Yale PRFDHR Presents: "Family-Based Mental Health Promotion for Somali Bantu and Bhutanese Refugees: Results of a Feasibility and Acceptability Trial"
There are disparities in mental health of refugee youth compared with the general U.S. population. Professor Betancourt and Mr. Gautam will be presenting the results of a pilot feasibility and acceptability trial of the home-visiting Family Strengthening Intervention for refugees (FSI-R) using a community-based participatory research approach. The FSI-R aims to promote youth mental health and family relationships. Together with their co-authors, Dr. Betancourt and Mr. Gautam hypothesized and tested whether FSI-R families would have better psychosocial outcomes and family functioning post-intervention compared with care-as-usual (CAU) families.
Speakers
Boston University School of Social Work, and Harvard Medical School
Theresa BetancourtSalem Professor in Global Practice at the Boston College School of Social Work and Director of the Research Program on Children and Adversity (RPCA)Bhutanese Society of Western Massachusetts
Bhuwan GautamPresident
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Host Organizations
- MacMillan Center
- Refugee Health Program