The “Best of 2020 List” of Health Promotion Researchers

Each year, the editorial team of the American Journal of Health Promotion selects our “Best of the Year List” of health promotion studies from the prior year. This editorial features the Editor’s picks, the Editor in Chief’s favorites and other award categories for the research and writing published in 2020 in this journal. Our criteria for selection includes: whether the study addresses a topic of timely importance in health promotion, the research question is clearly stated and the methodologies used are well executed; whether the paper is often cited and downloaded; if the study findings offer a unique contribution to the literature; and if the paper is well-written and enjoyable to read. Awardees in 2020 offered new insights into confronting systemic racism, the impact of state health policies on eating behaviors, the role of leaders in influencing employee health practices and the role of physicians in influencing patient health practices. You will see how researchers are studying psychological and emotional resiliency in ever more specific populations.

Road Tripping Across North America: A Medical Student’s Perspective

This explorative report provides an overview of the experiences and insights of a Canadian medical student’s seven-week, solo road trip across the United States and Canada. Examples of travel moments and mishaps are used to provide insight into personal reflections regarding emotional resiliency, healthcare sustainability and therapeutic relationships.

Supporting Disaster Relief Efforts Internationally: A Call to Counseling Psychologists

The increased occurrence of natural and human-made disasters has led to a greater call for culturally sensitive engagement in disaster mental health. In this article, we aim to stimulate culturally focused participation and competence among counseling psychologists who engage in disaster mental health work. Framed within an ecological and systemic interaction of individual, cultural, community, and structural factors, the article is based on two cross-cultural competency models emphasizing, cultural intelligence, language proficiency, cognitive complexity and flexibility, and highly developed interpersonal and communication skills, in the planning and delivery of disaster relief services. In particular, we address (a) specific cultural challenges, (b) skills and competencies needed, and (c) recommendations for online resources, that are relevant to counseling psychologists who seek to promote emotional resiliency in individuals and communities impacted by a disaster.

Starting Over After Environmental Trauma

In August 2016, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was inundated by 31 inches of rain during a 48-hour period. Entire communities were flooded. Many homes had six feet of water. People were awakened in the middle of the night with water rising around them. Once things began to settle, the emotional damage became apparent. Nemeth and Whittington 2012, outlined the following six stages of recovery from environmental trauma: 1) Shock, 2) Survival Mode, 3) Assessment of Basic Needs, 4) Awareness of Loss, 5) Susceptibility to Spin and Fraud, and 6) Resolution. Many flood victims, who presented for health care, were reporting the following symptoms: constant worry, irritability, tension, headaches, restlessness, sleep disturbance, sadness, and fatigue. These symptoms were anniversary reactions. Most likely, these individuals had been flooded in March 2016 and/or during Hurricane Katrina in 2005, not just in August 2016. People were still emotionally numb four months afterwards. As thinking in the shadow of feelings is often very hard to do, the need for psychotherapeutic intervention was apparent. People who attended these Emotional Resiliency workshops were given an opportunity to be heard, to share their feelings, and to learn effective coping mechanisms. The real strength of the workshops was, however, the opportunity for bonding. People who felt very alone came together and found strength in their common purpose. Psychological coping skills were enhanced and a deeper sense of spiritual awareness occurred. Creative drawings, relaxation exercises, and expressions of thankfulness allowed people to express their feelings and to move forward.

FAKTOR-FAKTOR BROADEN BUILD YANG MEMPENGARUHI KINERJA KELEMBAGAAN PADA LEMBAGA SEKURITAS DI MALANG

This study aims to identify the performing of an agency applying nuturing institutional capital markets through built Broaden approach to improve the performance of securities institution. This phenomenological study was conducted on securities agency in Malang. The data has been collected by using participant observation, in-depth interviews, and questionnaires. The data was anlyzed by using content analysis. Based on the result, the researcher concluded that the variables (x1) Emotional Resiliency; (x2) Cognitive Resiliency; (x3) social resiliency; and Financial Resiliency (x4) have jointly significant influence on the performance of securities agency. Similarly, each variable partially has an influence on financial performance. The dominant variable influencing the performance of securities agency is cognitive resiliency variable that has the highest value of regression coefficient. Therefore, the hypothesis stated about there is an influence of emotional resiliency; cognitive resiliency; social resiliency; and financial resiliency variables towards the performance of the securities agency in Malang is accepted.