FSUs College of Social Work Faculty and Ph.D. Student present at Kuwait Symposium

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FSUs College of Social Work Faculty and Ph.D.
Student present at Kuwait Symposium

• May 2007

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Summary

• Charles Figley, Ph.D., Professor of Social Work
  and Traumatology Institute Director and Elizabeth
  Donnelly, MSW, MPH and first year student in the
  Ph.D. Program in the College spent a week in
  Kuwait.

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Summary (cont.)

• They co-presented two papers with two Kuwait
  University professors at an international
  conference focusing on women of the Gulf states

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Summary (cont.)

• And they met with the other members of the
  research team on a national study of well-being
  in Kuwait.

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Day 1-3 The Symposium

• Attended and presented two papers at the 3rd Gulf
  Symposium on the Social and Political Challenges
  Facing Women in the Arabian Gulf, Kuwait
  University, Kuwait, May 2.

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Day 1-3 The Symposium (cont.)

• The papers were
• Ridha, H., Al Nasser, F., Figley, C R., and
  Donnelly, E. (2007). Age, Gender, and Mental
  Health Results of a National Survey in Kuwait
  and
• Donnelly, E., Ridha, H., Al Nasser, F., and
  Figley, C R. (2007). The Raha of Kuwaiti Women
  Results of a National Survey in Kuwait.

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Day 1-3 The Symposium (cont.)

• Attended various sessions

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Day 1-3 The Symposium (cont.)

• Visiting the various booths from different
  countries in the Gulf region

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Day 1-3 The Symposium (cont.)

• Lecture on working with traumatized families

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Day 1-3 The Symposium (cont.)

• Attended a special dinner at the Kuwait
  Legislature hosted by legislators supportive of
  womens rights

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Drs. Figley and Hadi with Elizabeth and
colleagues from Iraq and Lebanon
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Day 4-5 The weekend in Kuwait

• Socializing with Hadis family

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Wonderful lunch Kuwait-style
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Day 6-7 Research Collaboration

• Collaborating on the national survey of Kuwait
  wellbeing 16 years after the invasion and
  occupation by Iraq

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Day 6-7 Research Collaboration (cont.)

• Discussions included data analysis of current
  data and plans for the 2nd national survey in the
  fall of 2007.

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Day 6-7 Research Collaboration

• Discussions also included plans for presenting
  (e.g., the American Psychological Associations
  2007 conference in SFO) and publishing the
  findings (Two papers published with plans for
  publishing at least three more)

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A Productive and Fun Trip