Mark Eggerman|Catherine Panter?Brick
Suffering, hope, and entrapment: Resilience and cultural values in Afghanistan
Durham University|Durham University
critical healthrelated issue waraffected areas people make sense adversity show resilience highrisk environment afghanistan burden poor mental health arises contexts pervasive poverty social inequality persistent violence 2006 conducted facetoface interviews 1011 children age 1116 1011 adult caregivers randomly selected schoolbased survey three northern central areas participants narrated experiences part systematic health survey including openended questionnaire major life stressors solutions mitigate responses analysed using inductive thematic approach categorised quantitative presentation producing conceptual model adults primary concern repairing broken economy root miseries social educational governance health domains students frustrations focus learning environments well poverty education perceived gateway upward social economic mobility hope arises sense moral social order embodied expression key cultural values faith family unity service effort morals honour values form bedrock resilience drive social aspirations underpin selfrespect dignity however economic impediments social expectations cultural dictates also combine create entrapment ability realise personal social aspirations frustrated structural inequalities injurious health wellbeing study contributes small growing body work resilience public health conflict settings demonstrates culture functions anchor resilience anvil pain highlights relevance ethnographic work identifying matters formulating social public health policies promote hopeful future