Alethea Desrosiers Source Confirmed

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Researcher

John Brown University

faculty

17 h-index 74 pubs 1,653 cited

Research Areas

Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development Migration, Health and Trauma Mental Health Treatment and Access Mobile Health and mHealth Applications Resilience and Mental Health

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OverviewAI-generated summary

Alethea Desrosiers is a faculty member at John Brown University whose research focuses on child and adolescent psychosocial and emotional development, particularly in the context of migration, health, and trauma. Her work addresses mental health treatment and access, often exploring innovative delivery platforms such as mobile health (mHealth) applications. Desrosiers has investigated the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on maternal mental health in fragile, conflict-affected settings, such as Tumaco, Colombia. She also applies human-centered design principles to improve the reach of global mental health interventions among underserved populations in the United States and India. Further, Desrosiers' work in Sierra Leone includes adapting youth mental health interventions to peer-delivery models and integrating youth readiness intervention with entrepreneurship programs. Her work emphasizes resilience and mental health in vulnerable populations.

Metrics

  • h-index: 17
  • Publications: 74
  • Citations: 1,653

Selected Publications

  • Acceptability of a culturally-adapted, evidence-based mental health intervention for Venezuelan migrant youth residing in Colombia (2025) DOI
  • Applying user-centered design to enhance the usability and acceptability of an mHealth supervision tool for community health workers delivering an evidence-based intervention in rural Sierra Leone (2025) DOI
  • The adaptation of a youth mental health intervention to a peer-delivery model utilizing CBPR methods and the ADAPT-ITT framework in Sierra Leone (2023) DOI

Collaborators

Researchers in the database who share publications

Cara M. Antonaccio John Brown University 2 shared publications Ariana M. Albanese John Brown University 1 shared publication Justin M. Preston John Brown University 1 shared publication Simone J. Skeen John Brown University 1 shared publication

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