TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2023//
TI  - Social work post-disaster response in Iran: a case study of the 2019 mass flooding in Poldokhtar, Lorestan
JO  - International social work
A1  - Maarefvand, Masoomeh
A1  - Ghiabi, Maziyar
A1  - Nourshargh, Fatemeh
SP  - 547
EP  - 567
VL  - 66
IS  - 2
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0020-8728
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/00208728211018742
ID  - ref1
ER  -