Weine Stevan M, Raina Dheeraj, Zhubi Merita, Delesi Mejreme, Huseni Dzana, Feetham Suzanne, Kulauzovic Yasmina, Mermelstein Robin, Campbell Richard T, Rolland John, Pavkovic Ivan
International Center on Human Responses to Social Catastrophes, Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
J Nerv Ment Dis. 2003 Feb;191(2):100-7. doi: 10.1097/01.NMD.0000050938.06620.D2.
The object of this study was to describe a feasibility study of the Tea and Families Education and Support (TAFES) intervention used in a group of newly resettled adult refugees from Kosova. The subjects were 86 newly resettled Kosovar refugees in Chicago who gave informed consent to participate in an investigation of the TAFES intervention. All subjects received family home visits, and most participated in the TAFES multi-family groups. The instruments were administered to adult participants before and 3 months after the intervention. The TAFES program had contact with 61 Kosovar refugee families, of which 42 families (69%) engaged in TAFES groups, including families with educated and working members. Several characteristics were associated with engaging in TAFES groups and included lower monthly family income and higher age of the first child. The uncontrolled postintervention assessments demonstrated increases in social support and psychiatric service use associated with engagement in the TAFES group. Participants also showed time changes in scale scores assessing trauma mental health knowledge, trauma mental health attitudes, and family hardiness. This study provides preliminary evidence that multi-family support and education groups are a feasible and possibly beneficial intervention for newly resettled refugees and indicates the need for further studies.
本研究的目的是描述一项针对一群来自科索沃的新安置成年难民所采用的茶与家庭教育及支持（TAFES）干预措施的可行性研究。研究对象为芝加哥86名新安置的科索沃难民，他们均已签署知情同意书，参与TAFES干预措施的调查。所有研究对象均接受了家访，且大多数人参加了TAFES多家庭小组。在干预措施实施前及实施3个月后，对成年参与者进行了相关测量。TAFES项目与61个科索沃难民家庭取得了联系，其中42个家庭（69%）参与了TAFES小组，包括有受过教育和有工作成员的家庭。有几个特征与参与TAFES小组有关，包括较低的家庭月收入和较大的第一个孩子的年龄。未进行对照的干预后评估显示，参与TAFES小组与社会支持和精神科服务使用的增加有关。参与者在评估创伤心理健康知识、创伤心理健康态度和家庭适应力的量表得分上也出现了随时间的变化。本研究提供了初步证据，表明多家庭支持和教育小组对新安置难民来说是一种可行且可能有益的干预措施，并表明有必要进行进一步研究。
