Evaluating the Feasibility and Acceptability of a Community-Based Parenting Support Intervention for Refugee Parents From Burma

Overview

Journal Fam Community Health

Specialties Health Services
Public Health

Date 2019 Nov 26

PMID 31764306

Citations 2

Authors

Sarah J Hoffman

Alexis Walstad

Julyna Law Law Loo

Moses Moe

Josalyza Thao

Arian Albert

Michelle A Mathiason

Carolyn M Porta

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Abstract

Refugee families negotiate stressors as they adjust to communities of resettlement, which can result in shifting family dynamics. The purpose of this community-engaged, explanatory, mixed-methods pilot study was to evaluate the feasibility and acceptability of a culturally oriented, community-based parenting curriculum. Through a partnership with a prominent refugee-serving organization, the curriculum was delivered to 50 Karen refugee mothers and fathers of adolescent youth resettled in the United States. Results demonstrated the potential for impact on key constructs of family adaptability and cohesion, as well as parent self-efficacy. Participants were highly engaged with the program and attrition was low.

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