Filipino Intervention Research for Successful Transnationals – Project FIRST

Filipino Intervention Research for Successful Transnationals – Project FIRST

For migrant workers, access to qualified mental health professionals is a fantasy. This project, in collaboration with the World Health Organization, aims to make evidence-based interventions a reality. This project will develop and test a scalable eMental Health programs that can be used by migrants from the Philippines, and can be adapted for Chinese and other communities across the Pearl River Delta region, and globally.

Publications:
Presentations:
  • *Shi, W., *Xiong, P., *Mendoza, B. M., *Chan, E. W. W., *Lao, K., *Pangan, C. A. C., Huang, L., & Hall, B. J. (2017, July). Factors related to the intention to use eMental Health among female Filipino domestic workers in Macau. Poster presented at the STAR conference 2017, Hong Kong SAR, China.
  • Hall, B. J. (November, 2016). Reaching populations in need: Towards a protocol for developing eMental Health interventions for migrant workers. International Society of Traumatic Stress Studies, Dallas, TX, USA.
  • Hall, B. J. (October, 2015). Culturally Adapted Evaluation and Intervention within Populations Exposed to Adversity: Examples from Global Mental Health. Paper invited for presentation at the Symposium on Disaster and Community Mental Health, Faculty of Social Sciences and Department of Psychology, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong (SAR), People’s Republic of China.