Local to global: Somali perspectives on faith, community, and resilience in response to COVID-19

Jacob A. Bentley; Farhiya Mohamed; Norah Feeny; Luul B. Ahmed; Kawther Musa; Abdirahman Mussa Tubeec; Dega Angula; Momin Hussein Egeh; Lori Zoellner

doi:10.1037/TRA0000854

Local to global: Somali perspectives on faith, community, and resilience in response to COVID-19

Jacob A. Bentley, Farhiya Mohamed, Norah Feeny, Luul B. Ahmed, Kawther Musa, Abdirahman Mussa Tubeec, Dega Angula, Momin Hussein Egeh, Lori Zoellner

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Abstract

People living in and those displaced from conflict-affected low-and middle-income countries encounter a unique set of considerations related to the COVID-19 outbreak. This commentary provides Somali perspectives on the global pandemic, highlighting challenges at the intersections of collective trauma and displacement while also emphasizing substantial community resilience experienced in part through faith and social connection.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	S261-S263
Journal	Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy
Volume	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1037/TRA0000854
State	Published - 2020

Keywords

COVID-19
Displacement
Low-to-middle income countries
Refugees
Trauma

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Social Psychology
Clinical Psychology

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