COSTAR Project

Research collaboration investigating community-based psychosocial support for refugees in Rwanda & Uganda. @LivUni @UNHCR @ESRC @AHRCpress @CBS__Rwanda

[COSTAR Project @CostarProject]

Learn more about the @CostarProject & how Community-based Sociotherapy is being adapted & evaluated as an approach for supporting #refugees in Rwanda & Uganda #mhpss #GCRF @CBS__Rwanda @HijraUganda @Refugees @ESRC

[Ross G. White @RossGWhite]

Investigating the use of community based sociotherapy for Congolese #refugees in Rwanda & Uganda - our protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial @CostarProject @CBS__Rwanda @Psychotraumatol #mentalhealth #wellbeing

https://t.co/b51Tkdp8w1

[Dr M Tasdik Hasan @Tasdikdip]

Happy to present on linguistic & cultural adaptation of digital interventions & tools in low resource settings. 2nd presentation from the @ActionLabMonash @MonashInfotech. I discussed my experiences from the #Chobi7 @CostarProject 1st Monash Interdisciplinary Workshop on Language

[Epidemiology & Psychiatric Sciences @EpiPsychSci]

Preventing the mental health consequences of #war in #refugee populations
https://t.co/izoBU2yTkj
#mentalhealth
@pimcuijpers @psych_verona @CerenAcarturk @RossGWhite @SijbrandijMarit @ChurchillRachel

[Ross G. White @RossGWhite]

I’m looking forward to delivering the Annual Peter Dempsey Lecture at @UCC on ‘Supporting the mental health needs of forcibly displaced people’ in conjunction with @CorkMigrant #Refugee #mhpss - Thursday 5th May at 4.30pm

[Ross G. White @RossGWhite]

Ruminate, anticipate, or appreciate? The past, the future, or the present?

• Let yesterday & tomorrow be.
• Connect with where you are now.
• Noice the thoughts & feelings that are showing up.
• Recognise that you are much more than what you think & feel. #FlexibleMind

[Melanie Amna Abas @melanieabas]

Wise words @DixonChibanda " Listen to others, allow yourself to be wrong and be flexible to change". Its hard to be kind to yourself when you get it wrong - self-compassion and compassion to others needs practice @friendshipbench

[MHPSS Network @mhpss]

VACANCIES 🇺🇦 over ten job vacancies in #Ukraine currently on https://t.co/tODD7lybJ2.

Learn more 👇
https://t.co/5vQ85hmPsO

[COSTAR Project @CostarProject]

Communication about distress & well-being: Epistemic & ethical considerations https://t.co/nisJUnjaf6

[COSTAR Project @CostarProject]

Our new paper reporting on the translation, contextual adaptation & pilot testing of psychosocial & mental health assessment instruments for Congolese #Refugees in Rwanda & Uganda https://t.co/NNroA9BU7D

[Sociotherapy Rwanda @CBS__Rwanda]

#MvuraNkuvureQuotes
'There is a hope that #MvuraNkuvure will have a continuous influence. Participants have improved their social relations regardless of their differences. They indicated that they started becoming like a family' @Sarabwee @CostarProject
https://t.co/Nac3kxNF7Q

[Ross G. White @RossGWhite]

Many congratulations to @cvdboor_c for successfully defending her PhD thesis:

“My happiness, I can build it myself” The Mental Health and Well-being of #AsylumSeeking and #Refugee Populations in High-Income Countries: A Capabilities Approach

An absolute pleasure to supervise.

[Ross G. White @RossGWhite]

Key factors for a ‘good life’ for Congolese #refugees in Uganda & Rwanda
▪️Harmonious personal & family relationships
▪️Appearing in public without shame
▪️Peace, security & community relationships

New paper from the @CostarProject https://t.co/xGcsSCbL1J @socscimed #capability

[Ross G. White @RossGWhite]

Bringing the critical into #doctoral supervision - Developing #supervision attentive to both the micro-level (e.g. interpersonal dynamics) and macro-level (e.g. epistemic injustice, & linguistic hegemonies) & the shaping influences between these levels. https://t.co/n8YnGYiWce

[COSTAR Project @CostarProject]

We are very pleased to have completed the primary outcome assessments in our RCT study evaluating the effectiveness of adapted Community-based Sociotherapy for #refugees in Uganda & Rwanda. #mhpss #psychosicial @CBS__Rwanda @Uni_Rwanda @Makerere @LivUniIPH

[Ruaraidh Hill @RuaraidhHill]

🙏 RECOMMENDED - as a source & activity to get involved with | have contributed (a bit) to the #regugee collection & had (generous) access to dissemination resources for global health education/ @CostarProject dissemination

[Sociotherapy Rwanda @CBS__Rwanda]

#MvuraNkuvureQuotes

A sociotherapy graduate states in her testimony, "Before #MvuraNkuvure I used to fight over anything and I am this kind of person who can’t keep silent. But Mvura Nkuvure taught me how to live with my family without fights"

#family

[Dr Usman Hamdani @hamdani_usman]

Our latest research on improving access to evidence based services for autism and developmental disorders in low resource settings has just been published. Read here: https://t.co/X7Uf6Cvypx Special thanks to @autismspeaks @gchallenges @hdrfoundation @xilleyhuma @AtifRahman_

[COSTAR Project @CostarProject]

Check-out our latest newsletter to learn about recent developments with the COSTAR Project evaluating the effectiveness of Community-based Sociotherapy for supporting forcibly displaced people. #Refugees #mhpss #Rwanda #Uganda

[Ross G. White @RossGWhite]

Reflecting on ways of expanding the ambition of coordinated support for #refugees & #asylumseekers to focus more on the possibilities that they wish to realise. #mhpss #capabilities @EpiPsychSci @CUPAcademic @cvdboor_c https://t.co/D3FTBUXOzz

[Stefan Jansen, MSc, PhD @stefaninkigali]

A sense of ownership is a so important if you want to achieve behaviour change. Always empower the people you work with. @MHB_Research @UR_CMHS @RBCRwanda