Adaptation and Evaluation of a Disaster Mental Health Intervention for Earthquake Survivors in Kathmandu Valley

PI: Courtney Welton-Mitchell
Co-PI: Leah James
Partnering organizations: Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal
Funding Period: 2015 – 2016
Funder: Enhancing Learning and Research for Humanitarian Assistance (ELRHA) and Research for Health in Humanitarian Crisis (R2HC) Donors: DFID and Wellcome Trust

Using a step-wise cluster comparison, this project expanded disaster mental health intervention research implemented elsewhere in Nepal with flood-prone communities, to earthquake affected areas in Kathmandu Valley. The project also drew on previous work with earthquake survivors in Haiti to adapt intervention content to the specific needs of earthquake survivors in Nepal.