On November 13, 2015, terrorist attacks left 130 dead in Paris and Saint-Denis. Public Health France is launching an investigation called the post-attack public health investigation (ESPA November 13) to assess the psychological impact and traumaticsuch events, to help the public authorities to act in favor of the affected populations and to improve the response strategies to be adopted in the event of exceptional situations of this type.
Participate in ESPA November 13 if you were involved in the Paris attacks
From July 7 to October 1, 2016, participants will be able to answer an online questionnaire. At the end of the investigation, experts from Santé Publique France will analyze the data anonymously. People aged 16 and over directly involved in the November 2015 attacks can participate in the ESPA November 13th. Concretely, you can take part in the investigation if:
– you were on or near the scene of the attacks perpetrated in Saint-Denis and Paris on November 13, 2015,
– you have been directly targeted or threatened by terrorists,
– you had to hide,
– you witnessed the attacks firsthand because you were in a street, at home or in a business near the attacks and saw or heard the events,
– you have come to the aid or you have taken in victims,
– you witnessed the assault on the building where the terrorists were hiding in Saint-Denis on November 18,
– you are in mourning for a loved one who lost his life in these attacks,
– by virtue of your profession or your function, you were one of the people who intervened on the night of November 13 or in the days that followed.
A crisis line and psychologists to help victims
To register and answer the online questionnaire, go to the website of Public Health France. Throughout the survey, Santé Publique France provides participants with a hotline. In Paris and Seine Saint-Denis, psychologists welcome participants to help them complete the questionnaire and to support them. In the days following the November attacks, psychologists and psychiatrists held crisis units in Paris and Saint-Denis to welcome, listen and reassure witnesses and residents.
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