Psychosocial Community Approaches and Practices in Latin America

Arancha Garcia del Soto, Intervention, Vol. 6, No. 3/4 (2008)

This article discusses the need to learn from diverse communities in Latin America in order to consider the local contexts when determining the type of psychosocial support to be provided in post-disaster and emergency settings, so that generational, spiritual, gender and practices are taken into account and existing modes of resilience are reinforced.