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| Year : 2019 | Volume
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| Issue : 2 | Page : 206-211 |
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Strategic priorities for mental health and psychosocial support services for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh: a field report
Sarah Harrison1, Alex Ssimbwa2, Mohamed Elshazly3, Mahmuda Mahmuda4, Mohamed Zahidul Islam5, Hasna Akter Sumi6, Olga Alexandra Rebolledo7
1 Masters (Hons) Psychology with International Relations and MA (Hons) Peace and Conflict Studies, International Federation of Red Cross Red Crescent Societies Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support, Denmark
2 Masters in Social Sector Planning and Management, Danish Red Cross, Denmark
3 Masters Mental Health Services and Policy and MSC Neurology and Psychiatry, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Denmark
4 MSc Educational Psychology, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Denmark
5 MSc Psychology, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Denmark
6 MSc Clinical Psychology, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Denmark
7 MPhil Social and Developmental Psychology, International Organisation for Migration, Denmark
Correspondence Address:
Sarah Harrison
International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Reference Centre for Psychosocial Support, c/o Danish Red Cross, Blegdamsvej 27, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Denmark
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | 2 |
DOI: 10.4103/INTV.INTV_40_19
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In early January 2019, a participatory workshop took place in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, with the mental health and psychosocial support working group (MHPSS WG) members. The principal purpose of the workshop was to develop the top ten strategic priorities that the MHPSS WG members wished to focus on over the next two years to improve the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of the Rohingya registered and non-registered refugee camp populations. The strategic prioritisation areas also served as key advocacy messages that can be used in discussions with policy makers, government authorities and humanitarian donor agencies regarding the mental health and psychosocial needs of Rohingya refugee males, females, boys and girls residing in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The authors believe the strategic prioritisation process contributes to the functioning and purpose of a country-level MHPSS WG and therefore advocates for the approach in other humanitarian and refugee contexts.
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