Parent and Child Wellbeing in a Humanitarian Context By Flora Cohen,

There are increasingly more children and families affected by conflict and displacement. Conflict and displacement can cause severe mental health challenges and social fragmentation. Programs that support the mental health and wellbeing of communities and families living in humanitarian contexts are vital to improving future outcomes. This dissertation utilizes evidence from a psychosocial support intervention designed to support caregivers living in Kiryandongo refugee settlement, Uganda. Findings from this study highlight the importance of utilizing children’s voices in the development of programs, equipping researchers with instruments that have been tested for reliability and validity in differing contexts, and evaluating differing program outcomes for population subgroups. Study findings are vital to enhancing mental health and psychosocial policies, programming, and research for the burgeoning population experiencing forced displacement.

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Social Work

Year dc:date.available

2023

Author dc:creator

• Cohen, Flora

Contributors dc:contributor

• Patricia Kohl
• Jean-Francois Trani, Ilana Seff, Tonya Edmond, Sabrina Hermosilla,

• Children and Youth
• Humanitarian
• Intervention
• Mental Health
• Parenting

Statement dc:rights

• I have not registered my thesis with the U.S. Copyright Office, and do not intend to.

Language dc:language

English (en)

Identifier

https://openscholarship.wustl.edu/brown_etds/11

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:openscholarship.wustl.edu:brown_etds-1010