Supporting Children, Adolescents, and Families Impacted by Conflict and Forced Displacement
Jun 19, 2023, 11:36 AM
In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, Dr. Janna Metzler discusses establishing an evidence-base for programmes used to support children and families impacted by conflict and forced displacement.
There is also a discussion on Janna’s recent JCPP paper ‘Improving adolescent mental health and protection in humanitarian settings: longitudinal findings from a multi-arm randomized controlled trial of child-friendly spaces among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda’.
DOI: 10.13056/acamh.24072
In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, Dr. Janna Metzler discusses establishing an evidence-base for programmes used to support children and families impacted by conflict and forced displacement.
There is also a discussion on Janna’s recent JCPP paper ‘Improving adolescent mental health and protection in humanitarian settings: longitudinal findings from a multi-arm randomized controlled trial of child-friendly spaces among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13746).
Discussion points include:
In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, Dr. Janna Metzler discusses establishing an evidence-base for programmes used to support children and families impacted by conflict and forced displacement.
There is also a discussion on Janna’s recent JCPP paper ‘Improving adolescent mental health and protection in humanitarian settings: longitudinal findings from a multi-arm randomized controlled trial of child-friendly spaces among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13746).
Discussion points include:
- The challenges of conducting research or trying to implement interventions in conditions of adversity.
- A definition of child-friendly spaces.
- An overview of the research described in the JCPP paper, including methodology and key findings.
- How and why the effectiveness of two interventions (Standard psychosocial intervention and a newly developed Toolkit for Child-Friendly Spaces in Humanitarian Settings) varied across different groups.
- Recommendations for building on the foundation of child-friendly spaces and other interventions that make a difference to refugee children and their families.
- Additional upcoming projects related to the trial.
- Suggestions for CAMH professionals and policy makers.