Delivery style and Logistics
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Providing childcare was essential to ensure that participants could fully engage and benefit from the modules.
Women favored women-only groups, while men generally preferred mixed-gender groups. Gender-specific groups were maintained in order to provide safe spaces to disclose difficult topics.
The titles of all the modules were revised and changed to more meaningful titles in Spanish.
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All modules
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Intervention name
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Appendix
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Module 1: Introductions and Building Group Cohesion |
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The activity of the “mystic” was added. In this activity, during each module at the beginning, an object was placed in the center of the circle by each participant and it had to have a meaning for them. At the end of the module, the object was retrieved and had gathered the participants’ energy.
Added pronouns to the introduction, along with an explanation of what they meant and why they are important.
Added information on diversity and inclusion, its importance, and the importance of respecting cultural, racial, intellectual, and sexual diversities.
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Module 2: Trauma Psychoeducation
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Module 2 includes an analogy of a pot of boiling water, which is a tool that helps participants become aware of their emotions and monitor them. Through this analogy, participants can monitor how the water gradually warms up and if it is not monitored, it may spill everywhere. This analogy was replaced with a pot of boiling chocolate, which is very common in Colombia and consumed on a daily basis in many households.
Examples of traumatic experiences were changed to be more contextual and to something that participants could relate to. For example, the invasion in Freetown was mentioned in this module and it was changed to difficult situations that IDPs might have gone through, such as receiving threats, being subject to forced displacement, sexual violence, and forced disappearance, among other victimizing events in the Colombian context.
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The introduction to trauma symptoms, education about the effects of trauma, re-experiencing, and avoidance in the trauma context was moved to the fifth module as it was advised by one of the topical experts that this content came too early in the intervention and more trust had to be built before starting this discussion.
The word ¨trauma¨ was changed to ¨psychosocial damage¨, as advised by the providers from the Mayor’s Office.
Diaphragmatic breathing was initially a skill taught in module four, but it was moved up to module two.
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Module 3: Understanding the Link Between Beliefs, Bodies, and Behaviors |
The order of the second and third modules was switched given that facilitators suggested it was necessary to understand the relationship between thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, before moving forward with more complex topics.
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Module 4: Taking Control of Your Life |
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Module 5: Relaxation and Affect regulation |
Introduction to trauma symptoms, education about the effects of trauma, re-experiencing, and avoidance, which were initially part of module 2, were moved to module 5. This change was made because addressing trauma so early in the intervention felt premature. By the fifth module, participants are more likely to have established relationships and feel comfortable sharing and discussing this topic. Additionally, the “Safe Place” imagery skill introduced in module 5 can help participants feel secure and prepared to engage with the trauma-related content.
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Module 6: Drawing on our strengths and supports to face life’s difficulties |
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Module 7: Sequential (step-by-step) Problem Solving & Introduction to Relaxation Techniques |
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Module 8: Building Interpersonal Skills |
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Module 9: Review of Coping Skills & Problem Solving |
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Module 10: Addressing Negative Self-Perceptions |
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Module 11: Review of Skills and Relapse Prevention |
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Module 12: Celebration & Moving Forward |
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