<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Puffer, E. S.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Annan, J.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sim, A. L.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Salhi, C.</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Betancourt, T. S.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The impact of a family skills training intervention among Burmese migrant families in Thailand: A randomized controlled trial</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">PLoS One</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Emigrants and Immigrants</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Parent-Child Relations</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Parenting</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">*Transients and Migrants</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Adolescent</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Asian Continental Ancestry Group</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Caregivers/education</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Child</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Family Characteristics</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Female</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Follow-Up Studies</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Humans</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Male</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Myanmar/ethnology</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Outcome Assessment (Health Care)</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Parents/*education</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Surveys and Questionnaires</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Thailand</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2017</style></year></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">3</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">12</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">e0172611</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1932-6203 (Electronic)&lt;br/&gt;1932-6203 (Linking)</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OBJECTIVE: To conduct a randomized controlled trial assessing the impact of a family-based intervention delivered to Burmese migrant families displaced in Thailand on parenting and family functioning. PARTICIPANTS AND PROCEDURES: Participants included 479 Burmese migrant families from 20 communities in Thailand. Families, including 513 caregivers and 479 children aged 7 to 15 years, were randomized to treatment and waitlist control groups. The treatment group received a 12-session family-based intervention delivered to groups of families by lay facilitators. Adapted standardized and locally derived measures were administered before and after the intervention to assess parent-child relationship quality, discipline practices, and family functioning. RESULTS: Compared with controls, intervention families demonstrated improved quality of parent-child interactions on scales of parental warmth and affection (Effect size (ES) = 0.25 caregivers; 0.26 children, both p &lt; 0.05) and negative relationship quality (ES = -0.37, p &lt; 0.001 caregivers; -0.22 children, p &lt; 0.05). Both children and caregivers also reported an effect on relationship quality based on a locally derived measure (ES = 0.40 caregivers, p &lt; .001; 0.43 children, p &lt; .05). Family functioning was improved, including family cohesion (ES = 0.46 caregivers; 0.36 children; both p &lt; 0.001) and decreased negative interactions (ES = -0.30 caregivers, p &lt; 0.01; -0.24 children, p &lt; 0.05). Family communication also improved according to children only (ES = 0.29, p &lt; 0.01). Caregivers, but not children, reported decreased harsh discipline (ES = -0.39, p &lt; 0.001), and no effects were observed on use of positive discipline strategies. Treatment attendance was high, with participants attending a mean of 9.7 out of 12 sessions. CONCLUSION: The intervention increased protective aspects of family well-being for migrant children and caregivers in a middle-income country. The strongest effects were on parent-child relationship quality and family functioning, while results were mixed on changes in discipline practices. Results suggest that a behavioral family-based approach implemented by lay providers in community settings is a promising intervention approach for strengthening families in highly stressed contexts. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Clinicaltrials.gov: NCT01668992.</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">28350809</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Puffer, Eve S&lt;br/&gt;Annan, Jeannie&lt;br/&gt;Sim, Amanda L&lt;br/&gt;Salhi, Carmel&lt;br/&gt;Betancourt, Theresa S&lt;br/&gt;eng&lt;br/&gt;Randomized Controlled Trial&lt;br/&gt;2017/03/30 06:00&lt;br/&gt;PLoS One. 2017 Mar 28;12(3):e0172611. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0172611. eCollection 2017.</style></notes><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">5369700</style></custom2><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America.&lt;br/&gt;Research, Evaluation, and Learning Technical Unit, The International Rescue Committee, New York, New York, United States of America.&lt;br/&gt;Centre for Evidence Based Intervention, Department of Social Policy &amp; Intervention, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.&lt;br/&gt;Labs of Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Developmental Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.&lt;br/&gt;Department of Global Health and Population, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America.</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>