiveness of their assessment methods. To address these issues questions, the researcher will interview mental health practitioners, administrators, and researchers involved in humanitarian mental health interventions and conduct participant observation in humanitarian organizations that operate in Israel and the West Bank. The project will document the challenges of designing, delivering, and assessing mental health and psychological interventions in conflict zones, illuminating the complexities of knowledge transfer in the humanitarian sphere. Broader ImpactsBecause humanitarian actors use concepts of efficacy and oversight on a daily basis to plan and implement mental health interventions and justify funding for them, the analysis is likely to interest a variety of researchers, NGOs, and policy analysts.

近年来，冲突和灾区人民的心理健康问题越来越受到国际人道主义援助组织的关注。然而，与食品或医疗援助相比，心理健康干预措施带来了独特的设计，协调和验证挑战。 在关于什么福尔斯心理健康领域的持续辩论中，援助组织正在采取各种干预措施，从个人治疗到职业培训，再到人权宣传。这种多样性部分源于实地条件的差异，部分源于对适当目标和方法的分歧。为了改善监督和沟通，几个跨国人道主义财团和研究小组致力于开发技术，以科学地评估冲突和灾区心理健康干预措施的有效性。但是，鉴于不同人群的不同需求和缺乏共识的适当措施的成功，产生令人信服的评估提出了重大挑战。智力MeritThis项目研究的挑战，人道主义组织和研究人员遇到的时候，试图实施和评估心理健康干预。它审查了他们用来克服这些挑战的方法，以及他们评估评估方法有效性的方式。为了解决这些问题，研究人员将采访参与人道主义心理健康干预的心理健康从业人员，管理人员和研究人员，并在以色列和西岸开展活动的人道主义组织中进行参与性观察。该项目将记录在冲突地区设计、提供和评估心理健康和心理干预措施的挑战，阐明人道主义领域知识转移的复杂性。更广泛的影响由于人道主义行为者每天都使用功效和监督的概念来计划和实施心理健康干预措施，并证明为他们提供资金的合理性，因此分析可能会引起各种研究人员，非政府组织和政策分析师的兴趣。