Publications by authors named "Jorge M V Verlenden"
Article Synopsis
- The COVID-19 pandemic significantly affected mental health, causing grief, isolation, and economic distress, alongside physical health impacts.
- The HRN campaign aimed to provide emotional support specifically targeting populations disproportionately impacted by COVID-19, using surveys and social media data to evaluate its effectiveness.
- Results indicated the campaign successfully helped individuals cope with stress and foster resilience, showcasing how culturally tailored mental health communication can support vulnerable communities.
Article Synopsis
- * The project utilized mixed-methods approaches, gathering data from surveys, focus groups, and social media to analyze insights from students, parents, teachers, and school personnel during the pilot phase from February to June 2021.
- * Findings were shared through dashboards and reports, showing that combining different data sources helped identify barriers to implementing COVID-19 safety measures in schools and highlighted the importance of adapting data collection methods in public health emergencies.
Background: When children and youth feel connected to their school, family, and others in their community, they are less likely to engage in risky behaviors and experience negative health. Disruptions to school operations during the COVID-19 pandemic have led many teachers and school administrators to prioritize finding ways to strengthen and re-establish a sense of connectedness among students and between students and adults in school.
Methods: We conducted a systematic search of peer-reviewed literature that reported on US-based research and were published in English from January 2010 through December 2019 to identify classroom management approaches that have been empirically tied to school connectedness-related outcomes in K-12 school settings.
Objectives: How Right Now (HRN) is an evidence-based, culturally responsive communication campaign developed to facilitate coping and resilience among US groups disproportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. To inform the development of this campaign, we examined patterns in emotional health, stress, and coping strategies among HRN's audiences, focusing on differences among racial and ethnic groups.
Methods: We used a national probability panel, AmeriSpeak, to collect survey data from HRN's priority audience members in English and Spanish at 2 time points (May 2020 and May 2021).
How Right Now? Supporting Mental Health and Resilience Amid COVID-19.
Traumatology (Tallahass Fla)
January 2021
The How Right Now communication initiative (HRN) was developed to facilitate resilience amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. HRN was designed as a conduit for promoting mental health and addressing feelings of grief, worry, and stress experienced during this time. This article provides an overview of the rapid, mixed-method, culturally responsive formative research process undertaken to inform the development of HRN.
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