title: Methodological Challenges in Conducting Research with Refugee Women.
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.
authors.affiliation: a School of Nursing , University of Kansas Medical Center , Kansas City , Kansas , USA.
authors.forename: Martha
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Baird
authors.affiliation: b Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health , University of Kansas School of Medicine , Wichita , Kansas , USA.
authors.forename: Milan
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bimali
authors.affiliation: c Rediscover Mental Health , Kansas City , Missouri , USA.
authors.forename: Ashley
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cott
authors.affiliation: d Department of Biostatistics , University of Kansas Medical Center , Kansas City , Kansas , USA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Brimacombe
authors.affiliation: e University of Missouri-Kansas City , Kansas City , Missouri , USA.
authors.forename: Therese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ruhland-Petty
authors.affiliation: f Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health , University of Kansas Medical Center , Kansas City , Kansas , USA.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Daley
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001008:Anxiety Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D057189:Checklist; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D065246:Culturally Competent Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005240:Feasibility Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015146:Midwestern United States; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D013397:Sudan / Q000208:ethnology