Trial reportPrevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research2017
Improving Mental Health Outcomes of Burmese Migrant and Displaced Children in Thailand: a Community-Based Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parenting and Family Skills Intervention.
Trial report in Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01829815 (Impact Evaluation of a Parenting Program to Improve Parenting, Education, and Health Outcomes for Young Children in Liberia), which is not on this map. Cited by 26 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Impact Evaluation of a Parenting Program to Improve Parenting, Education, and Health Outcomes for Young Children in Liberia
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26 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 87 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Systematic Review of Parenting Programs for Southeast Asian Families.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2025Pooled it
- Primary-level and community worker interventions for the prevention of mental disorders and the promotion of well-being in low- and middle-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2023Pooled it
- Intervention and Implementation Characteristics to Enhance Father Engagement: A Systematic Review of Parenting Interventions.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2023Pooled it
- Do health education initiatives assist socioeconomically disadvantaged populations? A systematic review and meta-analyses.BMC public health · 2023Pooled it
- Interventions to enhance psychological resilience in forcibly displaced children: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2023Pooled it
- Delivering mental health and psychosocial support interventions to women and children in conflict settings: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2020Pooled it
- Family-based youth mental health interventions delivered by nonspecialist providers in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review.Families, systems & health : the journal of collaborative family healthcare · 2018Pooled it
- What Affects Attendance and Engagement in a Parenting Program in South Africa?Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2018Trial
- Insecurity, distress and mental health: experimental and randomized controlled trials of a psychosocial intervention for youth affected by the Syrian crisis.Journal of child psychology and psychiatry, and allied disciplines · 2018Trial
- Improving Mental Health Outcomes of Burmese Migrant and Displaced Children in Thailand: a Community-Based Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parenting and Family Skills Intervention.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2017Trial
- Family-Centered Psychosocial Interventions for Disaster-Affected Children Across Developmental Stages: A Scoping Review.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Review
- The impact of mental health and psychosocial support programmes on children and young people's mental health in the context of humanitarian emergencies in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- "International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Parent Support Programmes for Families Who are Immigrants: A Scoping Review.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
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- Strategies for Delivering Mental Health Services in Response to Global Climate Change: A Narrative Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- Parental attendance in two early-childhood training programmes to improve nurturing care: A randomized controlled trial.Children and youth services review · 2020Article
- Common factors in psychological treatments delivered by non-specialists in low- and middle-income countries: Manual review of competencies.Journal of behavioral and cognitive therapy · 2020Article
- Resilience and adjustment trajectories amongst children in displacement-affected communities in Zarqa, Jordan.Journal of global health reports · 2020Article
- Commentary: Equity and Exchange in Global Research-Practice Partnerships.Global social welfare : research, policy & practice · 2019Article
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5 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
The negative effects of displacement and poverty on child mental health are well-known, yet research on prevention interventions in low- and middle-income countries, especially fragile states, remains limited. We examined the effectiveness of a parenting skills intervention on mental health outcomes among Burmese migrant and displaced children living in 20 communities in Thailand. Participants were primary caregivers and children aged 7 to 15 years (n = 479 families). Families were randomly assigned to receive an adapted version of the Strengthening Families Program (n = 240) or a wait-list control condition (n = 239). Assessments were conducted at baseline and 1-month post-intervention for both conditions and at 6 months for treatment group only. One month after the program, children in the treatment condition showed significant reductions in externalizing problems (caregiver effect size (ES) -0.22, p = 0.02; child report ES -0.11, p = 0.02) and child attention problems compared with controls (caregiver report ES -0.23, p = 0.03). There was no significant treatment effect on children's internalizing problems (ES -0.06; p = 0.31). Children reported a significant increase in prosocial protective factors relative to controls (ES 0.20, p < 0.01). Results suggest that an evidence-based parenting skills intervention adapted for a displaced and migrant Burmese population facing high levels of adversity can have positive effects on children's externalizing symptoms and protective psychosocial factors.
trial registrationClinicaltrials.gov: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01829815.
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