ArticleFrontiers in public health2024
Increasing perceived health and mental health literacy among separated refugee Ukrainian families with urgent needs occasioned by invasion-a group intervention study with participatory methodology in Sweden.
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- "When the safe place is not safe": therapists' perspectives on implementing TF-CBT during the war in Ukraine.Child and adolescent psychiatry and mental health · 2026Article
- Mental Health Outcomes Among Female Ukrainian Refugees in Germany-A Mixed Method Approach Exploring Resources and Stressors.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Identification of Health Needs in Ukrainian Refugees Seen in a Primary Care Facility in Tenerife, Spain.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- The plight of Ukrainian refugees staying in Sweden under EU:s mass refugee directive: a brief trauma-focused, participatory, online intervention as a pilot feasibility study.Frontiers in digital health · 2024Article
- Assessing local service providers' needs for scaling up MHPSS interventions for Ukrainian refugees: Insights from Poland, Slovakia, and Romania.Global mental health (Cambridge, England) · 2024Article
- Health Promotion Interventions Targeting Refugees Resettling in Major Resettlement Countries. A Scoping Review.Journal of primary care & community healthArticle
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Abstract
Background: With the increasing numbers of refugees from Ukraine affected by the ongoing war, there is a high risk of trauma-related stress due to low local health and mental health literacy care. Perceived good health is a human right. Earlier studies show that intervention for refugees can reduce and prevent post-migration stress and anxiety. The present explorative study aimed to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of a short, trauma-focused group intervention (in Swedish "hälsoskola") for Ukrainian-speaking refugees (EU's mass refugee directive). This intervention was part of an ESF project aiming to get the subjects closer to the labor market in Västernorrland County, Sweden. Materials and methods: A mixed-methods design, a participatory methodology, and an evaluation were used. Data were obtained with a short questionnaire in Ukrainian. It included a visual analogue health-rating scale, an observation, and an oral evaluation in groups. For practical and ethical reasons, there was no control group. Each group met five times for 2 h, a total of 10 h excluding pre- and post-assessment. There were eight sets of five group sessions per set, a total of 40 sessions. Brief initial and concluding breathing exercises sought to reduce stress among the participants. Results: Baseline data were obtained from 99 participants, mostly females. Data gathered directly after the group intervention from 57 participants who had filled in both the pre- and post-questionnaires showed that (1) perceived anxiety/stress was significantly reduced (chi-2 25,53, df = 4, Conclusion: By dialogue between the participants' needs of knowledge and direct answers by the local expert, respectively, was feasible and effective as they perceived trust and health and mental health literacy increased. Implications for primary prevention are discussed.
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