Post-disaster psychosocial support and quality improvement: A conceptual framework for understanding and improving the quality of psychosocial support programs

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-165

  Dückers, Michel L A ^a   Thormar, Sigridur B ^b  

^a Impact Dutch Knowledge and Advice Centre for Post disaster Psychosocial Care   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conceptual framework; Disaster; Framework; Psychosocial support; Quality improvement; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

DISASTER; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGY; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR; THEORETICAL MODEL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DISASTERS; EFFICIENCY; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH EQUITY; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84928347119     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12162     Document Type: Article

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