Asian Tsunami and Social Work Practice : Recovery and Rebuilding

ISBN-13: 9780789032362 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 145 str.

Ngoh Tiong Tan; Allison Rowlands; Francis K. O. Yuen

Opis

Looks at the complicated nature of disaster preparedness and how it relates to poverty, trauma, community development, and service delivery systems. This book explores social interventions used in relief efforts to aid hundreds of thousands of people who were left at risk and in need in affected areas of South Asia and East Africa.

Spis treści

• About the Contributors
• Preface: Contribution of Social Work to Recovery and Rehabilitation After the Asian Tsunami Disaster
• Disaster and Response: Science, Systems, and Realities (Beverley Raphael and Garry Stevens)
• Disability and Disaster Recovery: A Tale of Two Cities? (Mark Priestley and Laura Hemingway)
• Impact of the Indian Ocean Tsunami on the Well-Being of Children (Ngoh Tiong Tan)
• The State and Civil Society in Disaster Response Post-Tsunami Experiences in Tamil Nadu (Krithika Srinivasan)
• After the Wave—The Centrelink Social Work Response Offshore (Caroline Manning, Stewart Millar, Tania Newton, and Sharon Webb)
• With the Best of Intentions: Singapore Volunteers and Donors and the Tsunami Reconstruction (Tay Keong Tan and Paige Johnson Tan)
• Training for Disaster Recovery: A Review of Training Programs for Social Workers After the Tsunami (Allison Rowlands)
• The Role of Social Workers and Social Service Delivery During Crisis Intervention for Tsunami Survivors: A Case Study of Thailand (Pattamaporn Busaspathumrong)
• Index
• Reference Notes Included

O autorze

Ngoh Tiang Tan (Edited by) , Allison Rowlands (Edited by) , Frances K. O. Yuen (Edited by)