@article{ref1,
title="Social and Emotional Wellbeing (SEW) intervention for mental health promotion among resettled Bhutanese adults in Massachusetts",
journal="Community mental health journal",
year="2021",
author="Poudel-Tandukar, Kalpana and Jacelon, Cynthia S. and Rai, Shan and Ramdam, Purna and Bertone-Johnson, Elizabeth R. and Hollon, Steven D.",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="Preventative behavioral interventions aimed at reducing mental problems among refugees are limited. We assessed the effect of a Social and Emotional Wellbeing  (SEW) intervention on health-promoting behaviors (coping, social-networking, and  conflict-resolution) and health-outcomes (stress, anxiety, and depression) among  resettled Bhutanese adults in Western Massachusetts. The study was a community-based  SEW intervention with pre-posttest evaluation among 44 Bhutanese adults in Western  Massachusetts. The SEW is a culturally tailored 5-week, once-weekly  health-education, problem solving, and mind-body exercise program to promote stress  management skills. We used validated scales to measure outcomes. Mean scores of  mental problems decreased by 5.9 for depression, 9.0 for anxiety, and 5.0 for stress  post-intervention (p < 0.01). Mean scores increased by 27.3 for coping, 10.6 for  social support, and 20.4 for conflict-resolution. Mean social-network scores  increased by 4.6 for family, 4.7 for friends, and 1.8 for community networks  (p < 0.01). Our Bhutanese participants reported improvement in their mental health  after attending SEW intervention.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0010-3853",
doi="10.1007/s10597-020-00754-w",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10597-020-00754-w"
}