Are mental health dimensions included in disaster and climate change interventions in St. Lucia?

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OBJECTIVE. To elucidate whether mental health dimensions have already been included in disaster and climate change interventions St. Lucia, a Caribbean island which is highly vulnerable to change. METHODS. We identified documents for national policy implementation analyze (1) the relative importance of (2) conceptualization health. These document analyzes were complemented by semi-structured interviews questionnaires key stakeholders. RESULTS. In policy, there very few instances where addressed documents. related disasters, mentioned occasionally. Of 218 projects implemented, only three Two them unrelated dimensions. The remaining one explicitly considered these dimensions, but this project did not appear be implemented according our supplementary interview. CONCLUSION. This research revealed that yet Lucia. best knowledge, study point analyzing

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عنوان ژورنال: Qeios

سال: 2022

ISSN: ['2632-3834']

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32388/zsmtm8