Publications by authors named "Isabella Fernandez-Capriles"
Article Synopsis
- Poverty significantly impacts mental health among displaced individuals, leading to the need for integrated interventions in Ecuador that combine mental health support with economic inclusion.
- The study utilized qualitative methods, including interviews and focus groups, to create and test strategies to merge mental health and psychosocial support (MHPSS) within economic programs for displaced families in Quito.
- A toolkit with 10 integration strategies was developed, showing high participant retention and positive feedback on the intervention's appropriateness and feasibility, even for those without prior mental health experience.
Article Synopsis
- Research on MHPSS interventions in refugee and migrant communities is focusing on improving participant retention and evaluating implementation effectiveness.
- This study analyzes factors affecting completion rates among 225 women in a community-based intervention in Ecuador and Panama, finding that older participants and those with specific migration backgrounds were more likely to complete the program.
- The research highlights the importance of tailoring interventions to participant needs and suggests strategies like flexible scheduling and providing childcare to engage younger, newly arrived women who have lower completion rates.
Objectives: Health care support workers have been facing several challenges due to the stressful environment in COVID-19 pandemic. Because of the gap in literature, it is mandatory to explore their experiences to identify burnout, predisposing factors, and possible interventions.
Methods: We conducted qualitative research with a hermeneutic phenomenological method.