ArticleThe journal of behavioral health services & research2018
Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma (ALMA): an Evaluation of a Mindfulness Intervention to Promote Mental Health among Latina Immigrant Mothers.
Article in The journal of behavioral health services & research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 17 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The effectiveness of adapted psychological interventions for people from ethnic minority groups: A systematic review and conceptual typology.Clinical psychology review · 2021Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Physical Health Consequences and Acculturation Stress Among Latinx Individuals in the United States.Biological research for nursing · 2021Pooled it
- Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma: In-Person and Online Delivery of an Intervention to Promote Mental Health Among Latina Immigrant Women.Journal of integrative and complementary medicine · 2022Trial
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- Interventions Addressing Acculturative Stress in Latinx Immigrants Residing in the US: An Evidence Map.Translational issues in psychological science · 2026Article
- Assessing the feasibility of a community health worker-delivered mental health intervention for Latina immigrant women.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- The effects of 7-week participation in football on personal well-being among male asylum seekers in a UK hotel.Heliyon · 2024Article
- Co-creating community wellbeing initiatives: what is the evidence and how do they work?International journal of mental health systems · 2024Review
- Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma: Participant Perspectives on an In-Person and Online Implementation of an Intervention to Promote Mental Health in Latina Immigrant Women.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- Approaches for enhancing patient-reported experience measurement with ethnically diverse communities: a rapid evidence synthesis.International journal for equity in health · 2024Review
- Understanding mental health service needs and treatment characteristics for Latin American immigrants and refugees: A focus on CBT strategies for reducing acculturative stress.Cognitive behaviour therapist · 2024Article
- Feasibility of Implementing a Mindfulness-Based Online Program for Latina Immigrants and the Staff that Work with Them.Mindfulness · 2023Article
- Mental Health and its Influencing Factors Among Immigrants with Chronic Diseases in China.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2022Article
- Stress, social support and their relationship to depression and anxiety among Latina immigrant women.Journal of psychosomatic research · 2021Article
- "Se vale llorar y se vale reír": Latina Immigrants' Coping Strategies for Maintaining Mental Health in the Face of Immigration-Related Stressors.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2020Article
- The Health of Undocumented Latinx Immigrants: What We Know and Future Directions.Annual review of public health · 2020Review
- Depression and Physical Activity Affect Diet Quality of Foreign-born Latina Women Living on the U.S.-Mexico Border.Nutrients · 2019Article
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Abstract
Latina immigrants are at increased risk for poor mental health. Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma (ALMA) is a group-based intervention to reduce symptoms of depression, anxiety, and stress among Latina immigrants. Based on participants' feedback and growing evidence supporting mindfulness as a way to reduce stress and improve mental health, additional sessions of the ALMA intervention were developed and pilot tested to provide more training on mindfulness as a coping strategy. The feasibility and potential efficacy were evaluated in a community sample using a pre- and post-test study design. Findings suggested that women were satisfied with the sessions and used mindfulness strategies they learned in their daily lives. The program also reduced symptoms of depression and anxiety (19% reduction in mean depression scores and 26% reduction in mean anxiety scores). Further evaluation is needed to test the efficacy of the intervention.
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