title: Lessons in collaboration, four years post-Katrina.
abstract: Four action researchers present a case study of a project conducted by members of a national family therapy organization and members of a local family therapy institute, which describes their efforts to collaborate with local disaster recovery workers 2 years after Hurricane Katrina. The aim of the collaboration was to create a local action research team to study best practices that strengthen resilience after disaster. The authors discuss choice points and dilemmas faced in finding collaborative partners and in clarifying what constitutes an invitation to work in a community. The case study illuminates tensions and understandings between outsiders and a community still facing the long-term effects of a disaster.
authors.affiliation: Mercy College, New York, USA. drbava@gmail.com
authors.forename: Saliha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bava
authors.forename: Ellen Pulleyblank
authors.initials: EP
authors.lastname: Coffey
authors.forename: Kaethe
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weingarten
authors.forename: Carol
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Becker
mesh_terms: D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D019058:Community Networks / Q000941:ethics / Q000458:organization & administration; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D055867:Cyclonic Storms; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration; D006282:Health Personnel / Q000193:education / Q000941:ethics / Q000523:psychology; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D008145:Louisiana; D016730:Program Development / Q000379:methods; D055500:Resilience, Psychological / Q000941:ethics; D012947:Social Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D055872:Surge Capacity / Q000458:organization & administration; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology; D013995:Time