A family beliefs framework for socially and culturally specific preventive interventions with refugee youths and families.

Weine, Stevan; Feetham, Suzanne; Kulauzovic, Yasmina; Knafl, Kathleen A.; Besic, Sanela; Klebic, Alma; Mujagic, Aida; Muzurovic, Jasmina; Spahovic, Dzemila; Pavkovic, Ivan

doi:10.1037/0002-9432.76.1.1

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“…Despite this, inclusion of refugees in the development of services is rare (Murphy et al, 2002;Watters, 2001;Watters & Ingleby, 2004). One model program was developed by Weine and colleagues (Weine (Weine et al, 2006), and Tea and Family Education and Support (TAFES; Weine et al, 2003) programs. In these programs, family engagement strategies included encouragement, the use of "affirmative idioms" during recruitment, and identifying and problem-solving barriers to participation.…”

Section: Engaging Family and Communitymentioning

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New Directions in Refugee Youth Mental Health Services: Overcoming Barriers to Engagement

Ellis

Miller

Baldwin

et al. 2011

Journ Child Adol Trauma

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Mental health outcomes in refugee youth are diverse, ranging from prolonged difficulties to resiliency. Refugee communities rarely access services, even for those youth who are in need. Barriers include (a) distrust of authority and/or systems, (b) stigma of mental health services, (c) linguistic and cultural barriers, and (d) primacy and prioritization of resettlement stressors. Mental health promotion among refugee youth requires an integrated response to these barriers. This article includes a description of how the previously mentioned barriers may prevent refugee youth from receiving mental health services; approaches to addressing them; and a detailed description of Supporting the Health of Immigrant Families and Adolescents (Project SHIFA), a program developed in collaboration with the Somali community in Boston,Massachusetts.

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Section: Engaging Family and Communitymentioning

confidence: 98%

New Directions in Refugee Youth Mental Health Services: Overcoming Barriers to Engagement

Ellis

Miller

Baldwin

et al. 2011

Journ Child Adol Trauma

173

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“…Eight key intervention characteristics were identified through the developmental and intervention studies in our prior research (Weine, 2001, 2008a, 2008b, 2009; Weine et al, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2008; Weine, Ware, & Lezic, 2004; Table 2). …”

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Developing Preventive Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Families in Resettlement

2011

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In refugee resettlement, positive psychosocial outcomes for youth and adults depend to a great extent on their families. Yet refugee families find few empirically based services geared toward them. Preventive mental health interventions that aim to stop, lessen, or delay possible negative individual mental health and behavioral sequelae through improving family and community protective resources in resettled refugee families are needed. This paper describes 8 characteristics that preventive mental health interventions should address to meet the needs of refugee families, including: Feasibility, Acceptability, Culturally Tailored, Multilevel, Time Focused, Prosaicness, Effectiveness, and Adaptability. To address these 8 characteristics in the complex environment of refugee resettlement requires modifying the process of developmental research through incorporating innovative mental health services research strategies, including: resilience framework, community collaboration, mixed methods with focused ethnography, and the comprehensive dynamic trial. A preventive intervention development cycle for refugee families is proposed based on a program of research on refugees and migrants using these services research strategies. Furthering preventive mental health for refugee families also requires new policy directives, multisystemic partnerships, and research training.

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“…Longitudinal assessments showed that CAFES was effective as an access intervention for mental health services [18]. We then adapted CAFES for a focus on families of early and middle adolescents called Youth CAFES, and conducted a feasibility pilot with qualitative assessments [19]. Next, we adapted CAFES for newly resettled adult refugees from Kosovo, designing a TAFES (Tea and Families Education and Support) group.…”

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Family Roles in Refugee Youth Resettlement from a Prevention Perspective

Weine

2008

Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America

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Synopsis The families of refugee youth in resettlement bear both strains and strengths that impact their children’s adjustment and coping. Preventive interventions aimed at helping youth through helping their families should be developed. Given that many refugee youth struggle in school and may have inadequate involvement of their parents, one area in need of preventive intervention is parental involvement in refugee youths’ education. The design, implementation, and evaluation of family-focused preventive interventions should be informed by research findings, family resilience theory, a community based participatory research approach, and a focus on engagement.

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A family beliefs framework for socially and culturally specific preventive interventions with refugee youths and families.

Cited by 62 publications

References 16 publications

New Directions in Refugee Youth Mental Health Services: Overcoming Barriers to Engagement

New Directions in Refugee Youth Mental Health Services: Overcoming Barriers to Engagement

Developing Preventive Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Families in Resettlement

Family Roles in Refugee Youth Resettlement from a Prevention Perspective

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