COVID-19 and contextual adaptations to Community-based psychosocial interventions for trauma-Impacted communities
The Implementation Science Collaborative launched the first webinar in its MHPSS series entitled: Accelerating Evidence to Use in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Policy and Programming.” This webinar series is supported by the HEARD Project, managed by University Research Co., LLC. and co-hosted by the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy Center for Innovation in Mental Health (CIMH), and East, Central, and Southern Africa Health Community (ECSA-HC).
The webinar featured a discussion on the use of pilot and formative research in the design and adaptation of community-based psychosocial interventions, especially in response to COVID-19. It highlighted case studies of promising approaches, lessons learned, best practices, and expert panel perspectives from the work of Heartland Alliance International, HIAS, and War Child in Colombia, Panama, Ecuador, and Jordan.
Playlist
Download transcripts of the presentations in Spanish and English here:
- Using formative research to adapt psychosocial interventions across contexts (EN)
- Using formative research to adapt psychosocial interventions across contexts (EN)
- Working with local advisors to develop and evaluate a family-focused intervention in Jordan (EN)
- Working with local advisors to develop and evaluate a family-focused intervention in Jordan (ES)
- A mixed-method study evaluating the effectiveness of a community-based psychosocial support intervention for communities affected by violence in Colombia: Adaptations for COVID-19 (ES)
- A mixed-method study evaluating the effectiveness of a community-based psychosocial support intervention for communities affected by violence in Colombia: Adaptations for COVID-19 (EN)
Speakers and Panelists
Claire Greene, PhD
Assistant Professor
Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
Felicity Brown, PhD
Senior Researcher – Middle East
War Child Holland
Leah James, PhD
Global MHPSS Technical Adviser
Heartland Alliance International
Carolina Vega-Legarda, MD
MHPSS Research Program Coordinator
HIAS
Juan Fernando Botero-Garcia, PhD
Research Manager
Heartland Alliance International
Michel Rattner-Castro, MSc
Research Manager
Universidad de los Andes
Victoria Ngo, PhD
Director
CUNY SPH Center for Innovation in Mental Health
Paul Bolton, MBBS
MHPSS Coordinator
United States Agency for International Development