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Mental Health Conference Athens, “From Managing emergencies “ Alkis Argyriadis ” Hall to Sustaining Reforms” 3-4.06.2019

Mental Health Conference Athens, “ From Managing emergencies “Alkis Argyriadis” Hall to Sustaining Reforms ” 3-4.06.2019

Mental Health Conference Athens, “From Managing emergencies “ Alkis Argyriadis ” Hall to Sustaining Reforms” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew Humanity Crew | Who We Are Humanity Crew is an international aid organization specializing in the provision of first response mental health interventions and psychological aid to refugees and people in crises. Humanity Crew works to deploy mental health and psychosocial support to displaced populations in order to improve their mental health and wellbeing, to restore order in their lives, and to prevent further psychological escalation.

Mental Health Conference Athens, “ From Managing emergencies “Alkis Argyriadis” Hall to Sustaining Reforms ” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew Humanity Crew | Our Mission

Mental Health Conference Athens, “From Managing emergencies “ Alkis Argyriadis ” Hall to Sustaining Reforms” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew Humanity Crew | What We Do

Mental Health Conference Athens, “ From Managing emergencies “Alkis Argyriadis” Hall to Sustaining Reforms ” 3-4.06.2019

Mental Health Conference Athens, “From Managing emergencies “ Alkis Argyriadis ” Hall to Sustaining Reforms” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew What is Culture?

Mental Health Conference Athens, “ From Managing emergencies “Alkis Argyriadis” Hall to Sustaining Reforms ” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew What is Culture?

Mental Health Conference Athens, “From Managing emergencies “ Alkis Argyriadis ” Hall to Sustaining Reforms” 3-4.06.2019

Mental Health Conference Athens, “ From Managing emergencies “Alkis Argyriadis” Hall to Sustaining Reforms ” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew What Cultural Competence Isn ’ t?

Mental Health Conference Athens, “From Managing emergencies “ Alkis Argyriadis ” Hall to Sustaining Reforms” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew Barriers to Cultural Competence

Mental Health Conference Athens, “ From Managing emergencies “Alkis Argyriadis” Hall to Sustaining Reforms ” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew What Is Stigma? • Is a label that associates a person to a set of unwanted characteristics that form a stereotype.

Mental Health Conference Athens, “From Managing emergencies “ Alkis Argyriadis ” Hall to Sustaining Reforms” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew What Is Stereotype? • Is an over-generalized belief about a particular category of people and do not allow for individual difference and encourage prejudice

Mental Health Conference Athens, “ From Managing emergencies “Alkis Argyriadis” Hall to Sustaining Reforms ” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew What Is Prejudice? • Is an affective feeling towards a person or group member based solely on the group this person belongs to.

Mental Health Conference Athens, “From Managing emergencies “ Alkis Argyriadis ” Hall to Sustaining Reforms” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew What Cultural Competence Is? • The ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures.

Mental Health Conference Athens, “ From Managing emergencies “Alkis Argyriadis” Hall to Sustaining Reforms ” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew The Key Components Of CC • Knowing that cultural differences as well as similarities • Familiarization with selected cultural exist, without assigning values to those cultural characteristics, history, values, belief systems, differences. and behaviors of the members of another Awareness & • Awareness and sensitivity refer to the qualities of ethnic group Knowledge openness and flexibility that people develop in relation Sensitivity to others. Cultural awareness and sensitivity must be • supplemented with cultural knowledge Attitude Skills This component is about actually taking practices • of cultural competency and repeating them until they become integrate into one ’ s daily behaviors. • is to delineate the difference between just • Developing a particular set of communication being aware of cultural differences and skills which can respond sensitively to the actively analyzing your own internal belief refugee ’ s needs and perspective. systems and developing awareness.

Mental Health Conference Athens, “From Managing emergencies “ Alkis Argyriadis ” Hall to Sustaining Reforms” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew Reflective Practice • Aid Workers need to engage in an ongoing process of identifying and challenging their own cultural assumptions and actively develop sensitive strategies to respond to diversity and difference. • This leads to developmental insight.

Mental Health Conference Athens, “ From Managing emergencies “Alkis Argyriadis” Hall to Sustaining Reforms ” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew Summary • Becoming culturally competent is not simply knowing about another person's culture. It is understanding how cultural differences impact the consulting relationship and being able to adjust your behavior to accommodate these differences for effective interaction. • Competence involves having the capacity to function effectively as an individual within the context of the cultural beliefs, behaviors, and needs presented by patients and their communities.

Mental Health Conference Athens, “From Managing emergencies “ Alkis Argyriadis ” Hall to Sustaining Reforms” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew CC & Day ‐ to ‐ day Social Interaction • Every aid worker-refugee interaction involves an interaction of cultures no matter how similar the refugee and aid worker appear on the surface • Safe and effective interpersonal communication is based on an exchange of familiar social and cultural cues • Interacting with people from different cultures can be unsettling for the aid worker and this can cause reactions which may not be helpful • Cultural competence encourages openness and respect to people’s unique needs and realities

Mental Health Conference Athens, “ From Managing emergencies “Alkis Argyriadis” Hall to Sustaining Reforms ” 3-4.06.2019 Humanity Crew Home Message ‘ We Should work through the mentality & the culture, not against it ’ Dr. Essam Daod

Mental Health Conference Athens, “From Managing emergencies “ Alkis Argyriadis ” Hall to Sustaining Reforms” 3-4.06.2019