In this webinar organized by the Red Cross Red Crescent Research Network Dr. Abraham Tersugh Kwaghgbah explores the moderating role of hardiness between secondary traumatic stress and psychosocial wellbeing among humanitarian health workers in Northwestern Nigeria.
It addresses the following key questions:
- What are some of the evidence-based interventions that can be used to support humanitarian workers to promote their psychosocial wellbeing?
- Can MHPSS practitioners in the humanitarian sector also be victims of secondary traumatic stress?
- What are some of the challenges of conducting research in emergency settings?
The session is moderated by MA Sc Julia Noethiger, Specialist in Trauma-Psychotherapy at the Swiss Red Cross and co-chair of the Red Cross and Red Crescent Research Network on MHPSS.
Abraham Tersugh Kwaghgbah holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology, Master of Science degree in Clinical Psychology, Doctorate degree in Clinical Psychology from Benue State University Makurdi in Nigeria. He worked as a Clinical Psychologist for NGOs specifically Doctors Without Borders, Society for Family Health and currently with Ada S. McKinley Community Service Inc in the US. The title of his Doctors thesis is: The moderating role of hardiness between secondary traumatic stress and psychosocial wellbeing among humanitarian health workers in Northwestern Nigeria.
