04.07.2024 - Lisbon,Portugal
Yesterday, we presented our MiM2M project at the #IMISCOE2024 Annual Conference! 🎉 Our panel on multilingualism in providing mental health care was led by Prof Mike Mösko from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf and Prof Swartz Leslie from Stellenbosch University. Thank you!
📱Our German PhD student Annika Kreienbrinck from the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf spoke about the use of technological tools to overcome language barriers.
👩⚕️ Houda Al-Kalaf, our PhD student from Utrecht University gave a talk about the development of an intervention to enhance the communication skills of Mental Healthcare Providers and presented findings from her systematic rapid review.
🌍 Dr. Ovidiu Oltean from Babes-Bolyai University gave insights on Migration and Mental Health in Romania's Rapidly Evolving Migration Landscape.
🤝 Prof. Brian Hall from NYU Shanghai shared his work on social networks and social support among transnational domestic workers in China.
💬 Finally, Rowan Madzamba PhD from Stellenbosch University gave a talk on Prolonging Trauma: Language and Mental Healthcare Access for African migrants in South Africa.
Following the presentations, we had an inspiring discussion with our participants and panel discussants Maria Marchetti-Mercer from University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa and Loretta Baldassar from Edith Cowan University in Australia. Thanks so much for your valuable input!
Many thanks to everyone for your participation and contributions! 🌻
And a big THANK YOU to the rest of the MiM2M team for the amazing work so far: Alina Forray, Razvan Chereches, Saskia Hanft-Robert, Andrian Liem, Asithandile Nozewu, Christine Anthonissen, Christopher Jenks, Ted Sanders, and Barbara Schouten. 💐
Here are some glimpses into the presented work:
