Faculty of Health, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, NT 0909, Australia.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Feb 16;20(4):3465. doi: 10.3390/ijerph20043465.
Drought is a slow-onset natural hazard with significant socioeconomic, environmental and psychological impacts. The extant literature has predominately focused on the physical and economic dimensions of resilience, which mainly address the socioeconomic and environmental consequences of drought. However, the mental health effects of chronic environmental adversity, such as prolonged drought, remain an under-researched area, and frameworks that build and strengthen the psychological aspect of the social resilience of communities are lacking.
This feasibility study will employ a mixed-method design sub-divided into three phases. Phase 1 will utilise social network analysis (SNA) to identify leadership patterns and their intersections across communities. While phase 2 will use semi-structured interviews to ascertain the perceived roles of identified leaders in preparing for and recovering from drought impacts, the third phase will adopt the Delphi method to unpack existing perceptions of control, coherence and connectedness.
干旱是一种缓慢发生的自然灾害，具有重大的社会经济、环境和心理影响。现有文献主要集中在韧性的物理和经济维度上，主要解决干旱的社会经济和环境后果。然而，慢性环境逆境（如长期干旱）对心理健康的影响仍是一个研究不足的领域，缺乏构建和加强社区社会韧性心理方面的框架。
本可行性研究将采用混合方法设计，分为三个阶段。第一阶段将利用社会网络分析（SNA）来识别社区之间的领导模式及其交叉点。第二阶段将使用半结构化访谈来确定确定的领导者在为干旱影响做准备和恢复过程中的感知作用，第三阶段将采用德尔菲法来剖析现有的控制、连贯性和联系感。
