Supporting Children, Adolescents, and Families Impacted by Conflict and Forced Displacement

Duration: 24 mins Publication Date: 19 Jun 2023 Next Review Date: 19 Jun 2026 DOI: 10.13056/acamh.24072

Description

In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, Dr. Janna Metzler discusses establishing an evidence-base for programmes used to support children and families impacted by conflict and forced displacement. There is also a discussion on Janna’s recent JCPP paper ‘Improving adolescent mental health and protection in humanitarian settings: longitudinal findings from a multi-arm randomized controlled trial of child-friendly spaces among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda’.

Learning Objectives

1. The challenges of conducting research or trying to implement interventions in conditions of adversity.
2. A definition of child-friendly spaces.
3. How and why the effectiveness of two interventions (Standard psychosocial intervention and a newly developed Toolkit for Child-Friendly Spaces in Humanitarian Settings) varied across different groups.
4. Recommendations for building on the foundation of child-friendly spaces and other interventions that make a difference to refugee children and their families.
5. Additional upcoming projects related to the trial.
6. Suggestions for CAMH professionals and policy makers.

About this Lesson

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Speakers

Dr. Janna Metzler

Dr. Janna Metzler

Director of Research for the World Trade Center Health Registry within the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene and an adjunct Assistant Professor in the Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health within the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health

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