Piloting a mental health intervention for young adults in poverty enrolled in post-secondary education in post-conflict regions in Colombia: a study protocol
BackgroundColombia has endured more than five decades of internal armed conflict, which led to substantial costs for human capital and mental health. There is currently little evidence about the impact of incorporating a mental health intervention within an existing public cash transfer program to a...
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| author | Annie Zimmerman María Camila García Durán Ricardo Araya Mauricio Avendano Mauricio Avendano Philipp Hessel Yadira Díaz Omar Dario Peña Niño Sara Donetto Martha Escobar Lux Martha Escobar Lux Martha Escobar Lux Fabio Idrobo Fabio Idrobo Fabio Idrobo |
| author_facet | Annie Zimmerman María Camila García Durán Ricardo Araya Mauricio Avendano Mauricio Avendano Philipp Hessel Yadira Díaz Omar Dario Peña Niño Sara Donetto Martha Escobar Lux Martha Escobar Lux Martha Escobar Lux Fabio Idrobo Fabio Idrobo Fabio Idrobo |
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| description | BackgroundColombia has endured more than five decades of internal armed conflict, which led to substantial costs for human capital and mental health. There is currently little evidence about the impact of incorporating a mental health intervention within an existing public cash transfer program to address poverty, and this project aims to develop and pilot a mental health support intervention embedded within the human capital program to achieve better outcomes among beneficiaries, especially those displaced by conflict and the most socioeconomically vulnerable.MethodsThe study will consist of three phases: semi-structured one-to-one interviews, co-design and adaptations of the proposed intervention with participants and pilot of the digital intervention based on cognitive behavioral therapy and transdiagnostic techniques to determine its feasibility, acceptability, efficacy, and usefulness in ‘real settings’. Results will inform if the intervention improves clinical, educational and employment prospects among those who use it.ResultsKnowledge will be generated on whether the mental health intervention could potentially improve young people’s mental health and human capital in conflict-affected areas? We will evaluate of the impact of potential mental health improvements on human capital outcomes, including educational and employment outcomes.ConclusionFindings will help to make conclusions about the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, and it will assess its effectiveness to improve the mental health and human capital outcomes of beneficiaries. This will enable the identification of strategies to address mental health problems among socioeconomically vulnerable young people that can be adapted to different contexts in in low and middle-income countries. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cd68e96654ee49138fb37835d97f347e2023-11-15T15:55:40ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402023-11-011410.3389/fpsyt.2023.12387251238725Piloting a mental health intervention for young adults in poverty enrolled in post-secondary education in post-conflict regions in Colombia: a study protocolAnnie Zimmerman0María Camila García Durán1Ricardo Araya2Mauricio Avendano3Mauricio Avendano4Philipp Hessel5Yadira Díaz6Omar Dario Peña Niño7Sara Donetto8Martha Escobar Lux9Martha Escobar Lux10Martha Escobar Lux11Fabio Idrobo12Fabio Idrobo13Fabio Idrobo14Global Health and Social Medicine, King's College London, London, United KingdomEje de Salud Poblacional, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaGlobal Health and Social Medicine, King's College London, London, United KingdomHealth Service and Population Research Department, King's College London Institute of Psychiatry Psychology and Neuroscience, London, United KingdomHealth Policy Unit at the Department of Epidemiology and Health Systems in Unisanté at the University of Lausanne, Lausanne, SwitzerlandEscuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaEscuela de Gobierno Alberto Lleras Camargo, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaEje de Salud Poblacional, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaFlorence Nightingale Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Palliative Care at King’s College London, London, United KingdomEje de Salud Poblacional, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaDepartamento de Salud Mental, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaFacultad de Medicina, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaEje de Salud Poblacional, Fundación Santa Fe de Bogotá, Bogotá, ColombiaFacultad de Medicina, Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, ColombiaDepartment of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Boston University, Boston, MA, United StatesBackgroundColombia has endured more than five decades of internal armed conflict, which led to substantial costs for human capital and mental health. There is currently little evidence about the impact of incorporating a mental health intervention within an existing public cash transfer program to address poverty, and this project aims to develop and pilot a mental health support intervention embedded within the human capital program to achieve better outcomes among beneficiaries, especially those displaced by conflict and the most socioeconomically vulnerable.MethodsThe study will consist of three phases: semi-structured one-to-one interviews, co-design and adaptations of the proposed intervention with participants and pilot of the digital intervention based on cognitive behavioral therapy and transdiagnostic techniques to determine its feasibility, acceptability, efficacy, and usefulness in ‘real settings’. Results will inform if the intervention improves clinical, educational and employment prospects among those who use it.ResultsKnowledge will be generated on whether the mental health intervention could potentially improve young people’s mental health and human capital in conflict-affected areas? We will evaluate of the impact of potential mental health improvements on human capital outcomes, including educational and employment outcomes.ConclusionFindings will help to make conclusions about the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, and it will assess its effectiveness to improve the mental health and human capital outcomes of beneficiaries. This will enable the identification of strategies to address mental health problems among socioeconomically vulnerable young people that can be adapted to different contexts in in low and middle-income countries.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1238725/fullmental healthinterventiondigitaltraumayoung peoplepoverty |
| spellingShingle | Annie Zimmerman María Camila García Durán Ricardo Araya Mauricio Avendano Mauricio Avendano Philipp Hessel Yadira Díaz Omar Dario Peña Niño Sara Donetto Martha Escobar Lux Martha Escobar Lux Martha Escobar Lux Fabio Idrobo Fabio Idrobo Fabio Idrobo Piloting a mental health intervention for young adults in poverty enrolled in post-secondary education in post-conflict regions in Colombia: a study protocol Frontiers in Psychiatry mental health intervention digital trauma young people poverty |
| title | Piloting a mental health intervention for young adults in poverty enrolled in post-secondary education in post-conflict regions in Colombia: a study protocol |
| title_full | Piloting a mental health intervention for young adults in poverty enrolled in post-secondary education in post-conflict regions in Colombia: a study protocol |
| title_fullStr | Piloting a mental health intervention for young adults in poverty enrolled in post-secondary education in post-conflict regions in Colombia: a study protocol |
| title_full_unstemmed | Piloting a mental health intervention for young adults in poverty enrolled in post-secondary education in post-conflict regions in Colombia: a study protocol |
| title_short | Piloting a mental health intervention for young adults in poverty enrolled in post-secondary education in post-conflict regions in Colombia: a study protocol |
| title_sort | piloting a mental health intervention for young adults in poverty enrolled in post secondary education in post conflict regions in colombia a study protocol |
| topic | mental health intervention digital trauma young people poverty |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1238725/full |
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