Rebecca Esliker
Biographic Data
| ID | 7861409 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rebecca Esliker |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rebecca |
| FAMILY NAME | Esliker |
| SIGNATURE | ESLIKER R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Makeni |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0816-0928 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Living with psychosis in West and Southeast Africa
As part of the formative work of the SUCCEED Africa consortium, we followed a participatory process to identify existing gaps and resources needed for the development and implementation of a rights-based intervention for people with lived experience of psychosis in Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. In 2021, we conducted a desk review of published and grey literature on psychosis in the four SUCCEED countries. Using an adapted version of…
The Effect of Psychological First Aid Training on Knowledge and Understanding about Psychosocial Support Principles
Psychological first aid (PFA) is a world-wide implemented approach to helping people affected by an emergency, disaster, or other adverse event. Controlled evaluations of PFA's training effects are lacking. We evaluated the effectiveness of a one-day PFA training on the acquisition and retention of knowledge of appropriate responses and skills in the acute aftermath of adversity in Peripheral Health Units (PHUs) in post-Ebola Sierra Leone. Second…
The myth of the 1-day training
There are advantages to training non-specialists to provide psychosocial support during emergencies, and PFA has all the elements of an effective approach. However, the very short training programmes which have been used to train non-specialists in PFA might be appropriate for participants who already bring a set of relevant skills to the training, but for others it is insufficient. Government/NGO standardisation of PFA training and integration i…
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The myth of the 1-day training
There are advantages to training non-specialists to provide psychosocial support during emergencies, and PFA has all the elements of an effective approach. However, the very short training programmes which have been used to train non-specialists in PFA might be appropriate for participants who already bring a set of relevant skills to the training, but for others it is insufficient. Government/NGO standardisation of PFA training and integration i…
The Effect of Psychological First Aid Training on Knowledge and Understanding about Psychosocial Support Principles
Psychological first aid (PFA) is a world-wide implemented approach to helping people affected by an emergency, disaster, or other adverse event. Controlled evaluations of PFA's training effects are lacking. We evaluated the effectiveness of a one-day PFA training on the acquisition and retention of knowledge of appropriate responses and skills in the acute aftermath of adversity in Peripheral Health Units (PHUs) in post-Ebola Sierra Leone. Second…
Living with psychosis in West and Southeast Africa
As part of the formative work of the SUCCEED Africa consortium, we followed a participatory process to identify existing gaps and resources needed for the development and implementation of a rights-based intervention for people with lived experience of psychosis in Malawi, Nigeria, Sierra Leone and Zimbabwe. In 2021, we conducted a desk review of published and grey literature on psychosis in the four SUCCEED countries. Using an adapted version of…
Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Clinical Psychology (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Psychosocial (2 works) · Sierra leone (2 works) · Applied Psychology (1 works) · Applied Psychology (1 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (1 works)