Studies
Switchboard has developed a database of research studies to help refugee service providers in the U.S deliver evidence-based interventions. To date, an initial number of research studies have been added to the database. Studies are added on an ongoing basis. Most studies included in this database are published articles identified in the process of developing Switchboard Evidence Summaries. Use the search area to find content based on criteria like outcome area, intervention, publication year, population, and study type.
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Purpose: There are disparities in mental health of refugee youth compared with the general U.S. population. We conducted a pilot feasibility and acceptability trial of the home-visiting Family Strengthening Intervention for refugees (FSI-R) using a community-based participatory research approach. The FSI-R aims to promote youth mental health and family relationships. We hypothesized that FSI-R families […]
- Year Published: 2020
- Outcome area(s): Children, Youth, and Family, Mental Health
- Intervention(s): Family Strengthening Intervention for refugees (FSI-R)
- Direction of Evidence: Positive impact
- Strength of Evidence: Moderate
- Type of Study: Impact evaluation
Parenting effectively after resettlement is a significant challenge faced by many former refugees. This study considers experiences of the Positive Parenting Programme (Triple P), an evidence-based parenting program; specifically, its perceived utility in assisting refugee background parents. This includes identifying amendments to better meet these parents’ needs. This New Zealand-based study involved interviewing seven refugee […]
- Year Published: 2021
- Outcome area(s): Children, Youth, and Family, Parenting Practices
- Intervention(s): Positive Parenting Program (Triple P)
- Direction of Evidence: Positive impact
- Strength of Evidence: Suggestive
- Type of Study: Suggestive evidence
Parents and children exposed to war and relocation have high rates of negative relational and mental health outcomes. This study tested the feasibility of implementing an adapted evidence-based parenting intervention for contexts of trauma and relocation stress. Eleven Karen refugee caregivers from Burma participated in the intervention. Participants and a focal child completed ethnographic interviews […]
- Year Published: 2018
- Outcome area(s): Children, Youth, and Family, Parenting Practices
- Intervention(s): Parent Management Trainingthe Oregon Model
- Direction of Evidence: Positive impact
- Strength of Evidence: Suggestive
- Type of Study: Suggestive evidence
The importance of the family as a unit in the aftermath of trauma necessitates the use of family interventions among immigrants and refugees. While abundant clinical material suggests that family-based trauma interventions are applicable across cultures, very little is known about the extent to which family treatment modalities are effective for immigrants and refugees. We […]
- Year Published: 2015
- Outcome area(s): Children, Youth, and Family, Mental Health
- Intervention(s): Multiple
- Direction of Evidence: Positive impact
- Strength of Evidence: Strong
- Type of Study: Systematic review
This study evaluated the feasibility of Family Empowerment (FAME), a preventive multifamily program for asylum seeker families in the Netherlands. FAME aims to reinforce the parent-child relationship, family functioning, and social support. We used an uncontrolled pre-test-post-test design, embedded in a mixed-methods approach. FAME was offered to 46 asylum seeker families, mostly originating from Eritrea, […]
- Year Published: 2021
- Outcome area(s): Children, Youth, and Family, Mental Health
- Intervention(s): Family Emplowerment (FAME)
- Direction of Evidence: Positive impact
- Strength of Evidence: Suggestive
- Type of Study: Suggestive evidence
Objective: There is a dearth of empirical studies aimed at examining the impact of differential cultural adaptation of evidence-based clinical and prevention interventions. This prevention study consisted of a randomized controlled trial aimed at comparing the impact of 2 differentially culturally adapted versions of the evidence-based parenting intervention known as Parent Management Training, the Oregon […]
- Year Published: 2017
- Outcome area(s): Children, Youth, and Family, Parenting Practices
- Intervention(s): Parent Management Trainingthe Oregon Model
- Direction of Evidence: No impact
- Strength of Evidence: Moderate
- Type of Study: Impact evaluation
The aim of this study was to compare refugee childrens psychological well-being before and after brief family therapy. Families from Bosnia-Herzegovina with one child aged 512 years received three family therapy sessions. Psychological assessments using the Erica play-diagnostic method and parental interviews were made before and after the intervention. The main finding was that more […]
- Year Published: 2013
- Outcome area(s): Children, Youth, and Family, Mental Health
- Intervention(s): Family therapy
- Direction of Evidence: Positive impact
- Strength of Evidence: Suggestive
- Type of Study: Suggestive evidence
Culturally adapted evidence-based parenting interventions constitute a key strategy to reduce widespread mental health disparities experienced by Latinx populations throughout the United States. Most recently, the relevance of culturally adapted parenting interventions has become more prominent as vulnerable Latinx populations are exposed to considerable contextual stressors resulting from an increasingly anti-immigration climate in the country. […]
- Year Published: 2020
- Outcome area(s): Children, Youth, and Family, Parenting Practices
- Intervention(s): Parent Management Trainingthe Oregon Model
- Direction of Evidence: Positive impact
- Strength of Evidence: Moderate
- Type of Study: Impact evaluation
This study reviews the literature available on contents, form, and effectiveness of group-based programs for combined financial education and counseling aimed specifically at populations at risk for financial difficulties. Despite the widespread application of these programs, relatively little is known about their effectiveness. In general, evidence points to positive effects of several programs on knowledge, […]
- Year Published: 2018
- Outcome area(s): Economic empowerment (Financial Capabilities)
- Intervention(s): Financial education
- Direction of Evidence: Positive impact
- Strength of Evidence: Strong
- Type of Study: Systematic review
After-school programs function especially well in improving academic and behavioral outcomes for disadvantaged children in general. However, little is known about the effectiveness of after-school programs in improving outcomes among Latino children in particular. Latino children from immigrant families are disadvantaged and vulnerable due to limited English skills and fewer educational resources. We hypothesized that […]
- Year Published: 2015
- Outcome area(s): Youth Programs
- Intervention(s): After-school activities
- Direction of Evidence: No impact
- Strength of Evidence: Suggestive
- Type of Study: Suggestive evidence