Clinical trials: Refugee
Depression, Anxiety
Low Intensity Family Support for Refugees in an LMIC
The rapidly growing scale of humanitarian crises requires new response capabilities geared towards addressing populations with prolonged high vulnerability to mental health consequences and little to no access to mental health…
- Conditions
- Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Family Dynamics
- Trial name
- NCT03978533
- Testing
- Family Support Group
- Where
- 6 sites in Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 215 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois Chicago
Childhood Pneumonia, Pneumococcal Carriage
The Study of Chest Infections in Infants Living in a Refugee Camp on the Thai-Burmese Border
This study will follow 1000 refugee infants from birth for two years. The aim of the study is to better understand why some children develop infections caused by the bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae whilst others merely carry…
- Trial name
- ARI (NCT00894764)
- Where
- 2 sites in Thailand
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Anxiety Symptoms
The Impact of Playing Tetris on Migrants' Mental Health
This study examines if playing Tetris prevents the development of Post-traumatic stress disorder or related anxiety and depressive symptoms. The investigators recruit 300 participants in total in Greece and in the Netherlands.
- Conditions
- Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Anxiety Symptoms, Depression Symptoms
- Trial name
- NCT06773338
- Testing
- Tetris, No intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in Greece, Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tilburg University
Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Stress Related Disorder
Mindfulness-SOS for Refugees
Worldwide, refugees and asylum seekers suffer at high rates from trauma and stress-related mental health problems. The research group therefore developed, and initially piloted in a single-site open trial, a novel mindfulness…
- Trial name
- NCT05616286
- Testing
- Mindfulness-SOS for Refugees
- Where
- Israel
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Haifa
Child/Adolescent Problems, Mental Disorders
Addressing Mental Health Disparities in Refugee Children: A Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) Collaboration
This study will use CBPR mixed methods (qualitative and quantitative data collection) to conduct needs assessments and design and evaluate a core family-based intervention.
- Trial name
- NCT02562794
- Testing
- Family Strengthening Intervention-Refugees
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 265 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston College
Health Behavior
Evaluation of the Refugee Family Strengthening (RFS) Program
The US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI) will be conducting an evaluation of a healthy marriage and relationship program developed by USCRI titled Refugee Family Strengthening (RFS) Program.
- Trial name
- NCT02829086
- Testing
- Relationship Enhancement, Family Stress and Conflict Management, Financial Management
- Where
- 11 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,365 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- US Committee for Refugees and Immigrants
Social Emotional Wellness
Implementing and Evaluating a Social-Emotional Learning Program for Refugee Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic
The overall goal of this overall goal is to pilot an adaptation of an established Social-Emotional Learning Program with novel wellness and COVID-19 safety components that are trauma-informed and culturally-specific in a…
- Trial name
- NCT04931888
- Testing
- EMPOWER
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 31 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Yale University
Psychological Distress, Psychological Trauma
Implementing Psychosocial Interventions to Syrian Refugee Women Who Are Exposed to Psychological Trauma
This study assesses severity of trauma, depression and anxiety symptoms of Syrian women under temporary protection who reside in Istanbul and types of exposed trauma that they have experienced.
- Trial name
- NCT03912077
- Testing
- Culturally Adapted Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 23 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Istanbul Sehir University
Malaria
Malaria Survey in the Tak Province Refugee Camps
According to the World Malaria Report, there were significant decreases in the number of P.falciparum (PF) malaria cases worldwide in the past decade.
- Trial name
- NCT01902797
- Testing
- Questionnaire
- Where
- Thailand
- Volunteers
- 908 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Oxford
Refugees
Supported Employment for Refugees
Humanitarian crises related to the Syrian conflict have led to a large increase in refugees in Europe in the recent years. There is need for effective approaches to increase labor market participation among refugees, and to…
- Trial name
- SER (NCT03629366)
- Testing
- Supported Employment (SE), Treatment as usual (TAU)
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NORCE Norwegian Research Centre AS
Contraception
Group Versus Individual Contraceptive Counseling for Resettled African Refugee Women
To evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of group contraceptive counseling on family planning knowledge acquisition, service satisfaction, method uptake and continuation among a group of resettled African refugee women.
