@article {4741, title = {Improving Mental Health Outcomes of Burmese Migrant and Displaced Children in Thailand: a Community-Based Randomized Controlled Trial of a Parenting and Family Skills Intervention}, journal = {Prev Sci}, volume = {18}, number = {7}, year = {2017}, note = {Annan, Jeannie
Sim, Amanda
Puffer, Eve S
Salhi, Carmel
Betancourt, Theresa S
eng
Randomized Controlled Trial
2016/11/20 06:00
Prev Sci. 2017 Oct;18(7):793-803. doi: 10.1007/s11121-016-0728-2.}, month = {Oct}, pages = {793-803}, abstract = {The negative effects of displacement and poverty on child mental health are well-known, yet research on prevention interventions in low- and middle-income countries, especially fragile states, remains limited. We examined the effectiveness of a parenting skills intervention on mental health outcomes among Burmese migrant and displaced children living in 20 communities in Thailand. Participants were primary caregivers and children aged 7 to 15 years (n = 479 families). Families were randomly assigned to receive an adapted version of the Strengthening Families Program (n = 240) or a wait-list control condition (n = 239). Assessments were conducted at baseline and 1-month post-intervention for both conditions and at 6 months for treatment group only. One month after the program, children in the treatment condition showed significant reductions in externalizing problems (caregiver effect size (ES) -0.22, p = 0.02; child report ES -0.11, p = 0.02) and child attention problems compared with controls (caregiver report ES -0.23, p = 0.03). There was no significant treatment effect on children{\textquoteright}s internalizing problems (ES -0.06; p = 0.31). Children reported a significant increase in prosocial protective factors relative to controls (ES 0.20, p < 0.01). Results suggest that an evidence-based parenting skills intervention adapted for a displaced and migrant Burmese population facing high levels of adversity can have positive effects on children{\textquoteright}s externalizing symptoms and protective psychosocial factors. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov: https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01829815.}, keywords = {*Family, *Parenting, Adolescent, Child, Cultural Characteristics, Displacement, Female, Humans, Low and middle income countries, Male, Mental Health, Migrants, Myanmar, Parenting, Thailand, Transients and Migrants/*psychology}, isbn = {1573-6695 (Electronic)
1389-4986 (Linking)}, url = {https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11121-016-0728-2}, author = {Annan, J. and Sim, A. and Puffer, E. S. and Salhi, C. and Betancourt, T. S.} }