NETfacts : An integrated intervention at the individual and collective level to treat communities affected by organized violence
NETfacts : An integrated intervention at the individual and collective level to treat communities affected by organized violence
Loading...
Date
2022
Editors
Journal ISSN
Electronic ISSN
ISBN
Bibliographical data
Publisher
Series
URI (citable link)
DOI (citable link)
International patent number
Link to the license
EU project number
Project
Open Access publication
Title in another language
Publication type
Journal article
Publication status
Published
Published in
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) ; 119 (2022), 44. - e2204698119. - National Academy of Sciences. - ISSN 0027-8424. - eISSN 1091-6490
Abstract
War and crises affect mental health, social attitudes, and cultural norms, which can exacerbate the state of long-term insecurity. With decades of armed conflict, the Democratic Republic of Congo is one example, and violence has become normalized in civilian settings. In this study, we tested the effectiveness of the NETfacts health system, an integrated model of evidence-based individual trauma treatment (Narrative Exposure Therapy [NET]) and a trauma-informed community-based intervention (NETfacts). Alongside changes in mental health outcomes (posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, social disapproval, and shame) we also investigated change in attitudes, including rape myth acceptance, stigmatization of survivors of sexual violence, and skepticism about the reintegration of former combatants. To test whether the additional community intervention is superior to individual NET alone, we implemented a randomized controlled design with six villages and interviewed a sample of 1,066 community members. Our results demonstrate that the NETfacts health system in comparison with NET alone more effectively reduced rape myth acceptance and with it ongoing victimization and perpetration. Community members of the NETfacts group also presented with less stigmatizing attitudes against survivors of sexual violence. Skepticism about the reintegration of former combatants declined in both groups. NETfacts appears to have increased motivation to engage in individual treatment. Synergizing the healing effects of individual and collective trauma exposure, the NETfacts health system appears to be an effective and scalable approach to correct degrading or ignominious norms and restore functioning and mental health in postconflict communities.
Summary in another language
Subject (DDC)
150 Psychology
Keywords
Conference
Review
undefined / . - undefined, undefined. - (undefined; undefined)
Cite This
ISO 690
ROBJANT, Katy, Sabine SCHMITT, Samuel CARLEIAL, Thomas ELBERT, Liliana DE ABREU, Amani CHIBASHIMBA, Harald HINKEL, Anke HOEFFLER, Anja C. RUKUNDO-ZELLER, Brigitte ROCKSTROH, Anke KOEBACH, 2022. NETfacts : An integrated intervention at the individual and collective level to treat communities affected by organized violence. In: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS). National Academy of Sciences. 119(44), e2204698119. ISSN 0027-8424. eISSN 1091-6490. Available under: doi: 10.1073/pnas.2204698119BibTex
@article{Robjant2022-11NETfa-58989, year={2022}, doi={10.1073/pnas.2204698119}, title={NETfacts : An integrated intervention at the individual and collective level to treat communities affected by organized violence}, number={44}, volume={119}, issn={0027-8424}, journal={Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)}, author={Robjant, Katy and Schmitt, Sabine and Carleial, Samuel and Elbert, Thomas and de Abreu, Liliana and Chibashimba, Amani and Hinkel, Harald and Hoeffler, Anke and Rukundo-Zeller, Anja C. and Rockstroh, Brigitte and Koebach, Anke}, note={Article Number: e2204698119} }
RDF
