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Dr Catharina Van der Boor

Assistant Professor

United Kingdom

Carine is a Global Mental Health researcher with a specific interest in conflict, mental health, forced displacement and social determinants of wellbeing. She has experience using mixed methods and participatory approaches to research.

Carine has a PhD in Global Mental Health in which she focused on the mental health and wellbeing of forcibly displaced populations in high-income settings using a social justice framework. She also holds an MSc in Global Mental Health and a Bachelor’s degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences with a major in Psychology.

Carine has previously worked as a Postdoctoral Research Associate on a participatory action research project looking at the mental health and wellbeing of conflict affected indigenous communities in Colombia. She now works as an Assistant Professor on the CHANGE project at LSHTM. The aim of CHANGE is to develop and implement a brief psychological intervention to reduce alcohol misuse and co-occurring psychological problems in conflict-affected populations in Uganda and Ukraine through two randomised controlled trials. 

Carine is also a Co-Director of the Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre and a board member of the Mental Health and Psychosocial Research Network

Affiliations

Department of Health Services Research and Policy
Faculty of Public Health and Policy

Centres

Health in Humanitarian Crises Centre

Teaching

Carine is the co-module organiser for the Management and Evaluation of Humanitarian Health Projects on the MSc in Health in Humanitarian Crises. 

 

She also lectures on the Design and Evaluation of Mental Health Programs on the MSc in Global Mental Health, and on the Conflict and Health Module.

I am currently supervising two PhD students and multiple MSc students. I am available for supervision of new PhD candidates interested in mental health, conflict, and forced migration.

Research

Research Area
Refugees
Health in humanitarian crises
Conflict
Migration
Implementation science
Randomised controlled trials
Complex interventions
Health systems
Global mental health

Selected Publications

Developing an explanatory model of alcohol misuse among South Sudanese refugees in northern Uganda: A qualitative study
Andersen, LS; VAN DER BOOR, CF; NADKARNI, A; Taban, D; Massazza, A; Fuhr, DC; Roberts, B; Upadhaya, N; Tol, WA; KINYANDA, E;
2024
SSM - Mental Health
["Good life is to be in peace and harmony with everything around us": a qualitative study on good living among the Kankuamo Indigenous people of Colombia].
Boor, CV D; Sánchez-Díaz, GC; Guevara-Morales, LJ; Molina-Bulla, CI; Agudelo-Ortiz, DM; Montero-Villazón, AJ; Villazón-Rodríguez, MD J; Maestre-Arias, L; Aponte-Canencio, DM;
2024
Cadernos de saude publica
Measuring refugees' capabilities: translation, adaptation, and valuation of the OxCAP-MH into Juba Arabic for use among South Sudanese male refugees in Uganda.
VAN DER BOOR, CF; Taban, D; Ismail, K; Simon, J; ROBERTS, B; Fuhr, D; Tol, WA; GRECO, G;
2024
Journal of patient-reported outcomes
Correction: Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a transdiagnostic intervention for alcohol misuse and psychological distress in humanitarian settings: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Uganda.
VAN DER BOOR, CF; Taban, D; Tol, WA; Akellot, J; NEUMAN, M; WEISS, HA; GRECO, G; VASSALL, A; MAY, C; NADKARNI, A; KINYANDA, E; ROBERTS, B; Fuhr, DC;
2024
Trials
Effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a transdiagnostic intervention for alcohol misuse and psychological distress in humanitarian settings: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial in Uganda.
VAN DER BOOR, CF; Taban, D; Tol, WA; Akellot, J; NEUMAN, M; WEISS, HA; GRECO, G; VASSALL, A; MAY, C; NADKARNI, A; KINYANDA, E; ROBERTS, B; Fuhr, DC;
2024
Trials
Using theory of change to plan for the implementation of a psychological intervention addressing alcohol use disorder and psychological distress in Uganda.
VAN DER BOOR, C; Andersen, LS; Massazza, A; Tol, WA; Taban, D; ROBERTS, B; Ssebunnya, J; KINYANDA, E; MAY, C; NADKARNI, A; Fuhr, D;
2024
Cambridge Prisms: Global Mental Health
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