Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma: In-Person and Online Delivery of an Intervention to Promote Mental Health Among Latina Immigrant Women

Ornelas, India J.; Perez, Georgina; Maurer, Serena; González, Silvia; Childs, Veronica; Price, Cynthia; Nelson, Adrianne Katrina; Solorio, S Adriana Perez; Tran, Anh N.; Rao, Deepa

doi:10.1089/jicm.2022.0491

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“…Hynie highlighted the importance of flexibility to respect the heterogeneous psychosocial needs of newcomers and offer in-person services when requested to improve access to care ( 57 ). This recommendation supports our finding that cautions the all-encompassing transition to online programs specifically for the asylum-seeking population and stands in contrast to literature that found comparative level of effectiveness in online versus in-person programs ( 58 ). While our results acknowledge the accessibility and convenience online services offer ( 59 ), we also found there were real dangers to physical and emotional safety in online spaces, especially in situations of possible family violence.…”

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Adaptation under strain: an ethnographic process evaluation of community-based psychosocial support services for refugee claimants during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal, Canada

Wu,

Alzaghoul,

King

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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During the first 2 years of the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada, tens of thousands of refugee claimants faced worsened resettlement stress with limited access to services. Community-based programs that address social determinants of health faced significant disruptions and barriers to providing care as a result of public health restrictions. Little is known about how and if these programs managed to function under these circumstances. This qualitative study aims to understand how community-based organizations based in Montreal, Canada, responded to public health directives and the challenges and opportunities that arose as they attempted to deliver services to asylum seekers during the COVID-19 pandemic. We used an ethnographic ecosocial framework generating data through in-depth semi-structured interviews with nine service providers from seven different community organizations and 13 refugee claimants who were purposively sampled, as well as participant observation during program activities. Results show that organizations struggled to serve families due to public health regulations that limited in-person services and elicited anxiety about putting families at risk. First, we found a central trend in service delivery that was the transition from in-person services to online, which presented specific challenges including (a) technological and material barriers, (b) threats to claimants’ sense of privacy and security, (c) meeting linguistic diversity needs, and (d) disengagement from online activities. At the same time, opportunities of online service delivery were identified. Second, we learned that organizations adapted to public health regulations by pivoting and expanding their services as well as fostering and navigating new partnerships and collaborations. These innovations not only demonstrated the resilience of community-organizations, but also revealed tensions and areas of vulnerability. This study contributes to a better understanding of the limits of online service delivery for this population and also captures the agility and limits of community-based programs in the COVID-19 context. Its results can inform decision-makers, community groups and care providers to develop improved policies and program models that preserve what are clearly essential services for refugee claimants.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 89%

Adaptation under strain: an ethnographic process evaluation of community-based psychosocial support services for refugee claimants during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal, Canada

Wu,

Alzaghoul,

King

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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“…Second, instead of having our team conduct a Delphi process, a top-down approach, to determine question items and prompts for inclusion in the guidelines, we went back and forth with a community-based research team who gave suggestions for refinement based on utility, comprehension and practical needs, finalised the development of the tool, and pilot-tested the prospective CPR appraisal tool. Lastly, we tested the utility and usability of the retrospective CPR appraisal tool on publications25–27 to identify functional problems in the design of the tool.…”

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“…Then, we tested the utility and usability of the retrospective CPR appraisal tool on several published articles 25–27. JvD chose the published articles representing community-based research projects and verified that the tool would sufficiently capture the process.…”

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Community-Partnered Research appraisal tool for conducting, reporting and assessing community-based research

Park,

van Draanen

2024

BMJ Open

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ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to develop an appraisal tool to support and promote clear, accurate and transparent standards and consistency when conducting, reporting and assessing community-based research.DesignCurrent recommendations for developing reporting guidelines was used with three key differences: (1) an analysis of existing guides, principles and published literature about community engagement, involvement and participation in research using situational and relational maps; (2) feedback and pilot-testing by a community-based research team; and (3) testing the utility and usability of the appraisal tool.ResultsAfter a series of iterative revisions, the resulting Community-Partnered Research (CPR) appraisal tool emerged into three products: an elaborate prospective format, a basic retrospective format, and a supplemental checklist format. All three versions of the CPR appraisal tool consist of 11 main question items with corresponding prompts aimed to facilitate awareness, accountability, and transparency about processes and practices employed by professional researchers and community co-researchers throughout four phases of research: (1) partnership and planning, (2) methods, (3) results and (4) sustainment.ConclusionWe hope that introducing this tool will contribute to shifting individual and systematic processes and practices towards equitable partnerships, mutual trustworthiness and empowerment among professional researchers and community co-researchers and, in turn, improving the quality of co-created knowledge that benefits communities and creates social change.

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Culturally Sensitive Interventions for Latinas and Spanish-Speaking Women

Robledo,

Garcia,

Platt

et al. 2024

An Integrated Approach to Perinatal Depression and Anxiety in Spanish-Speaking and Latina Women

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Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma: In-Person and Online Delivery of an Intervention to Promote Mental Health Among Latina Immigrant Women

Cited by 7 publications

References 44 publications

Adaptation under strain: an ethnographic process evaluation of community-based psychosocial support services for refugee claimants during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal, Canada

Adaptation under strain: an ethnographic process evaluation of community-based psychosocial support services for refugee claimants during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in Montreal, Canada

Community-Partnered Research appraisal tool for conducting, reporting and assessing community-based research

Culturally Sensitive Interventions for Latinas and Spanish-Speaking Women

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