Abstract
The urgent need for disaster behavioral health services commonly brings together service providers from locations around the world to care for disaster-affected populations. Additionally, providers working in the United States are encountering more ethnically and culturally diverse clients. Now and in the future, relief workers should anticipate the need to provide culturally sensitive services to people from diverse backgrounds. Disaster survivors’ interpretation of and response to disasters are highly influenced by their culture. It is evident that cultural competence is crucial in providing effective disaster behavioral health services. In this chapter, we describe guiding principles and resources needed to optimally support providers in effectively planning and delivering trauma-informed and culturally competent mental health services. Behavioral health providers can utilize and adapt these guidelines as needed to address the unique needs of culturally diverse communities. Cultural competence is complex and contextual. Perhaps it is not a goal to be achieved, but rather an ongoing, evolving process. We invite the reader to think beyond the frameworks provided in this chapter and continue to remain open and curious toward the various intersections of social identities.
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Mostofi, M., Brown, L.M. (2021). Cultural Competence and Disaster Mental Health. In: Cherry, K.E., Gibson, A. (eds) The Intersection of Trauma and Disaster Behavioral Health. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-51525-6_7
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