CSDE Seminar: Forced Displacement, Mental Health, and Child Development: Evidence from the Rohingya Refugees
Posted: 4/15/2023 (CSDE Seminar Series)
Join us for a talk by Dr. Asad Islam (Monash University) about “Forced Displacement, Mental Health, and Child Development: Evidence from the Rohingya Refugees.” This talk will present findings from a recent study by Dr. Islam utilizing a cluster randomized controlled trial on 3,500 Rohingya mother-child dyads in refugee camps in Bangladesh. Participants were given weekly psychosocial support for 44 weeks through peer volunteers, which includes psychoeducation and parenting support for mothers and play activities for both mothers and children. The intervention was largely successful and led to: (i) reductions in the psychological trauma and depression severity of mothers and children, (ii) improvements in communication, gross-motor, and problem-solving skills of children, and (iii) reductions in stunting and severe stunting. The intervention cost about $1 per dyad per week and is currently being scaled up in refugee camps in Bangladesh, where about seventeen thousand mother-child pairs now benefit from it.
Date: 04/21/2023
Time: (12:30-1:30 PM PT)
Deadline: 04/21/2023
Location: 101 Hans Rosling Center