Desrosiers Alethea, Jimenez Maria Paula, Pineros-Leano Maria, Plezia Samantha, Pineros-Leano Natalia
Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University, Providence, RI, USA.
School of Social Work, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA, USA.
Glob Ment Health (Camb). 2025 Jun 20;12:e71. doi: 10.1017/gmh.2025.10011. eCollection 2025.
Approximately three million Venezuelan migrants (VMs) currently reside in Colombia. Many are in need of mental health services but face significant difficulties accessing services. To improve service access and engagement, we culturally adapted and pilot tested an evidence-based mental health intervention integrated within entrepreneurship training in a community setting for VM youth in Colombia. Using participatory research and qualitative methods approaches, we explored the program's acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility. We recruited and enrolled 67 VM youth (aged 18-30) living in Bogotá, Colombia, who participated in piloting the intervention. We conducted semi-structured interviews with a subset of these participants ( = 16) at post-intervention to explore the intervention's acceptability, appropriateness and feasibility. Two bilingual research assistants analyzed qualitative data using thematic network analysis. Findings suggested that VM youth viewed the integrated intervention as acceptable and appropriate, noting that it was helpful to have a "safe space" to discuss difficult emotions. They also noted challenges to engaging in the intervention, including transportation time and balancing other life responsibilities with intervention participation. Findings point to the importance of engaging community member participants in the adaptation and testing process of mental health interventions to increase intervention fit with the target population.
目前约有300万委内瑞拉移民居住在哥伦比亚。许多人需要心理健康服务，但在获得服务方面面临重大困难。为了改善服务的可及性和参与度，我们对一项循证心理健康干预措施进行了文化调适，并在哥伦比亚针对委内瑞拉移民青年的社区创业培训中进行了试点测试。我们采用参与式研究和定性方法，探讨了该项目的可接受性、适宜性和可行性。我们招募并纳入了67名居住在哥伦比亚波哥大的委内瑞拉移民青年（年龄在18至30岁之间），他们参与了该干预措施的试点。干预结束后，我们对其中一部分参与者（n = 16）进行了半结构化访谈，以探讨该干预措施的可接受性、适宜性和可行性。两名双语研究助理使用主题网络分析法对定性数据进行了分析。研究结果表明，委内瑞拉移民青年认为这种综合干预措施是可接受和适宜的，并指出有一个 “安全空间” 来讨论复杂情绪很有帮助。他们还提到了参与干预的挑战，包括交通时间以及在参与干预的同时平衡其他生活责任。研究结果表明，让社区成员参与心理健康干预措施的调适和测试过程非常重要，这样可以提高干预措施与目标人群的契合度。
