Psychosocial and Emotional Support for Victims in Tegucigalpa Shelter by Tropical Storms ETA and IOTA

Abstract

The present work documents through a scientific report the experience carried out from the alliance established between the Ministry of Health and the National Autonomous University of Honduras (UNAH), jointly to support a specific community affected by a natural disaster, within the framework of the project to link the Mental Health Strategy that was developed in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic by the School of Psychological Sciences. Students of the Faculty of Social Sciences in conjunction with the Msc. Glenda Mejía from the Ministry of Health; Dra. Ivette Rivera, UNAH-Psychology, with the aim of providing Psychological First Aid (PAP) to residents of the Attribution 4.0 International shelter (CC BY 4.0) Received: July 1, 2021, Accepted: September 22, 2021 Dora Melissa Alvarado Ortiz1, Esdras Manasés Padilla López, Glenda Mejía, MSc.2, Ivette Carolina Rivera Zelaya Phd.3, María José Brune Jiménez1, Sergio Ávila Ojeda1, Soelem María Ponce Salgado1 and Stephania Ramos Valdivia1 1. Student of the National Autonomous University of Honduras, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Psychological Sciences. 2. Ministry of Health: Metropolitan Sanitary Region. 3. University professor at the Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Psychological Sciences. July 14 from the CIS Carlos Romero area of ​​influence, which were affected by natural disasters caused by ETA / IOTA in the department of Francisco Morazán in November 2020.