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SynthesisClinical child and family psychology review2022

Parenting Interventions for Refugees and Forcibly Displaced Families: A Systematic Review.

Sarah Gillespie, Jasmine Banegas, Joseph Maxwell, Athena C Y Chan, Neveen Ali-Saleh Darawshy, Akash R Wasil, Scott Marsalis, Abigail Gewirtz

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Synthesis in Clinical child and family psychology review, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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32citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
11.3field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.

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  5. Scaling Out the SafeCare Parenting Program: Comparing Task-Shifted and Standard Implementation in a Refugee Community.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Sarah GillespieInstitute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Jasmine BanegasInstitute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Joseph MaxwellFamily Social Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Athena C Y ChanFamily Social Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Neveen Ali-Saleh DarawshyFamily Social Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Akash R WasilDepartment of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Scott MarsalisFamily Social Science, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA.
Abigail GewirtzInstitute of Child Development, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minneapolis, MN, USA. abigail.gewirtz@asu.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-7376-2952
University of Minnesota · USUniversity of Pennsylvania · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Globally, an estimated 79.5 million individuals have been displaced, nearly 40% of whom are children. Parenting interventions may have the potential to improve outcomes for displaced families. To investigate this, we conducted a systematic review to identify the types of caregiver or parenting interventions that have been evaluated among displaced families, to assess their efficacy across a range of contexts, and to describe their cultural and contextual adaptations. The review followed PRISMA guidelines. At stage one, all articles describing caregiver/parenting interventions for forcibly displaced families were included to provide a scoping review of the state of the literature. At stage two, only randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-experimental designs were included, allowing for quantitative analysis of program effects. A total of 30 articles (24 studies) were identified in stage one. 95.8% of these articles were published in the past 10 years. Of these, 14 articles (10 studies) used an RCT or quasi-experimental design to assess program efficacy or effectiveness. Relative to control groups, those assigned to caregiving programs showed significant, beneficial effects across the domains of parenting behaviors and attitudes, child psychosocial and developmental outcomes, and parent mental health. Cultural adaptations and recruitment and engagement strategies are described. The evidence base for caregiving programs for displaced families has expanded in recent years but remains limited. Caregiving/parenting programs show promise for reducing the negative effects of forced displacement on families, but future studies are needed to understand which programs show the greatest potential for scalability.

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ParentingRefugeesCaregiversChildHumansProgram EvaluationCaregiving programsInternally displacedParenting programsPrevention and interventionRefugeesSystematic review

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PMID35001296
OpenAlexW4206599265

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