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Evaluating a Movement-Based Mental Health Promotion Intervention for Refugee Children in Uganda: A Quasi-Experimental Study
Mental health promotion interventions are widely implemented in humanitarian settings and low- and middle-income contexts (LMICs), yet evidence on effectiveness is scarce and mixed. This study evaluated the movement-based mental health promotion intervention " " in Bidibidi refugee settlem...
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| description | Mental health promotion interventions are widely implemented in humanitarian settings and low- and middle-income contexts (LMICs), yet evidence on effectiveness is scarce and mixed. This study evaluated the movement-based mental health promotion intervention "
" in Bidibidi refugee settlement, in Northern Uganda.
A quasi-experimental study including four schools (two per arm) assessed the outcomes of 10- to 15-year-old South Sudanese and Ugandan children (
= 549). Randomly allocated, they either participated in up to 11
sessions (
= 265) provided by trained facilitators; or belonged to a control group, which continued care as usual (
= 284). Primary outcomes measured psychosocial wellbeing, friendships and attitude to school; secondary outcomes included traumatic distress, depressive symptoms, quality of life, physical health, bullying, interoceptive awareness, and irritability. Data were collected at baseline and endline.
Children joining
, showed significantly more improvements on primary outcomes: emotional and psychosocial wellbeing (M
= -1.49, SE = 0.6,
= .01), satisfaction with and attitude toward school (-0.57, SE = 0.2,
= .004); and secondary outcomes: traumatic stress (2.64, SE = 0.8,
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A quasi-experimental study including four schools (two per arm) assessed the outcomes of 10- to 15-year-old South Sudanese and Ugandan children (
= 549). Randomly allocated, they either participated in up to 11
sessions (
= 265) provided by trained facilitators; or belonged to a control group, which continued care as usual (
= 284). Primary outcomes measured psychosocial wellbeing, friendships and attitude to school; secondary outcomes included traumatic distress, depressive symptoms, quality of life, physical health, bullying, interoceptive awareness, and irritability. Data were collected at baseline and endline.
Children joining
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A quasi-experimental study including four schools (two per arm) assessed the outcomes of 10- to 15-year-old South Sudanese and Ugandan children (
= 549). Randomly allocated, they either participated in up to 11
sessions (
= 265) provided by trained facilitators; or belonged to a control group, which continued care as usual (
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Children joining
, showed significantly more improvements on primary outcomes: emotional and psychosocial wellbeing (M
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A quasi-experimental study including four schools (two per arm) assessed the outcomes of 10- to 15-year-old South Sudanese and Ugandan children (
= 549). Randomly allocated, they either participated in up to 11
sessions (
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Children joining
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