Methodological Challenges in Conducting Research with Refugee Women

Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2017 Apr;38(4):344-351. doi: 10.1080/01612840.2017.1291775. Epub 2017 Mar 10.

Abstract

The purpose of this pilot study was to evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of a 10-week community-based, culturally tailored mental health intervention, called Healthy Sudanese Families, with 12 South Sudanese refugee women living in a metropolitan area of the Midwestern United States. This mixed-methods study used the Dinka and Arabic versions of the Hopkins Symptoms Checklist-25 to measure indicators of anxiety and depression and a final focus group to evaluate the women's responses to the intervention. The women found the mental health intervention acceptable and relevant. Methodological challenges encountered in cross-cultural research with refugees are discussed.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Anxiety Disorders / ethnology*
  • Anxiety Disorders / nursing*
  • Anxiety Disorders / psychology
  • Checklist
  • Community Mental Health Services / organization & administration*
  • Culturally Competent Care / organization & administration*
  • Depressive Disorder / ethnology*
  • Depressive Disorder / nursing*
  • Depressive Disorder / psychology
  • Emigration and Immigration
  • Feasibility Studies*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Midwestern United States
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / ethnology*
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / psychology*
  • Refugees / psychology*
  • Sudan / ethnology