Table 3.
Study characteristics.
| Author/Year | Country | Aim (Summary) | Design | Target Population | Sample | Intervention Type | First Nation Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akbar et al. 2018 | Pakistan | Impact of social capital on recovery. | Quantitative | Individual | N = 450 residents | Not stated | N |
| Ali et al. 2021 | Australia | Develop a holistic and all-hazards Indigenous community-based DRR theory. | Qualitative | Community | N = 20 | Empowerment Strength-based |
Y |
| Araki 2013 | Japan | Capability building in the local community in actual disaster response and recovery. | Qualitative | Community | Not stated | Empowerment Strength-based |
N |
| Banks et al. 2016 | United States | Determine implications for community-focused interventions that may enhance recovery for vulnerable populations. | Mixed- Method | Community | N = 12 | Not stated | N |
| Baumann et al. 2021 | Nepal | Map community art in Kathmandu and expert perspectives about the relationship between community art and its impact on health, social cohesion, and community resilience. | Qualitative | Community | N = 19 | Well-being | N |
| Becker 2009 | India | Investigate the effectiveness of a community-based mental health initiative for survivors. | Quantitative | Community | N = 100 | Resilience | N |
| Bender et al. 2015 | Chile | Explore how everyday creative thinking, creative production, and intuitive experiences might have been experienced by survivors. | Qualitative | Individual | N = 97 | Resilience | N |
| Block et al. 2019 | Australia | Describe recovery trajectories in terms of mental health, well-being, and social connectedness. | Mixed-Method | Community | N = 25 (Qualitative) N = 597 (Quantitative) |
Not stated | N |
| Chamlee-Wright et al. 2011 | United States | Social capital aids in post-disaster community recovery and redevelopment. | Mixed-Method | Community | N = 301 | Resilience Strength-based |
N |
| Clissold et al. 2021 | Vanuatu | Displacement more broadly illustrates the human impacts of these disasters. | Qualitative | Individual | N = 8 | Empowerment Well-being |
Y |
| Cox & Perry 2011 | Canada | Discourse of disaster recovery and the social–psychological processes that were constituted by and constitutive of this discourse. | Qualitative | Community | N = 4 | Other—discourse analysis | N |
| Dionisio & Pawson 2016 | New Zealand and Japan | Overview of the two disasters, their contexts and key issues, and analyses of community-driven projects. | Qualitative | Community | N = 2 | Resilience | N |
| Easthope & Mort 2014 | United Kingdom | How people recover from disasters, so that the recovery itself becomes a form of social change. | Qualitative | Community | Not stated | Resilience | N |
| Harms et al. 2021 | Australia | Focused on two key areas in medium- to high-affected communities, relating to community members’ perceptions of (1) what caused the biggest problems for them in their recovery and (2) what was the most useful support. | Qualitative | Community | N = 811 | Well-being | N |
| Harvey et al. 2007 | USA | Measure the mental health outcomes for participants in the Hurricane Choir. | Mixed-Method | Community | N = 127 | Other—choir | N |
| Heinz et al. 2021 | USA | Inform the science and practice of disaster mental health outreach for other communities. | Mixed-Method | Community | N = 160 | Other—Mind Body Yoga and SPR | N |
| Johnston et al. 2012 | New Zealand | Role of community participation in reducing anxiety and trauma in communities during two New Zealand earthquakes. | Mixed-Method | Not clear | N = 160 | Resilience | N |
| Ku & Dominelli 2018 | China | Marginalised groups be empowered and encouraged to participate in community design, planning, and building processes. | Qualitative | Community | Not stated | Empowerment | N |
| Ku & Ma 2015 | China | Build individual and community capacity for post-disaster social reconstruction in the affected area through the action research process. | Qualitative | Community | Not stated | Empowerment | N |
| Lalani et al. 2021 | Canada | Explored various meanings and concerns, along with tools and strategies that helped to nurture spiritual resilience and well-being among residents. | Qualitative | Community | N = 30 | Other—spiritual | N |
| Leadbeater 2013 | Australia | Importance of locally-endorsed community leaders in the complex, post-disaster environment. | Qualitative | Community | N = 30 | Resilience | N |
| Linton 2017 | Nepal | Implementation and use of art therapy in the context of emergency and immediate post-emergency phases after a natural disaster. | Qualitative | Community | Not stated | Other—art therapy | N |
| Mann et al. 2021 | Japan | Explore the well-being of displaced residents in order to gain an understanding of the challenges they face, successes in overcoming these challenges, and potential future obstacles. | Qualitative | Community | N = 380 | Resilience Well-being |
N |
| Mohr 2014 | Peru | Determine whether the reported positive effects of an art therapy intervention continued over long-term recovery. | Qualitative | Community | N = 11 | Empowerment Other—art therapy |
N |
| Onstad et al. 2013 | USA | Community sustainability after natural disasters depends on adaptive capacities of individuals, families, and businesses. | Qualitative | Community | N = 44 | Other—life story | N |
| Osofky et al. 2018 | USA | Describe the development of the St. Bernard Parish YLP and evaluate if the program was associated with increasing self-efficacy and decreasing trauma symptoms. | Quantitative | Individual | N = 137 | Empowerment Resilience Other—self-efficacy |
N |
| Rawson 2016 | New Zealand | Translational process from this research to the creation of Te Waioratanga, which loosely translates to mean the activation of wellbeing. | Qualitative | Individual | N = 32–48 | Strength-based | Y |
| Rivera-Munoz et al. 2020 | New Zealand | Development of a critical theoretical understanding of community resilience as an inherently political concept. | Qualitative | Community | N = 15 | Resilience | N |
| Scott et al. 2017 | Australia | Adaptation for Recovery project was evaluated to determine if the project contributed to community ideas of resilience. | Qualitative | Community | Not stated | Empowerment Resilience |
N |
| Silver & Martin 2015 | Canada | Examines the impacts of the F3 tornado that struck the commercial and civic heart of the community. | Mixed-Method | Individual | N = 35 N = 238 |
Not stated | N |
| Stofferahn, C. | Australia | Community characteristics allowed Northwood to recover so quickly from a natural disaster. | Qualitative | Community | N = 22 | Resilience | N |
| Storr & Haeffele-Balch 2012 | USA | Focus on the recovery efforts of Broadmoor after Hurricane Katrina. | Mixed-Method | Community | N = 300 N = 103 |
Resilience Social Capital |
N |
| Tamasese et al. 2020 | Samoa | Community-based single-session group intervention designed to address psychosocial needs of Samoan young people following a tsunami. | Qualitative | Community | N = 1295 | Resilience Strength-based Well-being |
Y |
| Tudor et al. 2015 | New Zealand | The emergence of the crafting movement in Christchurch post-earthquake. | Qualitative | Community | N = 9 | Other—crafting | N |
| Vallance 2011 | New Zealand | Strategies three community groups in Christchurch used in their collective response to the first of the major earthquakes. | Qualitative | Community | N = 37 | Not stated | N |
| van Kessel et al. 2015 | Australia | Explore lay perspective, the nature of interventions that aid resilience in people who have experienced a disaster in the Australian context. | Qualitative | Individual | N = 19 | Not stated | N |