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Health trajectories of international humanitarian aid workers: growth mixture modelling findings from a prospective cohort study

de Jong K, Martinmäki SE, te Brake H, Komproe IH, Kleber RJ,  et al.
2023-05-17 • BJPsych Open
2023-05-17 • BJPsych Open
BACKGROUND
Most staff stay healthy during humanitarian work, although some worsen. Mean scores on health indicators may be masking individual participants struggling with health...
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Research

Incidence and severity of sexual harassment, and its impact on mental health in a cohort of international humanitarian field-workers

Martinmäki SE, de Jong K, Komproe IH, Boelen PA, Kleber RJ
2023-02-07 • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
2023-02-07 • Journal of Interpersonal Violence
To date, there have been no cohort studies of sexual harassment incidence and its relation to mental health within humanitarian field-workers. Research among numerous occupations suggest...
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Research

How do international humanitarian aid workers stay healthy in the face of adversity?

de Jong K, Martinmäki SE, Brake HT, Kleber RJ, Haagen JFG,  et al.
2022-11-16 • PLOS One
2022-11-16 • PLOS One
BACKGROUND
International humanitarian aid workers (iHAWs) are motivated strongly to travel abroad to help communities affected by war, famine, disaster and disease. They expose thems...
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The efficacy of a mental health program in Bosnia-Herzegovina: impact on coping and general health

Mooren TTM, de Jong K, Kleber RJ, Ruvic J
2003-01-01 • Journal of Clinical Psychology
2003-01-01 • Journal of Clinical Psychology
The efficacy of a community-based psychosocial program in Bosnia-Herzegovina during the war and immediate postwar years (1994-1999) was described in this article. Ten centers provided va...
Journal Blog
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Perspective

What is a traumatic experience if you live in Mogadishu?

de Jong K
2012-03-05 • BMJ Opinion (blog)
2012-03-05 • BMJ Opinion (blog)
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Research

Monitoring and evaluating psychosocial intervention outcomes in humanitarian aid

de Jong K, Ariti C, van der Kam S, Mooren TTM, Shanks L,  et al.
2016-06-17 • PLOS One
2016-06-17 • PLOS One
Existing tools for evaluating psychosocial interventions (un-validated self-reporting questionnaires) are not ideal for use in non-Western conflict settings. We implement a generic metho...
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Commentary

Trauma of Chechnya's ongoing war on internally displaced people

de Jong K, van der Kam S, Ford NP, Hargreaves S, van Oosten R,  et al.
2004-09-11 • Lancet
2004-09-11 • Lancet
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Emergency conflict-related psychosocial interventions in Sierra Leone and Uganda: lessons from Médecins Sans Frontières

de Jong K, Kleber RJ
2007-05-01 • Journal of Health Psychology
2007-05-01 • Journal of Health Psychology
Médecins Sans Frontières has been involved in emergency mental health or psychosocial programmes since 1990. In this article the intervention model developed for emergency settings is sh...
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Research

Counselling in humanitarian settings: a retrospective analysis of 18 individual-focused non-specialised counselling programmes

de Jong K, Shanks L, Ariti C, Denault M, Siddiqui R,  et al.
2013-09-16 • Conflict and Health
2013-09-16 • Conflict and Health
Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) provides individual counselling interventions in medical humanitarian programmes in contexts affected by conflict and violence. Although mental health and ...
Journal Article
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Review

The efficacy of psychosocial interventions for adults in contexts of ongoing man-made violence—a systematic review

de Jong K, Knipscheer JW, Ford NP, Kleber RJ
2014-03-12 • Health
2014-03-12 • Health
Compared to psychosocial programs implemented in post-conflict settings those executed in areas of ongoing conflicts may have different effects. Their evidence of efficacy has never been...
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Research

Mental health in HIV-positive pregnant women: results from Angola

Bernatsky S, Souza R, de Jong K
2007-05-01 • AIDS Care
2007-05-01 • AIDS Care
Our objective was to assess the mental health status of pregnant women who are HIV-positive, compared with other groups of pregnant women. We evaluated pregnant HIV-positive women attend...
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Mental and physical health of international humanitarian aid workers on short-term assignments: Findings from a prospective cohort study

de Jong K, Martinmäki SE, Te Brake H, Haagen JFG, Kleber RJ
2021-09-01 • Social Science and Medicine
2021-09-01 • Social Science and Medicine
Research findings show humanitarian work impacts one's health. We conducted a prospective observational study among 618 international humanitarian aid workers (iHAWs)’ recruited from 76 ...
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Commentary

Mental health care for refugees from Kosovo: the experience of Médecins Sans Frontières

de Jong K, Ford NP, Kleber RJ
1999-05-08 • Lancet
1999-05-08 • Lancet
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Research

Exposure to violence and PTSD symptoms among Somali women

de Jong K, van der Kam S, Swarthout TD, Ford NP, Mills C,  et al.
2011-12-05 • Journal of Traumatic Stress
2011-12-05 • Journal of Traumatic Stress
Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms, exposure to traumatic stressors, and health care utilization were examined in 84 women attending a primary health care clinic in Mogadishu,...