News and Publications
Find our publications and results of the project. Here you can read about news, scientific publications, policy recommendations, manuals, and reports.
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Research results from the Swedish team
The RWS consortium is proud to present results from the Swedish team! In the first article, we focus on describing the trial in Sweden, aiming to investigate an intervention comprising two programmes: Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) and In-service Teacher Training (INSETT), delivered in a school setting, among refugee youth. Do you want to know more? Read […]
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Resources: RWS webinar and online workshop presentations
On 21 March 2022, RefugeesWellSchool hosted an all-day conference and workshop to discuss the RWS study findings and provide practical information on the various psycho-social interventions carried out. Here you find some of the presentations that RWS researchers gave during the webinar and online workshops. These presentations offer some resources to understand the nature and […]
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RWS webinar and online workshops: Report and materials
On 21 March 2022, RefugeesWellSchool hosted an all-day conference and workshop to discuss the RWS study findings and provide practical information on the various psycho-social interventions carried out. Hosted online and open to the public, the event drew dozens of researchers, teachers, practitioners, and policy makers, all joining from a number of different countries. Keynote […]
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Research article: The effectiveness of INSETT and PIER among Finnish-born and migrant adolescents in Finland
The RWS consortium is proud to present some of the first results published about the effectiveness of some our interventions. RWS researchers worked dedicatedly to understand the impact of the INSETT and PIER psychosocial preventive interventions on the mental health of native, refugee and migrant students. In this article, we focus on effectiveness specifically in […]
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Programme announcement: RWS webinar & online workshops
RefugeesWellSchool Webinar & Online Workshops ‘Interventions to promote the well-being of migrant and refugee adolescents in schools’ 21 March 2022 PROGRAMME Plenary Webinar 10:00 – 13:00 CET 10:00 – 10:15 Welcome & Overview of the project Ilse Derluyn, Ghent University, Belgium 10:15 – 10:45 “Reflections on belonging: The role of […]
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Research article: Migrant students’ sense of school belonging and the COVID-19 pandemic
The pandemic has interrupted many of the RWS interventions as implementation was ongoing when schools closed in order to contain the spread of COVID-19. While school closures posed many challenges for continuing with the interventions in schools, it also alerted us that there were now equally important other questions to seek responses to considering migrant […]
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Scientific publications – Full list
Throughout the project, RWS researchers have published their scientific work in international peer-reviewed scientific journals and books. The publications address the topics of migrant and refugee adolescents’ mental health, the role of teachers and schools in supporting wellbeing, the impact of COVID-19, and research methodological questions of the RWS study. See the full list of […]
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Research article: Social determinants of the mental health of young migrants
One of the aim of RWS is to have a nuanced picture on migrant adolescents’ mental health, focusing on what role social factors have in shaping wellbeing in adolescence. In this article RWS researchers studied three adolescent groups: newcomer migrants, non-newcomer migrants and non-migrants. We found that these groups have different mental health profile.* Want […]
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Research article: Study protocol of RWS interventions in Finnish schools
RWS implements five interventions that aim to promote mental health among migrant and refugee youth in six countries’ school settings. In Finland RWS implemented the In-Service Teacher Training (INSETT) programme coupled with Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) and the Peer Integration and Enhancement Resource intervention. In this study protocol you can read about how the project […]
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Speaker announcement!
We are delighted to announce that prof. Mina Fazel will be one of the keynote speakers at our RWS webinar. She will talk about “Reflections on belonging: The role of schools in refugee health” on 21st March 2022. We cannot wait! REGISTER NOW Find out more about the RWS webinar & workshops.
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Manuals
RWS developed, implemented and evaluated five preventive, school-based interventions to promote the mental health of migrant and refugee youth in secondary schools in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the UK. Every intervention had a manual to support and guide the work of those who wished to implement these programmes. We are thankful to the […]
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Newsletters
RefugeesWellSchool publishes biannual newsletters where you can read about the latest developments of the project. We announce events, resources, publications and many more there. You can subscribe to our newsletter here. You can also access the newsletters in the following links: Newsletter 3 Newsletter 2 Newsletter 1