PART I – UNDERSTANDING STRESS
- Factors of stress in field life
- Culture shock
- Harassment issues in the field
- Stress: what it is
- Cumulative stress and burn out
- Critical incident and traumatic stress
- Compassion fatigue
- Test what you have learned so far
PART II – COPING WITH STRESS
- Resilience
- Self care in the field
- Health issues and stress
- Relaxation, breathing and visualization exercises
- Working and living with people in the field
- Gender issues in a humanitarian context
- Tools to manage critical incidents
- Coming home after a mission
