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We welcome you to Krik Krak: Mental Health for Pregnant Haitian Teens. This project is a natural extension of our work with women and girls in Haiti’s Cité Soleil who live with the enduring biopsychosocial and spiritual outcomes of gender-based violence, including sexual violence. An unplanned teen pregnancy increases the burden of stress and distress for teens in that context. We have been deeply touched by the personal narratives of girls and women in Haiti and continue to address the mental health outcomes of gender-based violence in their lives.
The “Krik-Krak” framework is a familiar format that is historically rooted in African oral story-telling tradition. Dr. Rahill has found that the use of metaphors in Haitian proverbs and in our story telling tradition to be a useful paradigm for developing and implementing culturally relevant interventions with Haitian clients (10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.2011.65.2.133). Developing the Krik Krak mental health for pregnant Haitian teens intervention (funded by the Healthy Minds for Adolescent Mothers: Achieving Healthy Outcomes for the Family (Round 20) initiative of the Global Grand Challenges) is among the first of many steps in reducing the depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation and gestures and post-traumatic stress disorders that these young women live with.
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Nou akeyi ou nan Krik Krak: Sante Mantal pou Adolesan Ayisyen ki ansent. Ayisyen jwi yon tradisyon ki la lontan avèk nou depi Afrik; sa vle di nou renmen tire kont. Se yon fòma Ayisyen rekonèt byen, epitou se yon fὁma ke Doktè Rahill te wè ki ka sèvi kὁm yon modèl pou yon entèvansyon ki apwopriye ak kilti kliyan Ayisyen yo. Pwojè sa-a se yon agrandisman travay nou déjà konn fè ak medam ki viktim kadejak nan Site Solèy. Istwa ti medam sa yo rakonte nou touche nou anpil; sa fè nou kontinye efὁ pou trete move efè eksperyans kadejak sa yo nan lavi yo. Nou gen anpil espwa ekip ekspè nou yo pral devlope entèvansyon Krik Krak la kòm premye nan anpil etap ki pral amelyore sentὁm depresyon ak twomatism ke medam sa yo ap sibi depi lontan.
Bienvenue
Nous vous souhaitons la bienvenue à “Krik Krak: La Santé Mentale pour les Jeunes Haïtiennes Enceintes”. Les Haïtiens jouissent d’une longue tradition orale de récit qui a été avec nous d’Afrique. C’est un format familier que Dr. Rahill a trouvé un paradigme utile pour une intervention culturellement pertinente auprès des clients Haïtiens. Ce projet est le prolongement naturel de notre travail auprès des jeunes filles victimes de violences sexuelles à Cité Soleil. Nous avons été profondément touchés par leurs histoires et nous continuons à aborder les séquelles des expériences de kadejak dans leurs vies. Nous espérons que notre équipe d’experts développera l’intervention de Krik Krak comme la première des nombreuses étapes à franchir pour améliorer les symptômes dépressifs et les traumatismes persistants que vivent ces jeunes femmes.
Krik Krak: Mental Health for Pregnant Haitian Teens 