Featured Research
This page features research conducted by RAND Health research staff that has been published in a scholarly journal.School-Based Disaster Mental Health Services: Clinical, Policy, and Community Challenges
Dean K, Langley A, Kataoka S, Jaycox LH, Wong M, Stein BD. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, Vol. 39, No. 1, Feb 2008, pp. 52-57.
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Abstract
The consequences of Hurricane Katrina have far-reaching implications for the mental health system in the Gulf Coast region, with some of the most vulnerable survivors being children and adolescents. School-based services have been proposed as an ideal way to provide care; however, significant challenges remain in providing trauma-informed services in schools postdisaster. The authors discuss the consultation and training activities of the Los Angeles Unified School District Trauma Services Adaptation Center for Schools and Communities following Hurricane Katrina. Issues related to the dissemination of evidence-based treatment in schools following a disaster are discussed, as are the particular needs of providers and school staff and the importance of community collaboration in identifying ways to adapt implementation strategies for specific communities.
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