Punamäki R.-L.

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Effectiveness of Promotive and Preventive Psychosocial Interventions on Improving the Mental Health of Finnish-Born and Immigrant Adolescents
Background: Schools are considered natural environments in which to enhance students’ social–emotional skills and mental health in general, but they can be especially important for students with refugee and immigrant backgrounds. The current study tested the effectiveness of two school-based interventions in enhancing the mental health and wellbeing of adolescents of native, refugee, and immigrant backgrounds. It further analyzed the…
2022
De Wal Pastoor L. Punamäki R.-L. Kankaanpää R. Derluyn I. Aalto S. Vänskä M. Lepistö R. Soye E. Watters C. Peltonen K.
Randomised control trial Teachers & educational staff Gender English Access & participation Resilience & adaptation Mental health & psychosocial well-being Racism & discrimination Intervention Socio-economic status Experimental & quasi-experimental study Surveys & questionnaire Finland
Effectiveness of psychosocial school interventions in Finnish schools for refugee and immigrant children, “Refugees Well School” in Finland (RWS-FI): a protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Background: Schools are natural environments in which to enhance young people’s social and emotional skills, mental health, and contact between diverse groups, including students from refugee and immigrant backgrounds. A layered or tiered provision of services is recommended as it can be effective to meet the needs of war-affected adolescents who variably show mental health problems (such as posttraumatic stress…
2022
Punamäki R.-L. Kankaanpää R. Andersen A. Hilden P.K. Verelst A. Derluyn I. Aalto S. Vänskä M. Lepistö R. Soye E. Watters C. Peltonen K.
Socio-emotional learning & development Integration & assimilation Caregivers Teachers & educational staff English Access & participation Resilience & adaptation Mental health & psychosocial well-being Intervention Experimental & quasi-experimental study Cognitive learning & development Finland Randomised control trial
Evaluation of a school-based intervention to promote mental health of refugee youth in Sweden (The RefugeesWellSchool Trial): study protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
Background: Sweden is home to a large and growing population of refugee youths who may be at risk of mental health problems such as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Thus, there is a need for interventions that address mental health problems in these populations. Schools have been identified as an ideal setting for delivering such interventions as they offer a non-stigmatizing…
2021
Durbeej N. McDiarmid S. Sarkadi A. Feldman I. Punamäki R.-L. Kankaanpää R. Andersen A. Hilden P.K. Verelst A. Derluyn I. Osman F.
Caregivers Teachers & educational staff Gender English Mental health & psychosocial well-being Assessment Intervention Sweden Experimental & quasi-experimental study Cognitive learning & development Randomised control trial