Asiasiga: a Samoan intervention to address the immediate mental health needs of Samoan communities after a tsunami.
Taimalieutu Kiwi TamaseseTafaoimalo Loudeen ParsonsCharles WaldegraveRichard SawreyAllister BushPublished in: Australasian psychiatry : bulletin of Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists (2019)
Mental health responses to the needs of Indigenous Pacific communities following a disaster need to be embedded in the values of those communities. The Samoan practice of asiasiga contributed to the high degree of acceptability of this programme. Partnerships with churches, schools and other local organisations are likely to enhance acceptability and participation. More research is required on Indigenous Pacific post-disaster mental health programmes.