Dr. Hilado and colleagues develop, implement, and evaluate community-level capacity-building interventions that target clinical and non-clinical professionals supporting newcomer communities.

Using implementation and intervention science principles, the team evaluates methods for the uptake of evidence-based practices and barriers to implementation that influence mental health outcomes. Dr. Hilado is particularly interested in universal mental health prevention and promotion strategies using trauma-informed tenets and developing/testing professional development programs designed to buffer workforce secondary traumatic stress and burnout.

This project is a community-informed capacity-building intervention for Spanish-speaking frontline staff supporting migrant arrivals in emergency shelters, community-based organizations, and police precincts in Chicago.

The multidisciplinary team from UChicago Crown, Lurie Children’s Hospital, and the Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health (CIMH) developed and implemented the intervention and are using a mixed methods program evaluation design to understand the efficacy of training components and shed light on the effects of this humanitarian crisis on the workforce supporting response.

Funders

Schreiber Catalyst Fund, Immigration Funders Collaborative, Crossroads Fund, Illinois Department of Human Services

Learn more about The Coalition for Immigrant Mental Health here.