Healing invisible wounds and rebuilding livelihoods: Emerging lessons for combining livelihood and psychosocial support in fragile and conflict-affected settings

Journal of Public Health Policy

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages S32-S50

  Kumar, Samhita ^a   Willman, Alys ^a  

^a WORLD BANK GROUP   (United States)

Author keywords

conflict; development; livelihoods; mental health; Psychosocial; violence

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMICS; EMPLOYMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMAN; MILITARY PHENOMENA; PSYCHOLOGICAL RESILIENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; PSYCHOLOGY; VIOLENCE;

EMPLOYMENT; GLOBAL HEALTH; HUMANS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOLOGICAL TRAUMA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESILIENCE, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VIOLENCE; WARFARE AND ARMED CONFLICTS;

EID: 85021859356     PISSN: 01975897     EISSN: 1745655X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/s41271-016-0009-0     Document Type: Article

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