Tamasese Taimalieutu Kiwi, Parsons Tafaoimalo Loudeen, Waldegrave Charles, Sawrey Richard, Bush Allister
Head of Pacific Section, Community Development Worker, Family Therapist and Social Policy Researcher, Pacific Section, The Family Centre, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Community Development Worker and Social Policy Researcher, Pacific Section, The Family Centre, Lower Hutt, New Zealand.
Australas Psychiatry. 2020 Feb;28(1):31-33. doi: 10.1177/1039856219866321. Epub 2019 Sep 4.
To describe an Indigenous Samoan psychosocial intervention developed to address the mental health needs of affected communities in Samoa following a tsunami.
A partnership was established between Samoan therapists, Samoan Catholic pastoral workers and non-Samoan mental health clinicians, informed by Samoan concepts of self and wellbeing. The format developed for visits to significantly affected households was based on a Samoan cultural practice known as and was carried out by pastoral workers, with daily group supervision and access to mental health professionals.
Household visits were offered to affected families in villages throughout southern and eastern Upolu and the island of Manono. There was a high degree of acceptance of the programme by Pulenu'u (village governance leaders) and family leaders and members.
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 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.
描述一种为满足萨摩亚海啸后受影响社区心理健康需求而开发的萨摩亚本土心理社会干预措施。
萨摩亚治疗师、萨摩亚天主教神职人员和非萨摩亚心理健康临床医生之间建立了伙伴关系，该关系以萨摩亚的自我和幸福观为指导。为探访受严重影响家庭而制定的形式基于一种名为 的萨摩亚文化习俗，由神职人员实施，并每日进行小组监督且可获得心理健康专业人员的指导。
为乌波卢岛南部和东部以及马诺诺岛各村的受灾家庭提供了家访服务。村领导（Pulenu'u）以及家庭领导人和成员对该项目的接受度很高。
应对太平洋本土社区灾难后心理健康需求的措施需要融入这些社区的价值观。萨摩亚的 习俗促成了该项目的高度可接受性。与教会、学校和其他当地组织的伙伴关系可能会提高可接受性和参与度。需要对太平洋本土灾后心理健康项目进行更多研究。
