Being Safe, Healthy and Positively Empowered (BSHAPE): A Technology-Based Multicomponent Intervention to Improve Outcomes for Immigrant Women with Cumulative Exposures to Violence
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01MD018503)
Pre-and post-migration exposures to interpersonal violence and inadequate or lack of access to care can have a significant negative impact on immigrant women’s health and contribute to health disparities among immigrant women in the US. Immigrant women with pre-and post-migration or cumulative exposures to interpersonal violence are at high risk for co-occurring mental and physical health problems (e.g., PTSD, HIV/STI) and safety issues such as living in unsafe households or being in unsafe relationships. However, very few women seek help from formal service providers due to factors such as isolation, shame, mistrust of health professionals or lack of knowledge. This study is building an evidence-based trauma-informed digital intervention (Being Safe, Healthy, and Positively Empowered (BSHAPE) that will be designed to provide remote support to underserved and marginalized immigrant women with unmet needs for care, particularly those residing in low resource and underserved areas in the US. The intervention also has the potential to be more accessible and acceptable to immigrant women survivors who may not access standard care services due to socio-cultural, economic, transportation and immigration-related barriers.
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Relevant Articles
Sabri, B., Perrin, N., Hagos, M. (2024). The being safe, healthy and positively empowered pilot randomized controlled trial. A digital multicomponent intervention for immigrant women with cumulative exposures to violence. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/cdp0000635
Sabri, B., Vroegindewey, A., & Hagos, M. (2021). Development, feasibility, acceptability and preliminary evaluation of the internet and mobile phone based BSHAPE Intervention for immigrant survivors of cumulative trauma. Contemporary Clinical Trials. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2021.106591
Sabri, B., Tharmarajah, S., Njie-Carr, V.P.S., Messing, J.T., Loerzel, E., Arscott, J., & Campbell, J.C. (2021). Safety planning with marginalized survivors of intimate partner violence: Challenges of conducting safety planning intervention research with marginalized women. Trauma, Violence & Abuse https://doi.org/10.1177%2F15248380211013136