- Trial name
- NCT02796586
- Testing
- Counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Utah
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education, Bhutanese Refugee Adults
The Impact of SNAP-Ed Among Bhutanese Adults Residing in New Hampshire
The goal of this pilot randomized controlled trial is to test the potential efficacy of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) among Bhutanese refugee adults residing in New Hampshire.
- Trial name
- NCT06445452
- Testing
- Direct SNAP-Ed
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 54 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Hampshire
Child Safety, Coercion
Evaluation of the Parenting in the Moment Online Program for Forcibly Displaced Families
This Randomized Controlled Trial will test the effectiveness of the Parenting in the Moment (PIM) online parenting program for parents with experiences of forced displacement.
- Conditions
- Child Safety, Coercion, Child Wellbeing, Adjustment
- Trial name
- PIMonline (NCT06548126)
- Testing
- Online Parenting Program, No online parenting program
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 720 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Mental Health, Socio-emotional Well-being
Combining Mental Health and Parenting Interventions to Improve Child Wellbeing Among Refugee Families in Tanzania
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether improving caregivers' mental health and parenting practices can enhance child wellbeing among Congolese refugee families living in the Nyarugusu Refugee Camp, Tanzania.
- Conditions
- Mental Health, Socio-emotional Well-being, Functioning, Psychosocial, Parenting Behavior
- Trial name
- WEMA (NCT07447921)
- Testing
- Self Help Plus, Interaction Competencies with Children - for Parents
- Where
- 2 sites in Tanzania
- Volunteers
- 1,296 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Uppsala University
Violence, Domestic, Violence-Related Symptom
The weWomen and ourCircle Intervention for Immigrant, Refugee and Indigenous Women
This study evaluates the impact of administering culturally-specific versions of the Danger Assessment (DA) tool followed by the tailored safety planning/referral via use of internet/smartphone-based safety decision aid (SDA) on…
- Trial name
- NCT03265847
- Testing
- Culturally-tailored Safety Planning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 688 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins University
PTSD
A Lay-Led Intervention for War and Refugee Related Trauma
This study will examine the initial efficacy and feasibility of a program called Islamic Trauma Healing by conducting a small RCT (N = 60) comparing Islamic Trauma Healing in an U.S.
- Trial name
- NCT03502278
- Testing
- Islamic Trauma Healing
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 101 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Washington
Refugee Health
Supporting Refugee Parenting Community and Family Mental Health in Tijuana
The goal of this study is to better understand and support parenting practices and family mental health among migrant parents in Tijuana, Mexico. the main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Trial name
- NCT06080139
- Testing
- Refugee parenting education in a participatory community
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 84 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Emergencies, Health Personnel Attitude
THE EXPERIENCES OF PROFESSIONALS WITH REFUGEE PATIENTS
This study was conducted to examine the experiences and feelings of health professionals while providing care to refugee children and families in pediatric emergency service.
- Conditions
- Emergencies, Health Personnel Attitude, Child Development, Qualitative
- Trial name
- NCT05865587
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tokat Gaziosmanpasa University
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression
Trial of Mental Health Treatment for Darfur Refugees in Cairo
The enormous global burden of mental illness has been estimated through the publication of the Global Burden of Disease Study, adding momentum to refugee mental health studies (1,2).
- Conditions
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Depression, Anger, Domestic Violence
- Trial name
- NCT00879853
- Testing
- Interpersonal Therapy
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Psychosocial Functioning, Psychological Distress
Evaluation of Baby Friendly Spaces in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
The overarching goal of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of the Baby Friendly Spaces (BFS) program for improvement of maternal psychosocial wellbeing among Rohingya refugee mothers and their…
- Trial name
- NCT05281575
- Testing
- Baby Friendly Spaces (BFS)
- Where
- Bangladesh
- Volunteers
- 600 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Action Contre la Faim