Rapid Behavioral Health Assessment Post-disaster: Developing and Validating a Brief, Structured Module.

ABSTRACT: To develop and validate a brief, structured, behavioral health module for use by local public health practitioners to rapidly assess behavioral health needs in disaster settings. Data were collected through in-person, telephone, and web-based interviews of 101 individuals affected by Hurricanes Katrina (n = 44) and Sandy (n = 57) in New Orleans and New Jersey in April and May 2018, respectively. Questions included in the core module were selected based on convergent validity, internal consistency reliability, test-retest reliability across administration modes, principal component analysis (PCA), question comprehension, efficiency, accessibility, and use in population-based surveys. Almost all scales showed excellent internal consistency reliability (Cronbach's alpha, 0.79-0.92), convergen

SUBMITTER: Goldmann E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8009271 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature