Moussaoui L S, Quimby M, Avancini H, Salawdi A, Skaik F, Bani Odeh R, Desrichard O, Claxton N
Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences, Geneva University, Geneva, Switzerland.
Nadulpan LLC, Crestview, FL, USA.
Arch Public Health. 2024 Aug 27;82(1):141. doi: 10.1186/s13690-024-01356-8.
Informing humanitarian action directly from community members is recognized as critical. However, collecting community insights is also a challenge in practice. This paper reports data collected among community members and Red Crescent volunteers in the occupied Palestinian territory. The aim was to test a data collection tool, situational judgment tests (SJTs), to collect insights in the community around three themes.
The SJTs covered violence prevention, road safety, and environmental pollution (waste), and were constituted of hypothetical scenarios to which respondents indicated how they would react. For each theme, the answers' pattern provides insights for humanitarian action regarding which beliefs to address. A cross-sectional survey was conducted in January and February 2023 with 656 community members, and 239 Red Crescent volunteers.
Data showed that violence is the theme for which the need is the highest among community members. Some responses varied according to the public (age, governorate, or disability level), suggesting actions could be tailored accordingly.
Despite many difficulties during data collection, this study show that the tool allowed to collect community insights, a crucial task to ensure adequate response to the challenges faced by community members and Red Crescent volunteers in occupied Palestine.
直接从社区成员那里获取信息以指导人道主义行动被认为至关重要。然而，在实践中收集社区见解也是一项挑战。本文报告了在巴勒斯坦被占领土的社区成员和红新月会志愿者中收集的数据。目的是测试一种数据收集工具——情境判断测试（SJTs），以围绕三个主题收集社区见解。
情境判断测试涵盖预防暴力、道路安全和环境污染（废物），由假设情景组成，受访者需表明他们会如何应对。对于每个主题，答案模式为人道主义行动提供了关于应解决哪些信念的见解。2023年1月和2月对656名社区成员和239名红新月会志愿者进行了横断面调查。
数据显示，暴力是社区成员中需求最高的主题。一些回答因公众群体（年龄、省份或残疾程度）而异，这表明行动可据此进行调整。
尽管数据收集过程中存在诸多困难，但本研究表明该工具能够收集社区见解，这是确保充分应对巴勒斯坦被占领土上社区成员和红新月会志愿者所面临挑战的关键任务。
