Resiliency in Disasters

Topic: 
Mental Health
Format: 
Online Course
Time: 
35 minutes
Level: 
Introductory
University: 
University of North Carolina
PERLC: 
University of North Carolina PERLC

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Description: 

This training, offered by the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, provides an overview of resiliency, the most common response to disasters. It is part of the North Carolina Disaster Response Network Training series.

Learning Objectives: 
  • Distinguish stress, strain and resilience
  • Understand the nature of the coping-resiliency relationship
  • Identify whether resiliency is predictable for everyone
  • Specify the relationship between knowledge and control in resiliency
  • Identify external focus common to many resilient people
  • Recognize three characteristics of resilient people
PHEP Capabilities: 
Community Preparedness