A Brief Examination of Existing Psychosocial Programs

Alan Dick MSW RSWOct 2011

CRTI Psychosocial Contracts• CRTI 02-0080RD Psychological risk assessment and management tools to

enhance response to CBRN attacks and threats in Canada (Lemyre) (4 Ranking) http://www.gapsante.uottawa.ca/French/Articles/28%20-%20Lemyre%20et%20al%20-%20A%20psychosocial%20risk%20assessment%20and%20management%20framework,%202005.pdfP-RAM Is a PS risk assessment tool create to assist those in leadership to better determine the needs of a community.

• CRTI 06-0259TD Psychosocial risk manager: computer-based pre-event training (Lemyre) Also known as PRiMer. (4 Ranking) http://www.gapsante.uottawa.ca/English/Research_Projects.php#PRiMer

PRiMer is a step forward from P-RAM. It is a a training course part online part in person.

• CRTI 08-0114RD Simulation Training and Exercise (SIMTEC) (Justice institute) (4 Ranking) http://simtec.jibc.ca/Just beginning but it will examine the training needs of managers in EOC on psychosocial issues

CRTI Psychosocial Contracts• CRTI 08-0176RD Enhancing resilience among high risk populations to

maximize disaster preparedness (Tracey O’Sullivan) (Ranking 3-4) http://www.goldenplanners.ca/2010Forum/presentations/OSullivanTraceyEN.pdf

To review current intervention programs for special pop, To design, implement and evaluate resilience-building interventions for high risk populations in 3 target communities

• CRTI 07-0135RD Rural Disaster Resilience Project (RDRP) (Justice Institute) (3 Ranking)

http://host.jibc.ca/epconference/2009_conference/presos/B3.pdfDevelop technologies to enhance the resiliency and response capability for rural communities in Canada, and delivery of a web-based Virtual Community.

• CRTI 03-0009RD Caring about healthcare workers as first responders: enhancing capacity for gender-based support mechanisms in emergency preparedness planning (Health Canada) (Ranking 2-3)

Caring about healthcare workers as first responders: Enhancing capacity for gender-based support mechanisms in emergency preparedness planning.

Other Existing Programs• Psychological First Aid Training: National Child Traumatic Stress Network/ National Center for PTSD/Dept of Veteran Affairs

http://learn.nctsn.org/ Current gold standard, a free to distribute psychosocial response manual, 8 core actions, online Certificate

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• Disaster Behavioural Health Course: Public Health Agency of Canada/DEEP Center http://phac-eprtraining.phac-aspc.gc.ca/

Based on DEEPs Surge, Sort and Support manual. Hospital based psychosocial response manual/training, Canadianized, online Certificate

• Safety Function Action training: DEEP Center/University Miami http://www.deep.med.miami.edu/x910.xml

Psychosocial Response Framework, from safety to activate. Online Certificate

• Disaster Mental Health training, University of North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness http://cphp.sph.unc.edu/training/index.php

8 part training of ½ hour video clips and testing, more thorough mental portion. Certificates