Citation

Eisenbruch M, de Jong JT, van de Put W. J. Trauma. Stress 2004; 17(2): 123-131.

Affiliation

Centre for Culture and Health, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. m.eisenbruch@unsw.edu.au

Copyright

(Copyright © 2004, International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1023/B:JOTS.0000022618.65406.e8

PMID

15141785

Abstract

The collaborative program of the Transcultural Psychosocial Organization (TPO) provides a community-oriented and culturally sensitive public health response to the psychosocial problems of refugees and victims of organized violence. This paper describes the 9-step model that TPO has developed as a blueprint for each new intervention. Beneficiaries participate in determining priorities and there is an orientation toward culturally competent training, capacity-building, and sustainability. Two cases, one related to Sudanese refugees in Uganda and the other to internally displaced persons and returnees in postwar Cambodia, show how the TPO intervention protocol is adapted to local settings. The paper provides preliminary evaluative comments on the model's performance.

Language: en