A Qualitative Study on the Process of the Mental Health Assessment and Intervention after the Sewol Ferry Disaster: Focusing on Survivors among Danwon High School Students.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aimed to identify the process of psychosocial assessment, the experience of intervention, and the improvement after the disaster that Danwon high school students survived from the sinking of the Motor Vessel (MV) Sewol in South Korea on April 16, 2014.

Methods

We conducted in-depth qualitative research using individual interviews from January to February 2017. Twenty-one of 75 Danwon high school students survived by the MV Sewol disaster were studied. Two interviewers participated in the in-depth interview. Interviews were transcribed verbatim, coded, and analyzed through content analysis based on psychosocial assessment and intervention after the disaster.

Results

Twenty-one participants were 20 years old, where 10 were male (47.62%), and 11 wer

SUBMITTER: Lee MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7289463 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature