ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021
Assessing the Feasibility of Providing a Family Skills Intervention, "Strong Families", for Refugee Families Residing in Reception Centers in Serbia.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- 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
- A Systematic Review of Evidence-Based Family Interventions for Trauma-Affected Refugees.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Impact of a Brief Family Skills Training Programme ("Strong Families") on Parenting Skills, Child Psychosocial Functioning, and Resilience in Iran: A Multisite Controlled Trial.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Trial
- Religiosity and Engagement in Early Intervention Programme for First-Episode Psychosis.Early intervention in psychiatry · 2026Article
- Coping among Afghan Former Unaccompanied Refugee Children in the UK: A Qualitative Study Exploring Barriers and Influences Over Time.Transcultural psychiatry · 2026Article
- Evidence on interventions that promote the mental health and psychosocial wellbeing of migrant, refugee and asylum-seeker children and adolescents in transit: a scoping literature review.International journal for equity in health · 2026Article
- Family-Centered Psychosocial Interventions for Disaster-Affected Children Across Developmental Stages: A Scoping Review.Risk management and healthcare policy · 2026Review
- Improving parenting skill through the strong families program in Thailand.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of Family-Based Interventions for Immigrant/Refugee Children: Exploring Intergenerational Trauma.Community mental health journal · 2025Article
- Non-clinical Psychosocial Mental Health Support Programmes for People with Diverse Language and Cultural Backgrounds: A Critical Rapid Review.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2025Review
- Impact of a Brief Family Skills Training Programme "Strong Families" in a Low-Middle-Income-Country: Cambodia.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Implementation of a Family Skills Programme in Internally Displaced People Camps in Kachin State, Myanmar.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Child public health interventions for conflict-affected populations: A systematic review.PLOS global public health · 2025Article
- Caregiver characteristics and behaviors: quantitative associations with child depression amongst refugees in Uganda.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2025Article
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- Mental health and psychosocial support programmes for displaced populations in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs): A systematic review of process, perspectives and experiences.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Family UNited: piloting of a new universal UNODC family skills programme to improve child mental health, resilience and parenting skills in Indonesia and Bangladesh.International journal of mental health systems · 2023Article
- Assessing the Efficacy of a Brief Universal Family Skills Programme on Violence and Substance-Use Indicators in Youth in Trentino and Parma, Italy: Study Protocol for a Multi-Centre, Non-Blinded, Cluster-Randomised Controlled Trial (cRCT) of Family UNited.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Article
- Afghan mental health and psychosocial well-being: thematic review of four decades of research and interventions.BJPsych open · 2023Review
- The role of faith in parenting; considerations when implementing family skills interventions with families affected by armed conflict or displacement.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2023Article
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Abstract
War exposure and forced displacement threatens the wellbeing of caregivers and their children, leaving them at risk of negative outcomes, such as elevated rates of anxiety, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. The importance of engaged, responsive and stable parenting for positive child wellbeing has been documented across diverse cultural and economic backgrounds. Despite the higher need for caregivers to be nurturing in challenging settings, they struggle to provide adequate support for their children due to lack of resources or their inability to deal with their own emotional challenges. A feasibility study was conducted of a new, open-access and light-touch family skills intervention, Strong Families (for families in humanitarian and challenged settings) on refugee families residing in Reception Centers in Serbia. Questionnaires and interviews were completed by participating caregivers and facilitators. Qualitative results indicated that the intervention was feasible to run in this humanitarian context, that caregivers viewed the intervention as culturally acceptable and complemented the quantitative results that showed promise for enhancing child behavior and family functioning tested indicators. Despite being a light intervention, Strong Families indicated improvement on child mental health, parenting practices and parent and family adjustment skills. Prioritizing family mental health and functioning as a primary need that parallels that of accessing physical medical care, sanitation and clean water must be the definitive next step in humanitarian aid.
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