Theresa S. Betancourt

Boston College — United States

Psychology · Social Sciences

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Research Topics

Migration, Health and Trauma(165), Resilience and Mental Health(58), Child Abuse and Trauma(49), Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare(48), Health and Conflict Studies(45)

Publications298 total

Mechanisms of Change Underlying Effects of an Early Parenting Intervention on Child Development Among Vulnerable Families in Rwanda
Children·2026Open Access
Integrating child mental health responses into recovery, development, and peacebuilding in fragile and conflict affected settings
BMJ·2026· 2 citedOpen Access
Evidence based mental health interventions for children in fragile and conflict affected settings: expanding reach and system strengthening
BMJ·2026· 3 citedOpen Access
Factors Affecting Access to and Utilisation of HIV/AIDS Preventive Services Among Young Single Mothers Working in Alcohol Serving Establishments in Rwanda: An Exploratory Qualitative Study
AIDS and Behavior·2026
The social ecology of adolescent mental health in humanitarian settings: A qualitative study
PLOS mental health.·2026Open Access
Trauma, knowledge, and survival: epistemic and decolonial lessons from Yazidi women survivors
Archives of Women s Mental Health·2026
Multilevel risk and protective factors during separation and reunification: A qualitative study with separated-reunited Chinese immigrant parent-child dyads
SSRN Electronic Journal·2026Open Access
Exploring outcomes between single and dual caregiver households participating in a parenting and family strengthening intervention in Rwanda: the case of Sugira Muryango
BMC Public Health·2025Open Access
“As you know, parents' love differs from others.” Understanding needs and strengths shaping mental health among unaccompanied Afghan minors in resettlement in the U.S.
SSM - Mental Health·2025Open Access
Delivering a family‐based child mental health promotion program among two resettled refugee communities during the COVID‐19 pandemic: Lessons learned in a hybrid type II implementation‐effectiveness randomized controlled trial
American Journal of Community Psychology·2025Open Access
Type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation randomised controlled trial to address intergenerational impact of war trauma and resilience among second-generation refugee children in the USA: Resettled Refugee Families for Healing (RRF4H) study protocol
BMJ Open·2025Open Access
Iran's mental health-care capacity and policy reforms in response to a global refugee crisis
The Lancet Psychiatry·2025
Integrating a culturally adapted mental health intervention within entrepreneurship training for displaced youth in Colombia: a pilot randomized controlled trial
Conflict and Health·2025Open Access
Mental Health Assessments for Resettled Afghan Children and Adolescents
Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities·2025· 1 cited
Four-year follow-up to a home-visiting intervention to promote early childhood development and prevent family violence in rural Rwanda: the Sugira Muryango cluster randomised trial
BMJ Global Health·2025Open Access
Can an Evidence-Based Mental Health Intervention Indirectly Benefit Caregivers and Peers of Intervention Participants in Rural Sierra Leone?
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health·2025Open Access
Evaluating the spillover effects of the Sugira Muryango home-visiting intervention on temperament of children aged (0.3–3years) exposed to domestic violence: A cluster randomized controlled trial
PLoS ONE·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Scaling up home‐visiting to promote early childhood development and prevent violence in Rwanda: a hybrid type‐2 effectiveness‐implementation trial
Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Stressors and coping strategies among people affected by Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) in West Africa: A qualitative study across multiple levels of the social ecology
Heliyon·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Ebola Virus Disease and Pediatric Mental Health: Long-Term Mediating Effects of Caregiver Mental Health
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry·2025Open Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Robert T. Brennan(7), Paul Bolton(6), Elizabeth A. Newnham(6), Sarah Meyers-Ohki(5), Ivelina Borisova(5), Stephen E. Gilman(4), Jeannie Annan(4), Ryan K. McBain(4), Sara Stulac(4), William R. Beardslee(4), Wietse A. Tol(3), Judith Bass(3), Liesbeth Speelman(3), Grace Onyango(3), B. Heidi Ellis(3), Timothy P. Williams(3), Julia Rubin-Smith(3), Marie de la Soudière(3), Mina Fazel(3), Alan Stein(3)