title: Theoretical basis and program design of a school-based mental health intervention for traumatized immigrant children: a collaborative research partnership.
abstract: This article describes a collaborative research model for school-based mental health services that targets children who are recent immigrants with violence-related mental health symptoms. The model describes a conceptual framework used in the establishment of an academic-community partnership during the development, evaluation, and implementation of the Mental Health for Immigrants Program (MHIP), a school-based mental health intervention. The article discusses the challenges that occurred and provides specific examples of how a participatory research partnership may work together through all program phases--design through implementation and program evaluation--to meet a specific community's needs and produce generalizable knowledge. The challenges and limitations of collaborative research approaches also are discussed, with particular emphasis on the role of participatory research in the development and evaluation of school-based mental health programs.
authors.affiliation: ULCA/RAND Center for Health Services Research, RAND, 1700 Main Street, Santa Monica, CA 90401, USA. stein@rand.org
authors.forename: Bradley D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Stein
authors.forename: Sheryl
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kataoka
authors.forename: Lisa H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Jaycox
authors.forename: Marleen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: Arlene
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fink
authors.forename: Pia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Escudero
authors.forename: Catalina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Zaragoza
mesh_terms: D001524:Behavioral Medicine; D002648:Child; D002662:Child Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006302:Health Services Research / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles; D008297:Male; D017146:Models, Organizational; D016730:Program Development; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012572:School Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000628:therapy*; D014754:Violence / Q000523:psychology*