PREVIEW

A structured support group improves bereaved female adolescents’ psychological health: Results from a randomized controlled trial in South Africa

May 8, 2017
Authors: Thurman TR, Luckett BG, Nice J, Spyrelis A, & Taylor T.
Organization: Highly Vulnerable Research Center, Tulane University School of Social Work

This policy brief is based on findings from a randomized control trial of a therapy intervention to improve the psychological health of bereaved adolescent young women.  There is a great need for psychological support in settings of high HIV prevalence; the study commends programs to include psychological health interventions in their program design and offers the Abangane program in South Africa as a tested intervention with a free curriculum that can be used in a low resource setting with appropriately trained personnel.  The full research paper is available at OVCsupport.org.