Association For Child And Adolescent Mental Health (acamh)

DOI: 10.13056/acamh.24072 In this ‘In Conversation’ podcast, Dr. Janna Metzler discusses establishing an evidence-base for programmes used to support children and families impacted by conflict and forced displacement. There is also a discussion on Janna’s recent JCPP paper ‘Improving adolescent mental health and protection in humanitarian settings: longitudinal findings from a multi-arm randomized controlled trial of child-friendly spaces among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda’ (https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13746). Discussion points include: The challenges of conducting research or trying to implement interventions in conditions of adversity. A definition of child-friendly spaces. An overview of the research described in the JCPP paper, including methodology and key findings. How and why the effectiveness of two interventions (Standard psychosocial intervention and a newly developed Toolkit for Child-Friendly Spaces in Humanitarian Settings) varied across different groups. Recommendations for building