ReviewThe Lancet. Global health2023
Mental health and psychosocial support in humanitarian settings: research priorities for 2021-30.
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- Expanding the evidence on integration of cash assistance in gender-based violence case management in humanitarian settings: lessons learned from multi-country evaluations.Conflict and health · 2025Article
- Analysis of the possible pathways between social and well-being outcomes: a mixed-method study about community-based sociotherapy for refugees in Nakivale Settlement, Uganda.Conflict and health · 2025Article
- Mental health and structural injustice: a qualitative investigation of interlocking patterns of disadvantage among displaced populations in Nairobi, Kenya.Conflict and health · 2025Article
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Abstract
We describe an effort to develop a consensus-based research agenda for mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) interventions in humanitarian settings for 2021-30. By engaging a broad group of stakeholders, we generated research questions through a qualitative study (in Indonesia, Lebanon, and Uganda; n=101), consultations led by humanitarian agencies (n=259), and an expert panel (n=227; 51% female participants and 49% male participants; 84% of participants based in low-income and middle-income countries). The expert panel selected and rated a final list of 20 research questions. After rating, the MHPSS research agenda favoured applied research questions (eg, regarding workforce strengthening and monitoring and evaluation practices). Compared with research priorities for the previous decade, there is a shift towards systems-oriented implementation research (eg, multisectoral integration and ensuring sustainability) rather than efficacy research. Answering these research questions selected and rated by the expert panel will require improved partnerships between researchers, practitioners, policy makers, and communities affected by humanitarian crises, and improved equity in funding for MHPSS research in low-income and middle-income countries.
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