Trial reportAmerican journal of community psychology2020
Randomized Controlled Trial of a Multilevel Intervention to Address Social Determinants of Refugee Mental Health.
Trial report in American journal of community psychology, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 45 citations in OpenAlex.
- Transdiagnostic psychosocial interventions to promote mental health in forcibly displaced persons: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of psychotraumatology · 2023Pooled it
- Trajectories of post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms and risk-protective factors in recently resettled refugees in the United States.The International journal of social psychiatry · 2025Trial
- Predictors of mental health outcomes of three refugee groups in an advocacy-based intervention: A precision medicine perspective.Journal of consulting and clinical psychology · 2024Trial
- The impact of postresettlement stressors and access to health care on health outcomes in recently resettled refugees in the United States.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2023Trial
- Which Theoretical Models or Frameworks Are Used to Understand Trauma-Informed Care in Mental Health Settings? A Scoping Review.International journal of mental health nursing · 2026Article
- New Checkbox, Now What? A Scoping Review to Guide Health Research among Middle Eastern and North African Communities.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- The work-wellbeing Paradox: Exploring the emotional and bodily dimensions of intersectional capitalism among Latinx immigrants in the U.S.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2026Article
- Changes to Refugee Mental Health During and After a Cross-Sector PTSD Intervention: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study About the Influence of Social Support, Life Events, and Agency.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of Family-Based Interventions for Immigrant/Refugee Children: Exploring Intergenerational Trauma.Community mental health journal · 2025Article
- Immigrant Wellbeing Project Study Protocol: Addressing the Socio-Structural Determinants of Latinx Immigrant Mental Health.Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education · 2025Article
- Centering Latinx immigrant knowledge for wellbeing, liberation, and justice in community-university research partnerships.American journal of community psychology · 2025Article
- Is cultural appropriateness culturally specific? Intersectional insights from a community-based participatory mental health intervention study conducted with diverse cultural groups.American journal of community psychology · 2025Article
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- From multilevel to trans-level interventions: A critical next step for creating sustainable social change to improve mental health.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2025Article
- War exposure, daily stressors, and mental health 15 years on: implications of an ecological framework for addressing the mental health of conflict-affected populations.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2024Article
- The Correlates of Collective and Individual Trauma on Mental Health Outcomes Among Afghan Refugees: A Study of Sociodemographic Differences.Community mental health journal · 2024Article
- Trajectories of psychological distress and social integration in newly resettled refugees: findings from the Building a New Life in Australia longitudinal study.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- A Scoping Review of Instruments Used in Measuring Social Support among Refugees in Resettlement.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
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- Measuring culturally and contextually specific distress among Afghan, Iraqi, and Great Lakes African refugees.The American journal of orthopsychiatry · 2024Article
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Abstract
Understanding processes that support the well-being of the unprecedented numbers of forcibly displaced people throughout the world is essential. Growing evidence documents post-migration stressors related to marginalization as key social determinants of refugee mental health. The goal of this RCT was to rigorously test a social justice approach to reducing high rates of distress among refugees in the United States. The 6-month multilevel, strengths-based Refugee Well-being Project (RWP) intervention brought together university students enrolled in a 2-semester course and recently resettled refugees to engage in mutual learning and collaborative efforts to mobilize community resources and improve community and systems responsiveness to refugees. Data collected from 290 Afghan, Great Lakes African, Iraqi, and Syrian refugees at four time points over 12 months were used to test the effectiveness of RWP to reduce distress (depression and anxiety symptoms) and increase protective factors (English proficiency, social support, connection to home and American cultures). Intention-to-treat analyses using multilevel modeling revealed significant intervention effects for all hypothesized outcomes. Results provide evidence to support social justice approaches to improving refugee mental health. Findings have implications for refugees worldwide, and for other immigrant and marginalized populations who experience inequities in resources and disproportionate exposure to trauma/stress.
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