I. Introduction to the Field

• Definitions and Concept in Disaster Research
• McFarlane & Norris
• Psychosocial Consequences of Disasters: A Review of Past Research
• Norris & Elrod

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II. Research Fundamentals

• Choosing Research Methods to Match Research Goals in Studies of Disaster or Terrorism
  • North & Norris
• Formulating Questions about Post disaster Mental Health
  • Benight, McFarlane & Norris
• Ethical Issues in Disaster Research
  • Fleischman, Collogan, & Tuma
  
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  Download Part Two, Chapter 4, (PDF, 767KB)
  Download Part Two, Chapter 5, (PDF, 334KB

III. Methods for Sampling and Data Collection

• Basic Epidemiological Approaches to Disaster Research: Value of Face-to-Face Procedures
  • Bromet & Havenaar
• Telephone-Based Research Methods in Disaster Research
  • Galea, Bucuvalas, Resnick, Boyle, Vlahov, & Kilpatrick
• Web-Based Methods in Disaster Research
  • Schlenger & Silver
• School-based Studies of Children Following Disasters
  • LaGreca
• Qualitative Approaches to Studying the Effects of Disasters
  • Palinkas

IV. Research for Planning, Policy, and Service Delivery

• Public Mental Health Surveillance and Monitoring
  • Galea & Norris
• Mental Health Services Evaluation Research: Precepts, Pragmatics, and Politics
  • Rosen & Young
• Evidence-Based Treatments for Traumatic Stress: An Overview of the Research with an Emphasis on Disaster Settings
  • Gibson, Hamblen, Zvolensky & Vujanovic
• Strategies for Dissemination of Evidence-Based Treatments: Training Clinicians after Large-Scale Disasters
  • Marshall, Amsel, Neria & Jung Suh

V. Special Challenges in Disaster Research

• Conducting Research with Children and Adolescents after Disaster
  • Steinberg, Brymer, Steinberg & Pfefferbaum
• Conducting Research with Military and Uniformed Services Workers
  • Fullerton, McCarroll, & Ursano
• Conducting Research in Diverse, Minority, and Marginalized Communities
  • Jones, Hadder, Carvajal, Chapman & Alexander
• Conducting Research in Other Countries
  • Murphy, Perilla & Jones
• Disaster Mental Health Research: Challenges for the Future
  • Friedman

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