@article{ref1,
title="Social work post-disaster response in Iran: a case study of the 2019 mass flooding in Poldokhtar, Lorestan",
journal="International social work",
year="2023",
author="Maarefvand, Masoomeh and Ghiabi, Maziyar and Nourshargh, Fatemeh",
volume="66",
number="2",
pages="547-567",
abstract="Flash-flooding affected Iran in March 2019 causing the displacement of thousands of people. Social workers established a Child Friendly Space (CFS) and applied comprehensive case management to provide psychosocial support for people who were affected by flooding (PWAF) (n = 565) in a community in Poldokhtar, covering a period of 3 months. Outreach services, involving community-volunteers, providing counseling, establishing CFS, training PWAF for reducing violence, and preventing child abuse were essential social work post-disaster interventions to support vulnerable populations. The article reflects upon the often-neglected role of social workers in post-disaster settings, and brings new material for discussion from the unexplored field of Iranian social workers.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0020-8728",
doi="10.1177/00208728211018742",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00208728211018742"
}