<rdf:RDF xmlns:dcterms="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:bibo="http://purl.org/ontology/bibo/" xmlns:dspace="http://digital-repositories.org/ontologies/dspace/0.1.0#" xmlns:foaf="http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/" xmlns:void="http://rdfs.org/ns/void#" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" > <rdf:Description rdf:about="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/58989"> <dcterms:issued>2022-11</dcterms:issued> <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/42"/> <dc:contributor>Robjant, Katy</dc:contributor> <dcterms:isPartOf rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/43"/> <dc:creator>Rukundo-Zeller, Anja C.</dc:creator> <dc:creator>Rockstroh, Brigitte</dc:creator> <dc:creator>Carleial, Samuel</dc:creator> <dc:creator>Chibashimba, Amani</dc:creator> <dspace:hasBitstream rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/123456789/58989/1/Robjant_2-1gr76gupysoir1.pdf"/> <dcterms:abstract xml:lang="eng">War and crises affect mental health, social attitudes, and cultural norms, which can exacerbate the state of long-term insecurity. With decades of armed conflict, the Democratic Republic of Congo is one example, and violence has become normalized in civilian settings. In this study, we tested the effectiveness of the NETfacts health system, an integrated model of evidence-based individual trauma treatment (Narrative Exposure Therapy [NET]) and a trauma-informed community-based intervention (NETfacts). Alongside changes in mental health outcomes (posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, social disapproval, and shame) we also investigated change in attitudes, including rape myth acceptance, stigmatization of survivors of sexual violence, and skepticism about the reintegration of former combatants. To test whether the additional community intervention is superior to individual NET alone, we implemented a randomized controlled design with six villages and interviewed a sample of 1,066 community members. Our results demonstrate that the NETfacts health system in comparison with NET alone more effectively reduced rape myth acceptance and with it ongoing victimization and perpetration. Community members of the NETfacts group also presented with less stigmatizing attitudes against survivors of sexual violence. Skepticism about the reintegration of former combatants declined in both groups. NETfacts appears to have increased motivation to engage in individual treatment. Synergizing the healing effects of individual and collective trauma exposure, the NETfacts health system appears to be an effective and scalable approach to correct degrading or ignominious norms and restore functioning and mental health in postconflict communities.</dcterms:abstract> <dc:contributor>Rockstroh, Brigitte</dc:contributor> <dc:creator>Hinkel, Harald</dc:creator> <dspace:isPartOfCollection rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/43"/> <dc:contributor>Hinkel, Harald</dc:contributor> <dc:rights>Attribution 4.0 International</dc:rights> <dc:contributor>Koebach, Anke</dc:contributor> <dcterms:rights rdf:resource="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"/> <dc:contributor>Carleial, Samuel</dc:contributor> <dc:date rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2022-11-02T07:20:42Z</dc:date> <dc:creator>Hoeffler, Anke</dc:creator> <dc:contributor>Elbert, Thomas</dc:contributor> <bibo:uri rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/handle/123456789/58989"/> <dc:creator>Robjant, Katy</dc:creator> <void:sparqlEndpoint rdf:resource="http://localhost/fuseki/dspace/sparql"/> <dc:contributor>Chibashimba, Amani</dc:contributor> <dspace:isPartOfCollection rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/server/rdf/resource/123456789/42"/> <dc:contributor>Hoeffler, Anke</dc:contributor> <dc:language>eng</dc:language> <dcterms:hasPart rdf:resource="https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/bitstream/123456789/58989/1/Robjant_2-1gr76gupysoir1.pdf"/> <dc:contributor>Schmitt, Sabine</dc:contributor> <dcterms:available rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime">2022-11-02T07:20:42Z</dcterms:available> <dc:creator>Schmitt, Sabine</dc:creator> <dc:creator>Koebach, Anke</dc:creator> <dcterms:title>NETfacts : An integrated intervention at the individual and collective level to treat communities affected by organized violence</dcterms:title> <dc:creator>Elbert, Thomas</dc:creator> <foaf:homepage rdf:resource="http://localhost:8080/"/> <dc:creator>de Abreu, Liliana</dc:creator> <dc:contributor>Rukundo-Zeller, Anja C.</dc:contributor> <dc:contributor>de Abreu, Liliana</dc:contributor> </rdf:Description> </rdf:RDF>
Internal note
xmlui.Submission.submit.DescribeStep.inputForms.label.kops_note_fromSubmitter
Examination date of dissertation
Method of financing
Comment on publication
Alliance license
Corresponding Authors der Uni Konstanz vorhanden
International Co-Authors
Bibliography of Konstanz
Yes
Refereed
Yes
Link to research data
Description of supplementary data
Anonymized quantitative data