Addressing Mental Health Disparities in Refugee Children: A Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) Collaboration
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Child/Adolescent Problems, Mental Disorders
In brief
This study will use CBPR mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative data collection) to conduct needs assessments and design and evaluate a core family-based intervention. Project activities will emphasize capacity building in two refugee communities resettled in Greater Boston-the Somali Bantu and the Bhutanese-actively engaging refugee community members, community advisory boards, services providers, and other stakeholders. Specific Aims are to: (1) deepen partnerships with the Somali Bantu and Bhutanese communities through co-leadership, capacity-building, and knowledge sharing; (2) collect and apply qualitative data to (a) prepare a needs assessment of mental health in children and adolescents, barriers to care, and services preferences with each target refugee group; (b) develop mental health/psychosocial assessments for refugee caregivers and children; (c) adapt the core components of a family-based strengthening intervention for use with refugees; and (3) conduct an 80-family pilot study to examine acceptability and sustainability of the intervention. Key outcomes will be reduced mental health symptoms among children and adolescents and improvement in caregiver-child relationships.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02562794
- Run by
- Boston College
- People needed
- 265
- Starts
- 2016-08-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-04-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2019-07-10
Who can join
Age: 5 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Refugee families must have a school-aged child (aged 5-17), and caregivers must be at least 18 years of age and live in the same household as the child.
You may not qualify if…
- Untreated mental illness or active family crisis
Where it is running
- Chelsea Collaborative — Chelsea, Massachusetts, United States
- Jewish Family Service — Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
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