Minas Harry, Diocera Dominic, Colucci Erminia
Global and Cultural Mental Health Unit, Centre for Mental Health and Community Wellbeing, School of Population and Global Health, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, VIC 3010, Australia.
Grampians Public Health Unit, Grampians Health, Ballarat Central, VIC 3350, Australia.
Behav Sci (Basel). 2025 May 1;15(5):604. doi: 10.3390/bs15050604.
(1) Research is fundamentally important in developing evidence-informed and effective policies and appropriate programs and services to reduce the burden of mental health problems, and prevent suicide, among migrants. However, this population continues to be underrepresented in mental health and suicide research, resulting in large evidence gaps that limit policy making, service design and delivery, as well as evaluation of outcomes. (2) Experts in mental health and suicide prevention research with migrants provided free-text responses to a survey that asked about the knowledge and skills required to effectively conduct mental health and suicide prevention research with migrants, and effective strategies for engaging migrant and refugee communities in such research. An adapted thematic analysis method was used to analyze the free-text responses to the six questions. (3) The study identified specific areas of knowledge and skills required for effective mental health and suicide research with migrants; the methodological and ethical challenges that may arise in such research; and strategies that are likely to be effective in engaging people with lived experience and migrant and refugee communities in such research. (4) The findings from this project can be used to inform researchers on how to ethically and effectively undertake mental health and suicide research with migrant and refugee populations.
（1）在制定基于证据的有效政策以及合适的项目与服务以减轻移民心理健康问题负担并预防自杀方面，研究至关重要。然而，这一人群在心理健康和自杀研究中的代表性仍然不足，导致存在巨大的证据缺口，限制了政策制定、服务设计与提供以及对结果的评估。（2）从事移民心理健康和自杀预防研究的专家针对一项调查提供了自由文本回复，该调查询问了有效开展移民心理健康和自杀预防研究所需的知识与技能，以及让移民和难民社区参与此类研究的有效策略。采用了一种经过改编的主题分析法来分析对六个问题的自由文本回复。（3）该研究确定了有效开展移民心理健康和自杀研究所需的特定知识与技能领域；此类研究中可能出现的方法和伦理挑战；以及在让有实际经历的人和移民及难民社区参与此类研究方面可能有效的策略。（4）该项目的研究结果可用于指导研究人员如何在伦理层面上有效地对移民和难民群体开展心理健康和自杀研究。
