Strategies to improve the implementation and effectiveness of community-based psychosocial support interventions for displaced, migrant and host community women in Latin America
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Strategies to improve the implementation and effectiveness of community-based psychosocial support interventions for displaced, migrant and host community women in Latin America. / Greene, M Claire; Wimer, Gabrielle; Larrea, Maria; Mejia Jimenez, Ingrid; Armijos, Andrea; Angulo, Alejandra; Guevara, Maria Esther; Vega, Carolina; Heard, Emily W; Demis, Lina; Benavides, Lucia; Corrales, Christine; de la Cruz, Ale; Lopez, Maria Jose; Moyano, Arianna; Murcia, Andrea; Noboa, Maria Jose; Rodriguez, Abhimeleck; Solis, Jennifer; Vergara, Daniela; Andersen, Lena S; Cristobal, Maria; Wainberg, Milton; Bonz, Annie G; Tol, Wietse.
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T1 - Strategies to improve the implementation and effectiveness of community-based psychosocial support interventions for displaced, migrant and host community women in Latin America
AU - Greene, M Claire
AU - Wimer, Gabrielle
AU - Larrea, Maria
AU - Mejia Jimenez, Ingrid
AU - Armijos, Andrea
AU - Angulo, Alejandra
AU - Guevara, Maria Esther
AU - Vega, Carolina
AU - Heard, Emily W
AU - Demis, Lina
AU - Benavides, Lucia
AU - Corrales, Christine
AU - de la Cruz, Ale
AU - Lopez, Maria Jose
AU - Moyano, Arianna
AU - Murcia, Andrea
AU - Noboa, Maria Jose
AU - Rodriguez, Abhimeleck
AU - Solis, Jennifer
AU - Vergara, Daniela
AU - Andersen, Lena S
AU - Cristobal, Maria
AU - Wainberg, Milton
AU - Bonz, Annie G
AU - Tol, Wietse
N1 - © The Author(s) 2024.
PY - 2024
Y1 - 2024
N2 - As evidence supporting the effectiveness of mental health and psychosocial interventions grows, more research is needed to understand optimal strategies for improving their implementation in diverse contexts. We conducted a qualitative process evaluation of a multicomponent psychosocial intervention intended to promote well-being among refugee, migrant and host community women in three diverse contexts in Ecuador and Panamá. The objective of this study is to describe the relationships among implementation determinants, strategies and outcomes of this community-based psychosocial intervention. The five implementation strategies used in this study included stakeholder engagement, promoting intervention adaptability, group and community-based delivery format, task sharing and providing incentives. We identified 10 adaptations to the intervention and its implementation, most of which were made during pre-implementation. Participants (n = 77) and facilitators (n = 30) who completed qualitative interviews reported that these strategies largely improved the implementation of the intervention across key outcomes and aligned with the study's intervention and implementation theory of change models. Participants and facilitators also proposed additional strategies for improving reach, implementation and maintenance of this community-based psychosocial intervention.
AB - As evidence supporting the effectiveness of mental health and psychosocial interventions grows, more research is needed to understand optimal strategies for improving their implementation in diverse contexts. We conducted a qualitative process evaluation of a multicomponent psychosocial intervention intended to promote well-being among refugee, migrant and host community women in three diverse contexts in Ecuador and Panamá. The objective of this study is to describe the relationships among implementation determinants, strategies and outcomes of this community-based psychosocial intervention. The five implementation strategies used in this study included stakeholder engagement, promoting intervention adaptability, group and community-based delivery format, task sharing and providing incentives. We identified 10 adaptations to the intervention and its implementation, most of which were made during pre-implementation. Participants (n = 77) and facilitators (n = 30) who completed qualitative interviews reported that these strategies largely improved the implementation of the intervention across key outcomes and aligned with the study's intervention and implementation theory of change models. Participants and facilitators also proposed additional strategies for improving reach, implementation and maintenance of this community-based psychosocial intervention.
U2 - 10.1017/gmh.2024.29
DO - 10.1017/gmh.2024.29
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 38572247
VL - 11
JO - Global mental health
JF - Global mental health
SN - 2054-4251
M1 - e32
ER -
ID: 387657212