Cultural adaptation of a scalable psychological intervention for Burundian refugee adolescents in Tanzania: a qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There is an urgent need for evidence-based, scalable, psychological interventions to improve the mental health of adolescents affected by adversity in low-resource settings. Early Adolescents Skills for Emotions (EASE) was developed by the WHO as a brief, transdiagnostic, group intervention for early adolescents exhibiting internalising problems, delivered by trained and supervised lay providers. This study describes the cultural adaptation of EASE for Burundian adolescents living in Mtendeli refugee camps in Tanzania.

Methods

A phased approach to adaptation of the EASE intervention and its implementation, was adopted and comprised of: (1) a desk review to synthesize existing research on mental health issues in conflict-affected Burundian communities, (2) a rapid

SUBMITTER: Singh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8477522 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature