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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2025

The Power of Collective Design: Co-Creating Healing-Centered Mental Health Care for Refugee and Immigrant Families.

Reba Meigs, Adriana Bearse, Amina Sheik Mohamed, Sarah Vicente, Arwa Alkhawaja, Ariana Aini, Wali Abdul Hanifzai, Gulshan Yusufzai, Sara Mostafavi, Ruth Teseyem Tadesse and 8 more

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Reba MeigsCenter for Community Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Adriana BearseCenter for Community Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Amina Sheik MohamedCenter for Community Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Sarah VicenteCenter for Community Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Arwa AlkhawajaRihla Community Services, San Diego, CA 92126, USA.
Ariana AiniMaristan, Fremont, CA 94539, USA.
Wali Abdul HanifzaiQazizada Multicultural Therapy Clinic, Orange, CA 92867, USA.
Gulshan YusufzaiMAS Social Services Foundation, Sacramento, CA 95821, USA.
Sara MostafaviMaristan, Fremont, CA 94539, USA.
Ruth Teseyem TadesseCenter for Community Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Reem ZubaidiCenter for Community Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Mohammad WahdatyarCenter for Community Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Nghi DangCenter for Community Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Asmaa DeiraniehCenter for Community Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Segen ZerayCenter for Community Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Farhat PopalCenter for Community Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Valerie NashNash and Associates, San Diego, CA 92102, USA.
Blanca MelendrezCenter for Community Health, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.

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Abstract

Refugee and immigrant communities face a host of dynamic health challenges. This essay discusses the importance of prioritizing the impacts of resettlement on mental health and provides examples of how creating a collective network of culturally responsive, trauma-informed, and healing-centered providers-centered on community-based best practices and knowledge-is integral to fostering community resilience. Additionally, it will examine how resettlement challenges intersect with systemic barriers to culturally responsive care and related Social Determinants of Health (SDOH), including economic stability, health care access and quality, and social and community contexts. Drawing upon experiences from a statewide network spanning southern and northern California-and based on interim mixed-methods program evaluation data and practitioner reflections highlighting one community partner's experience-we provide key learnings that demonstrate how coalition building, cultural humility, and provider training can improve client well-being, reduce mental health disparities, and address the relevant SDOH. Key learnings illustrate the importance of the following: (1) coalition building to co-create trusted provider referral networks and support peer-to-peer learning to enhance client care; (2) provider trainings and capacity building on healing-centered and culturally responsive practices to address SDOH; (3) centering cultural humility; and (4) building a peer-based workforce who speak similar languages and share lived experiences to provide deeper cultural connections and build trust. Our experiences demonstrate that the co-creation of strong mental health provider networks is critical to strengthening the fabric of community resilience.

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Emigrants and ImmigrantsMental HealthMental Health ServicesRefugeesCaliforniaHumanscollective impactcommunity-led transformationcommunity resiliencecultural sensitivityhealing-centeredimmigrant healthrefugee healthsocial determinants of healthtrauma-informed care

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PMCPMC12294588

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