Table 1 Overview of mental health and psychosocial support research supported by the Research for Health in Humanitarian Crises program
Location | Topic | Design | Status | Partners |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Democratic Republic of the Congo | Evaluation of a community-based intervention to reduce Gender Based Violence working with men who are perceived to be violent | Mixed methods; cluster randomized controlled trial | Ongoing | University of Rwanda, Institut Supérieur du Lac, Living Peace Institute |
Haiti, Nepal | Evaluation of a community-based mental health integrated disaster preparedness intervention with natural disaster-prone communities | Randomized controlled trial (2 studies); Matched cluster comparison (1 study) | Completed | University of Colorado; Soulaje Lespri Moun (SLM, Haiti); Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal (TPO Nepal) |
Jordan, Nepal, Uganda | Evaluation of the longer-term mental health, developmental and systems impact of child friendly spaces (CFS) in humanitarian emergencies | Longitudinal controlled cohorts | Completed | World Vision and Columbia University in collaboration with Save the Children, Unicef, and Plan International |
Jordan | Evaluation of a profound stress attunement psychosocial intervention with Syrian refugee and Jordanian adolescents | Mixed methods randomized controlled trial | Completed | Yale University; Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh; Mercy Corps; Taghyeer; University of Western Ontario; Harvard University |
Jordan | Evaluation of a transdiagnostic, multi-component behavioral intervention for early adolescent Syrian refugees and their caregivers (Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions) (EASE) | Mixed methods, feasibility and fully powered cluster randomized trial | Ongoing | University of New South Wales, Noor Al Hussein Institute for Family Health |
Lebanon | Adaptation and evaluation of a transdiagnostic psychotherapy for delivery by trained lay counsellors over the phone (Common Elements Treatment Approach) (CETA) | Mixed methods, pilot randomized controlled trial | Ongoing | Queen Mary University of London, Médecins du Monde, Lebanon; American University of Beirut, Lebanon; Johns Hopkins University, USA; Medical School Hamburg, Germany |
Lebanon | Evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Step-by-Step (SbS), delivered electronically, with Syrian refugees | Mixed methods randomized controlled trial | Ongoing | World Health Organization, International Medical Corps (IMC); VU University Amsterdam; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); AFMM & St Joseph University, Lebanon; University of Zurich |
Liberia, Sierra Leone | Retrospective investigation of the deployment of psychological first aid (PFA) in the Ebola outbreaks in West Africa and, prospective examination of roll-out across the health sectors in Sierra Leone. | Mixed methods, controlled cohort | Completed | War Trauma Foundation, Queen Margaret University; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; University of Makeni; Liberia Center for Outcomes Research in Mental Health (LiCORMH) |
Nepal | Expansion of existing R2HC-funded study in Haiti and Nepal, to rapidly adapt an existing intervention and apply it to earthquake affected areas in Kathmandu Valley. | Qualitative adaptation, mixed methods controlled cohort | Completed | University of Colorado, Transcultural Psychosocial Organization Nepal: (TPO Nepal) |
Nepal | Evaluation of the cost-effectiveness and long-term impact of a combined nutrition/psychosocial intervention on the growth and development of children with Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) in the Saptari District of Nepal | Mixed methods, randomized controlled trial | Completed | Action Contre La Faim France, International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research Bangladesh (ICDDR-B); District Public Health Office, Rajbiraj; Child Health Divison; NEEP |
Pakistan | Evaluation of a multi-component behavioral intervention with conflict-affected adults (Problem Management Plus) (PM+) | Mixed methods, feasibility and fully powered cluster randomized trial | Completed | World Health Organization, Lady Reading Hospital, Peshawar; Human Development Research Foundation; Rawalpindi Medical College; University of New South Wales; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam |
South Sudan | Evaluation of a community-based program to protect children from developing epilepsy and improve the treatment and care of persons with epilepsy in onchocerciasis (‘river blindness’) endemic regions in South Sudan | Mixed methods and cohort studies (3 sites) | Ongoing | Amref Health Africa, Amref International University, Kenya; Ministry of Health, South Sudan; Global Health Institute, University of Antwerp, Belgium; University of Oxford, UK; Light for the World, Germany; OVCI la Nostra Famiglia, South Sudan; Mentor Initiative Sight Savers, South Sudan; and CUAMM, South Sudan |
South Sudan | Evaluation of the impact of cash-based programming on intimate partner violence, including the potential role of mental health in this relationship | Mixed methods, controlled cohort | Ongoing | World Vision, Johns Hopkins University |
Tanzania | Evaluation of a combined empowerment counseling and group psychotherapy intervention for female Congolese refugees who experienced intimate partner violence in the last year (Nguvu) | Mixed methods, feasibility cluster randomized controlled trial | Completed | Johns Hopkins University, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, International Rescue Committee, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, University of New South Wales |
Tanzania | Evaluation of the feasibility and acceptability of a brief empowerment counseling intervention among pregnant women and girls with Congolese and Burundian refugees | Qualitative formative research, mixed methods cohort | Ongoing | World Health Organization, International Rescue Committee, Innovations for Poverty Action Tanzania, Global Women’s Institute, George Washington University |
Uganda | Evaluation of a facilitated, group-based, guided self-help intervention with female South Sudanese refugees (Self Help Plus) (SH+) | Mixed methods, feasibility and fully powered cluster randomized controlled trial | Completed | World Health Organisation, HealthRight International; Makerere University; Johns Hopkins University; Institute of Psychiatry, Kings College London; University of New South Wales; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR); University of Ottawa; University of Glasgow |
Uganda | Adaptation and evaluation of a facilitated, group-based, guided self-help intervention with male South Sudanese refugees (SH+) | Qualitative adaptation, mixed methods feasibility and fully powered cluster randomized controlled trial | Ongoing | World Health Organization, Johns Hopkins University, HealthRight International, Ministry of Health Uganda, United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
Uganda | Evaluation of enhanced child-friendly-space (CFS) interventions for children affected by conflict and displacement | Mixed methods, randomized controlled trial | Ongoing | World Vision and Columbia University |