Weyera Mental Health Pilot Intervention

Weyera intervention is an eight-week program featuring weekly, two-hour facilitated group sessions with 6-10 participants in each group, led by trained lay facilitators. Each session will address the weekly topic and introduce an evidence-based coping strategy (e.g., mindfulness, positive refocusing) that participants can practice over the following week. Within this outline, we will create intervention activities based on theory-based change methods and practical applications matched to objectives and determinants in the Logic Model of Change. Outline of major modules for the eight weeks: 1. Introduction to mental health 2. Stress and family pressure 3. Self-exploration and critical reflection 4. Intersectional Identities 5. Family Relationships 6. Discussing mental health in the Ethiopian and Eritrean communities 7. Trauma and Abuse 8. Navigating mental health services

Wait-list control participants will be assigned to a group for initiation of the full intervention beginning at month 4 after their enrollment (i.e., beginning after they, and their corresponding intervention group, have completed their intervention and two follow-up surveys). Wait-list control participants will complete surveys at enrollment (baseline), 2 months (pre-intervention), 4 months (pre-intervention), 6 months (immediate post-intervention), and 8 months (post-intervention).