Evaluating a Mental Health Program for Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon
| dc.contributor.author | Yassin, N | * |
| dc.contributor.author | Taha, A | * |
| dc.contributor.author | Ghantous, Z | * |
| dc.contributor.author | Atoui, M | * |
| dc.contributor.author | Forgione, F | * |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-22T14:14:31Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-09-22T14:14:31Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2017-09-15 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Evaluating a Mental Health Program for Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon. 2017 J Immigr Minor Health | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1557-1920 | |
| dc.identifier.pmid | 28916882 | |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1007/s10903-017-0657-6 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10144/619015 | |
| dc.description | We regret that this article is behind a paywall. | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Medecins sans Frontière, an international non-governmental organization, initiated a mental health program for Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon. To evaluate the impact of the program after its completion, focus groups were conducted with three target groups: (1) patients, (2) staff, and (3) local community stakeholders. Participants voiced overall satisfaction with the program. The program provided easy access, good quality care, decreased stigma, as perceived by participants, and revealed a sense of community contentedness. In addition, several short-term outcomes were achieved, such as increasing the numbers of patients visiting the center/ receiving mental health treatment. However, lack of planning for sustainability and proper procedures for hand-over of the program constituted a major downfall. Program discontinuation posed ethical dilemmas, common in provisional interventions in underprivileged refugee communities. | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | SpringerLink | en |
| dc.title | Evaluating a Mental Health Program for Palestinian Refugees in Lebanon | en |
| dc.identifier.journal | Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health | en |
| html.description.abstract | Medecins sans Frontière, an international non-governmental organization, initiated a mental health program for Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon. To evaluate the impact of the program after its completion, focus groups were conducted with three target groups: (1) patients, (2) staff, and (3) local community stakeholders. Participants voiced overall satisfaction with the program. The program provided easy access, good quality care, decreased stigma, as perceived by participants, and revealed a sense of community contentedness. In addition, several short-term outcomes were achieved, such as increasing the numbers of patients visiting the center/ receiving mental health treatment. However, lack of planning for sustainability and proper procedures for hand-over of the program constituted a major downfall. Program discontinuation posed ethical dilemmas, common in provisional interventions in underprivileged refugee communities. |