Community Implementation and Evaluation of the Chicago Parent Program.

The purpose of this study was to describe and evaluate the implementation of the Chicago Parent Program (CPP) in a community setting. Included are details of the co-designed implementation by academic and community partners, and parenting and child behavior outcomes. Two hundred eighty caregivers of children aged 2-5 years participated in the CPP in seven community sites.

The Influence of Project ECHO and Integrated Behavioral Health in Primary Care on Emergency Department Visits Among Youth Diagnosed with Depression.

Rates of depression among youth and emergency department (ED) visits for un- or under-treated symptoms are on the rise. Early identification and treatment of depression is imperative at the patient, program, system, and population levels. This paper examines the individual and cumulative impact of Project ECHO and the inclusion of IBH services in pediatric primary care practices on mental health-related ED rates among youth diagnosed with depression for those practices.

Investigating Mechanisms Between Child Marriage, Intimate Partner Violence, and Psychological Distress in Malawi and Uganda: An Application of Generalized Structural Equation Models.

One in five women aged 20-24 years are first married before adulthood. Using the Violence against Children Surveys from Uganda and Malawi, we decomposed the total relationship between child marriage and psychological distress into an indirect relationship via intimate partner violence (IPV) and a direct relationship (above and beyond IPV). In Uganda, delaying marriage during adolescence reduced the probability of IPV and psychological distress in young adulthood; 45% of the total relationship between age at first marriage and psychological distress was mediated through IPV.

Humanitarian-specific recommendations for gender-transformative parenting programming: lessons from the field to address gender-based violence.

There has been tremendous progress in building and promoting evidence-based practice around parenting programming in low- and middle-income countries. However, there remains a dearth of evidence specifically examining gender transformative programming designed to address gender-based violence in humanitarian settings. To inform this gap, we examine how existing gender transformative programmatic material addresses the unique circumstances of parenting in humanitarian settings.

"": PhotoVoice insights on well-being, inclusion, and access to public spaces among adolescent refugee girls in urban resettlement.

Purpose: Newcomer adolescent girls from the Middle East and North Africa region face intersectional challenges and opportunities upon resettlement. This study employs PhotoVoice participatory research methodology to explore perspectives on well-being and belonging shared by six students who resettled to Chicago from Iraq and Syria.

Methods: Two programme sessions consisted of participants reflecting on their photographic responses to four prompts in focus group discussions.