@article{ref1,
title="Trauma rehabilitation for war-affected persons in northern Uganda: a pilot evaluation of the EMPOWER programme",
journal="British journal of clinical psychology",
year="2011",
author="Sonderegger, Robi and Rombouts, Sacha and Ocen, Benson and McKeever, Reyelle Sarah",
volume="50",
number="3",
pages="234-249",
abstract="OBJECTIVEs. This study evaluated the impact of a culturally sensitive cognitive behaviour therapy (CBT)-based intervention (the EMPOWER programme) for war-affected persons in northern Uganda. Design. The study conducted a pilot evaluation with a convenience sample of participants from internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps (i.e., a treatment camp and waitlist control camp). This was done to avoid treatment effects spreading from the intervention to control conditions. <br><br>METHODS. A total of 202 participants (N= 90 treatment participants and N= 112 control participants) were included as a convenience sample. The Acholi Psychosocial Assessment Instrument (APAI), a culturally appropriate measure of psychosocial functioning, was administered to participants residing in two IDP camps at pre-treatment, post-treatment, and at 3-month follow-up. Participants in the treatment camp received the EMPOWER programme - a culturally sensitive CBT-based intervention teaching emotional resiliency and promoting forgiveness. <br><br>RESULTS. Participants in the treatment condition reported (a) significantly lower scores on the depression-like syndromes and the anxiety-like syndrome and (b) significantly more prosocial behaviours, than participants in the control condition. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS. The results of this study provide initial support for the application of structured CBT interventions in war-affected areas, illustrating that the EMPOWER programme could be utilized by humanitarian agencies to address the psychosocial needs of war-affected displaced persons.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0144-6657",
doi="10.1348/014466510X511637",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1348/014466510X511637"
}