15.11.2024 | 10:00 - 14:00 | Lecture Hall Eye Clinic (W40)
University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg
The Research Group on Migration and Psychosocial Health of the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf is pleased to invite you to the symposium on Global Mental Health. This event is part of the international and interdisciplinary project on "Multilingualism in Providing Quality Mental Health Care to Migrants: Needs, Resources, and Practices" (MiM2M). The project aims to enhance mental health care for migrants by focusing on language barriers and resources. The symposium will give valuable insights into general and regional Global Mental Health issues from the South African, Romanian, Malaysian and German contexts.
Everybody is welcome to join and feel free to share the event with other interested parties.
Program
10:00 – 10:10 Welcome
Prof Mike Mösko & Saskia Hanft-Robert - University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf
10:10 – 10:45
Navigating sensitive interviews in multilingual contexts: Insights and recommendations from South Africa & discussion
Rowan Madzamba, PhD – Stellenbosch University - South Africa
10:45 – 11:20
Why are migrants who need care often invisible in the mental health care system - perspectives from a Western Cape study in South Africa & discussion
Prof Christine Anthonissen - Stellenbosch University - South Africa
11:20 – 11:55
Overcoming language barriers in mental healthcare through communication with technological tools: A qualitative study & discussion
Annika Kreienbrinck, M.Sc. - University Medical Centre Hamburg-Eppendorf
11:55 – 12:15 Coffee Break
12:15 – 12:50
Advancing migrant inclusion and overcoming barriers in Romania’s refugee response & discussion
Ovidiu Oltean, PhD - Babeş-Bolyai University - Romania
12:50 – 13:25
Silent caregivers: Mental health of Indonesian domestic workers in Asian geriatric care & discussion
Andrian Liem, PhD - Monash University Malaysia – Malaysia
13:25 – 13:55 Q&A session with all speakers
