Trial reportThe Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine2020
Family-Based Mental Health Promotion for Somali Bantu and Bhutanese Refugees: Feasibility and Acceptability Trial.
Trial report in The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06176638 (Resettled Refugee Families for Healing), which is not on this map. Cited by 31 papers, 7 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Resettled Refugee Families for Healing (RRF4H): A Study of Intergenerational Impact of War Trauma and Resilience
Who cites it
31 citing papers in PubMed, 7 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- The efficacy of parenting interventions for forced migrant families on child internalizing and externalizing symptoms, parental self-efficacy, and parental competence: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Transcultural psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Interventions to enhance psychological resilience in forcibly displaced children: a systematic review.BMJ global health · 2023Pooled it
- Transdiagnostic psychosocial interventions to promote mental health in forcibly displaced persons: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Family Interventions for Trauma-Affected Refugees.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Parenting Interventions for Refugees and Forcibly Displaced Families: A Systematic Review.Clinical child and family psychology review · 2022Pooled it
- Community-based interventions for improving mental health in refugee children and adolescents in high-income countries.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Psychological and social interventions for the prevention of mental disorders in people living in low- and middle-income countries affected by humanitarian crises.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- Delivering a family-based child mental health promotion program among two resettled refugee communities during the COVID-19 pandemic: Lessons learned in a hybrid type II implementation-effectiveness randomized controlled trial.American journal of community psychology · 2026Trial
- Understanding mechanisms of change in a family-based preventive mental health intervention for refugees by refugees in New England.Transcultural psychiatry · 2023Trial
- Investigating Outcomes of a Family Strengthening Intervention for Resettled Somali Bantu and Bhutanese Refugees: An Explanatory Sequential Mixed Methods Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Trial
- Trauma Symptoms, Life Satisfaction, and Perceived Happiness as Predictors of Mental Health in Displaced Children and Adolescents in Niger.Journal of child & adolescent trauma · 2026Article
- Family-Centered Psychosocial Interventions for Disaster-Affected Children Across Developmental Stages: A Scoping Review.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Review
- Social support, social networks, and mental health of six refugee subgroups in Arizona: Findings from a pilot study.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Perceptions of and access to occupational therapy services among the Somali community in the UK: cultural barriers and systemic challenges.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- "SSM. Mental health · 2025Article
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- Using a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach to Study the Mental Health of Older Adults with a Refugee Life Experience.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Applying Human-Centered Design in Global Mental Health to Improve Reach Among Underserved Populations in the United States and India.Global health, science and practice · 2023Article
- Resettlement, mental health, and coping: a mixed methods survey with recently resettled refugee parents in Canada.BMC public health · 2023Article
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12 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
purposeThere are disparities in mental health of refugee youth compared with the general U.S. POPULATION: We conducted a pilot feasibility and acceptability trial of the home-visiting Family Strengthening Intervention for refugees (FSI-R) using a community-based participatory research approach. The FSI-R aims to promote youth mental health and family relationships. We hypothesized that FSI-R families would have better psychosocial outcomes and family functioning postintervention compared with care-as-usual (CAU) families. We hypothesized that FSI-R would be feasible to implement and accepted by communities.
methodsA total of 40 Somali Bantu (n = 103 children, 58.40% female; n = 43 caregivers, 79.00% female) and 40 Bhutanese (n = 49 children, 55.30% female; n = 62 caregivers, 54.00% female) families were randomized to receive FSI-R or CAU. Refugee research assistants conducted psychosocial assessments pre- and post-intervention, and home visitors delivered the preventive intervention. Multilevel modeling assessed the effects of FSI-R. Feasibility was measured from retention, and acceptability was measured from satisfaction surveys.
resultsThe retention rate of 82.50% indicates high feasibility, and high reports of satisfaction (81.50%) indicate community acceptance. Across communities, FSI-R children reported reduced traumatic stress reactions, and caregivers reported fewer child depression symptoms compared with CAU families (β = -.42; p = .03; β = -.34; p = .001). Bhutanese FSI-R children reported reduced family arguing (β = -1.32; p = .04) and showed fewer depression symptoms and conduct problems by parent report (β = -9.20; p = .04; β = -.92; p = .01) compared with CAU. There were no significant differences by group on other measures.
conclusionsA family-based home-visiting preventive intervention can be feasible and acceptable and has promise for promoting mental health and family functioning among refugees.
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