"Putting words to their feelings"- civic communicators' perceptions and experiences of an in-depth course on mental health for newly settled refugee migrants in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Newly settled refugee migrants face psychological stressors stemming from pre-, during- and post-migration experiences. In Sweden, mental health promotion is part of the health module in the civic orientation classes for newly settled refugee migrants. Training courses are offered to civic communicators and workshop leaders to facilitate communication about mental health; however, the training is seldom evaluated. In the current study, we aim to explore civic communicators' perceptions and experiences of an in-depth mental health training course in relation to observed needs among newly settled refugee migrants.

Method

We interviewed ten civic communicators that had partaken in the in-depth training course on mental health. All respondents had prior migratory expe

SUBMITTER: Al-Adhami M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10198591 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature