Community-Based Caregiver and Family Interventions to Support the Mental Health of Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Review and Future Directions

Autor/inn/en	Penner, Francesca; Sharp, Carla; Marais, Lochner; Shohet, Cilly; Givon, Deborah; Boivin, Michael
Titel	Community-Based Caregiver and Family Interventions to Support the Mental Health of Orphans and Vulnerable Children: Review and Future Directions
Quelle	In: New Directions for Child and Adolescent Development, (2020) 171, S.77-105 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Penner, Francesca)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1520-3247
DOI	10.1002/cad.20352
Schlagwörter	Intervention; Child Caregivers; Family (Sociological Unit); Mental Health; Children; Foreign Countries; Mental Health Programs; Program Effectiveness; Research Methodology; Media Adaptation; Community Involvement; Africa + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Caregiver; Caregivers; Carer; Child; Children; Kinderbetreuung; Familie; Psychohygiene; Kind; Kinder; Ausland; Research method; Forschungsmethode; Medienverwendung; Afrika
Abstract	The goal of this paper was to conduct a review of studies from 2008 to 2019 that evaluated community-based caregiver or family interventions to support the mental health of orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) in sub-Saharan Africa, across four domains: (a) study methodology, (b) cultural adaptation and community participation, (c) intervention strategies, and (d) effects on child mental health. Ten interventions were identified. Findings revealed that the majority of studies used a randomized controlled trial or quasi-experimental design, but few conducted long-term follow-up; that all programs undertook cultural adaptation of the intervention using community participatory methods, or were locally developed; that the majority of interventions targeted caregiving behavior and/or caregiver-child relationships using behavioral and cognitive-behavioral strategies, or were home visiting interventions; and that interventions had mixed effects on OVC mental health. Progress and gaps revealed by these findings are discussed, as are suggestions for possible new directions in this area of intervention science. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01