Dückers, Michel

Achtergrond

Vulnerability assessments identify vulnerable groups and can promote effective community engagement in responding to and mitigating destabilising events. This scoping review maps assessments for local-level vulnerabilities in the context of infectious threats. We searched various databases for articles written between 1978 and 2019. Eligible documents assessed local-level vulnerability, focusing on infectious threats and antimicrobial resistance.

High quality mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) guidelines are indispensable for policy and practice to address the mental health consequences of disasters. This contribution complements a review that assessed the methodological quality of 13 MHPSS guidelines. We analyzed the content of the four highest-ranking guidelines and explored implications for disaster risk reduction (DRR). A qualitative explorative thematic analysis was conducted.

Background: A one-stop shop for disaster response services provides a central location for information and advice in an accessible way. Yet little is known about its organization and outcomes. After the MH17 airplane crash, the one-stop shop concept was realized through a digital environment called the Information and Referral Center (IRC). The aim of this study was to evaluate the experiences of users and providers in regard to the IRC and to identify improvement points for future IRCs.

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The international terrorism threat urges societies to invest in the planning and organization of psychosocial care. With the aim to contribute to cross-national learning, this study describes the content, target populations and providers of psychosocial care to civilians after terrorist attacks in Norway, France and Belgium.

Abstract: In 2007, the Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) published its guidelines for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) in emergency situations. This was one of the first sets of MHPSS guidelines, developed during the last decades, to aid policymakers and practitioners in the planning and implementation of disaster mental health risk reduction activities. However, the potential merit of MHPSS guidelines for this purpose is poorly understood.

The global response to infectious diseases has seen a renewed interest in the use of community engagement to support research and relief efforts. From a perspective rooted in the social sciences, the concept of vulnerability offers an especially useful analytical frame for pursuing community engagement in a variety of contexts. However, few have closely examined the concept of vulnerability in community engagement efforts, leading to a need to better understand the various theories that underline the connections between the two.

De uitbraak van het coronavirus en de maatregelen die daarvoor zijn genomen, hebben veel impact op de volksgezondheid. De komende vijf jaar wordt deze impact onderzocht in de Integrale Gezondheidsmonitor COVID-19. Het eerste resultaat van dit meerjarige onderzoek is een literatuurstudie van nationaal en internationaal onderzoek van het Nivel en het RIVM. Hierin is gekeken wat er in de wetenschappelijke literatuur al bekend is over de gevolgen van de coronapandemie voor de fysieke en mentale gezondheid van de jeugd (0 tot 25 jaar).

De coronacrisis mag met recht een wilde crisis worden genoemd. Deze crisis raakt ieder individu en iedere sector in de samenleving en het beloop is moeilijk voorspelbaar. Wij maken ons zorgen over de mentale gevolgen van de coronacrisis. Daarom zoeken we samen met onze partners naar dialoog in de samenleving. 

Met het ARQ-essay 2021 ‘Samen uit de ongetemde crisis; Goede zorg in de schaduw van corona.’ willen auteurs Marleen Kraaij-Dirkzwager, Joris Haagen en Michel Dückers bijdragen aan een samenhangende visie op de psychosociale impact van de coronacrisis.

The COVID-19 pandemic and the associated measures have impacted the health of many. Not all population groups are equally vulnerable to such health effects, possibly increasing health inequalities. We performed a group concept mapping procedure to define a common, contextspecific understanding of what makes people vulnerable to health effects of the pandemic and the measures. We organized a two-step, blended brainstorming session with locally involved community members, using the brainstorm focus prompt ‘What I think makes people vulnerable for the COVID-19 pandemic and the measures is . .