Raphiphatthana Buaphrao, Maulana Herdiyan, Howarth Timothy, Gardner Karen, Nagel Tricia
Menzies School of Health Research, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia.
Faculty of Psychology, State University of Jakarta, Jakarta, Indonesia.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2020 Aug 24;9(8):e19031. doi: 10.2196/19031.
Asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants experience a number of risk factors for mental health problems. However, in comparison to the host population, these populations are less likely to use mental health services. Digital mental health approaches have been shown to be effective in improving well-being for the general population. Thus, they may provide an effective and culturally appropriate strategy to bridge the treatment gap for these populations vulnerable to mental health risks.
This paper aims to provide the background and rationale for conducting a scoping review on digital mental health resources for asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants. It also provides an outline of the methods and analyses, which will be used to answer the following questions. What are the available digital mental health resources for asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants? Are they effective, feasible, appropriate, and accepted by the population? What are the knowledge gaps in the field?
The scoping review methodology will follow 5 phases: identifying the research question; identifying relevant studies; study selection; charting the data; and collating, summarizing, and reporting the results. Searches will be conducted in the following databases: EBSCOhost databases (CINAHL Plus with Full Text, MEDLINE with Full Text, APA PsycArticles, Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection, and APA PsycInfo), PubMed, and Scopus. Additionally, OpenGrey, Mednar, and Eldis will be searched for gray literature. All primary studies and gray literature in English concerning the use of information and communication technology to deliver services addressing mental health issues for asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants will be included.
This scoping review will provide an overview of the available digital mental health resources for asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants and describe the implementation outcomes of feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of such approaches for those populations. Potential gaps in the field will also be identified.
As of February 2020, there were no scoping reviews, which assessed the effectiveness, feasibility, acceptability, and appropriateness of the available digital mental health resources for asylum seekers, refugees, and immigrants. This review will provide an extensive coverage on a promising and innovative intervention for such populations. It will give insight into the range of approaches, their effectiveness, and progress in their implementation. It will also provide valuable information for health practitioners, policy makers, and researchers working with the population.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): PRR1-10.2196/19031.
寻求庇护者、难民和移民面临许多心理健康问题的风险因素。然而，与东道国人口相比，这些人群使用心理健康服务的可能性较小。数字心理健康方法已被证明对改善普通人群的幸福感有效。因此，它们可能提供一种有效且符合文化背景的策略，以弥合这些易患心理健康风险人群的治疗差距。
本文旨在为对寻求庇护者、难民和移民的数字心理健康资源进行范围综述提供背景和理论依据。它还概述了将用于回答以下问题的方法和分析。寻求庇护者、难民和移民可获得哪些数字心理健康资源？这些资源对该人群是否有效、可行、合适且被接受？该领域的知识空白有哪些？
范围综述方法将遵循五个阶段：确定研究问题；识别相关研究；研究选择；绘制数据；以及整理、总结和报告结果。将在以下数据库中进行检索：EBSCOhost数据库（全文版护理学与健康领域数据库、全文版医学期刊数据库、美国心理学会心理学文摘、心理学与行为科学合集以及美国心理学会心理学文摘数据库）、PubMed和Scopus。此外，还将在OpenGrey、Mednar和Eldis中检索灰色文献。所有关于使用信息通信技术为寻求庇护者、难民和移民提供心理健康问题服务的英文初级研究和灰色文献都将被纳入。
本范围综述将概述寻求庇护者、难民和移民可获得的数字心理健康资源，并描述这些方法对该人群的可行性、可接受性和合适性的实施结果。还将确定该领域的潜在差距。
截至2020年2月，尚无范围综述评估现有数字心理健康资源对寻求庇护者、难民和移民的有效性、可行性、可接受性和合适性。本综述将广泛涵盖针对此类人群的一项有前景且创新的干预措施。它将深入了解方法的范围、其有效性以及实施进展。它还将为与该人群打交道的医疗从业者、政策制定者和研究人员提供有价值的信息。
国际注册报告识别号（IRRID）：PRR1-10.2196/19031
