Integrating mental health and psychosocial support into economic inclusion programming for displaced families in Ecuador.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poverty is a key social determinant of mental health among forcibly displaced persons. This study aimed to design and pilot test a strategy to integrate existing mental health and economic inclusion interventions for displaced families in Ecuador.

Methods

We conducted a series of qualitative interviews (n = 30), focus groups (n = 6), and workshops (n = 3) to develop a set of strategies for integrating cross-cutting and focused mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) strategies into an existing economic inclusion program for displaced families in Quito. We non-randomly assigned two field offices in Quito to (1) integrate cross-cutting strategies focused on improving economic outcomes or (2) integrate both those cross-cutting strategies plus focused MHPSS str

SUBMITTER: Moyano A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11542440 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature