Abstract
Health Realization (HR) is a strengths-based stress and coping intervention used to promote the use of internal and external coping resources. Our three-arm comparison group trial examined the effects of a culturally adapted Somali HR intervention on coping and mental health outcomes in 65 Somali refugee women post-resettlement. Subjects participated one of three conditions: HR intervention, nutrition attention-control, and evaluation-control. The HR intervention significantly affected multiple dimensions of coping: WAYS-distancing (p = 0.038), seeking social support (p = 0.042), positive reappraisal (p = 0.001); and Refugee Appraisal and Coping Experience Scale-Internal subscale (p = 0.045). The HR intervention also demonstrated improvement in depression symptom ratings (p = 0.079). We discuss findings from the pilot, challenges encountered conducting a three-arm comparison group trial, and implications for further research involving the HR intervention with culturally diverse refugee communities.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 1077-1084 |
Number of pages | 8 |
Journal | Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health |
Volume | 21 |
Issue number | 5 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Oct 1 2019 |
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Keywords
- Coping intervention
- Health Realization
- Refugee
- Resilience
- Somali