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How do international humanitarian aid workers stay healthy in the face of adversity?

Kaz de JongSaara E MartinmäkiHans Te BrakeRolf J KleberJoris HaagenIvan Komproe
Published in: PloS one (2022)
In addition to good pre-mission health, the SOC components help prevent field assignment-related negative health effects in iHAWs. Our findings support the idea to compose gender-balanced teams of iHAWs to maintain and promote health. The findings can be used to develop or refine health conversation tools and SOC based health interventions to promote health and wellbeing and prevent ill-health among aid workers and other stress-exposed populations.
Keyphrases
  • public health
  • healthcare
  • mental health
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  • climate change