Addressing Mental Health Disparities in Refugee Children

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Family Research

In brief

The proposed study will employ a cross-cultural Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) approach to build from prior needs assessments and mixed-methods research to evaluate the effectiveness of the Family Strengthening Intervention for Refugees (FSI-R), a preventative family home-based visiting intervention intended to mitigate mental health disparities among refugee children and families using a hybrid implementation-effectiveness design. Results of the investigator's trial will expand the evidence-base on community-based interventions for refugees and has the potential to be replicated to reduce mental health disparities affecting diverse groups of refugee children and families.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03796065

Run by

Boston College

People needed

354

Starts

2018-08-27

Expected to finish

2022-06-30

Last updated by the study team

2023-02-08

Who can join

Age: 7 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may not qualify if…

• not meeting the above inclusion criteria
• families in the midst of a crisis (e.g. active suicide attempts)

Where it is running

• Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services — Lewiston, Maine, United States
• Jewish Family Service — Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

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