Factors Contributing to Resiliency in September 11th Disaster Relief Workers: A Proposal for Future Analysis

2004 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael E. Kramer ◽  
Ivy S. Patt ◽  
Adam D. Brown
Author(s):  
Kevin J. Flannelly ◽  
Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts ◽  
Andrew J. Weaver

Participants at a June 2002 conference about the September 11th attacks were tested for compassion fatigue, compassion satisfaction, and burnout. The sample consisted of 343 clergy, including 97 chaplains. A total of 149 (43.4%) of the participants had responded as disaster-relief workers following the September 11th attacks. The number of hours clergy worked with trauma victims each week was directly related to compassion fatigue among responders and non-responders. Compassion fatigue also was positively related to the number of days that responders worked at Ground Zero, while disaster-relief work with the American Red Cross reduced compassion fatigue and burnout. Clinical Pastoral Education tended to decrease compassion fatigue and burnout and increase compassion satisfaction in both responders and non-responders. Burnout was inversely related to age in both groups.


2002 ◽  
Vol 17 (S2) ◽  
pp. S25
Author(s):  
Rannveig Bremer Fjær ◽  
Knut Ole Sundnes

In frequent humanitarian emergencies during the last decades, military forces increasingly have been engaged through provision of equipment and humanitarian assistance, and through peace-support operations. The objective of this study was to evaluate how military resources could be used in disaster preparedness as well as in disaster management and relief.


2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Crystal L. Park ◽  
Carolyn M. Aldwin ◽  
Juliane R. Fenster ◽  
Leslie Snyder

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