title: The use of psychosocial assessment following the Haiti earthquake in the development of the three-year emotional psycho-medical mental health and psychosocial support (EP-MMHPS) plan.
abstract: This article provides information about the 2010 Haiti earthquake. An assessment model used by a crisis counselor responding to the earthquake is presented, focusing on the importance of gathering pre-deployment assessment and in-country assessment. Examples of the information gathered through the in-country assessment model from children, adolescents, and adults are presented. A brief overview of Haiti's three-year Emergency Psycho-Medical Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (EP-MMHPS) is provided. Finally, how the psychosocial manual developed after assessing 200 Haitian survivors through in-country assessment, and information gathered through pre-deployment assessment became part of the EP-MMHPS is offered.
authors.affiliation: The University of Akron, USA. drkbjordan@gmail.com
authors.forename: Karin
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003419:Crisis Intervention / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003906:Developing Countries; D004190:Disasters; D055866:Earthquakes; D004637:Emergency Services, Psychiatric / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005260:Female; D006205:Haiti; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000458:organization & administration; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012066:Relief Work / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012944:Social Support; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000628:therapy*; D013534:Survival / Q000523:psychology*