title: Post-Revolution Egypt: The Roy Adaptation Model in Community.
abstract: The 2011 Arab Spring swept across the Middle East creating profound instability in Egypt, a country already challenged with poverty and internal pressures. To respond to this crisis, Catholic Relief Services led a community-based program called "Egypt Works" that included community improvement projects and psychosocial support. Following implementation, program outcomes were analyzed using the middle-range theory of adaptation to situational life events, based on the Roy adaptation model. The comprehensive, community-based approach facilitated adaptation, serving as a model for applying theory in post-crisis environments.
authors.affiliation: Head of Programming, Catholic Relief Services, Cairo, Egypt.
authors.forename: Britton S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Buckner
authors.affiliation: Professor, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL.
authors.forename: Ellen B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Buckner
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D004534:Egypt; D006801:Humans; D009742:Nursing Theory; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000523:psychology
keywords: Roy adaptation model; community-based intervention; post-revolution Egypt