Citation

Persell DJ. Nurs. Clin. North Am. 2016; 51(4): 697-721.

Affiliation

Regional Center for Disaster Preparedness Education, College of Nursing and Health Professions, Arkansas State University, 105 North Caraway, PO Box 910, State University (Jonesboro), AR 72467, USA. Electronic address: dpersell@astate.edu.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2016, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.cnur.2016.07.007

PMID

27863582

Abstract

In August 2005, the United States experienced one of the most catastrophic and costly disasters in its history: Hurricane Katrina. Faith-based Organizations (FBOs) made a major contribution to the response and recovery efforts. Whereas the activities and skill sets of FBOs vary, their core missions are very similar: they want to provide hope. As a concept, hope has been purported to be essential for health and well-being, is viewed as multidimensional and a life force, as well as is highly individualized. This mixed methods study used interviews of the phenomenology tradition and the Herth Hope Index.

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Language: en