Applying Critical Consciousness: Culturally Competent Disaster Response Outcomes
The authors explored the use of critical consciousness as a training tool to provide effective, culturally competent disaster response counseling services to disaster‐affected communities. The results are presented of a qualitative study evaluating the outcomes for participants in a disaster respons...
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Published in | Journal of counseling and development Vol. 87; no. 4; pp. 458 - 465 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Oxford, UK
Blackwell Publishing Ltd
22.09.2009
John Wiley & Sons, Inc |
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Online Access | Get full text |
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Summary: | The authors explored the use of critical consciousness as a training tool to provide effective, culturally competent disaster response counseling services to disaster‐affected communities. The results are presented of a qualitative study evaluating the outcomes for participants in a disaster response outreach project serving residents of post‐Katrina New Orleans. Participants demonstrated increased personal and cultural awareness and also constructed new knowledge related to counseling outreach competencies. |
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Bibliography: | ark:/67375/WNG-3R2H31VN-8 istex:31A133396EE5A9A745A5E90885177D4D398A736D ArticleID:JCAD130 |
ISSN: | 0748-9633 1556-6676 |
DOI: | 10.1002/j.1556-6678.2009.tb00130.x |