4 - (SYM 18) Co-development of Psychoeducation and Coping Skill Intervention to Dually Address Trauma and Oppression-based Stress Among Three Marginalized Communities

Despite decades of evidence-based practice (EBP) and research supporting interventions for stress and trauma, such as cognitive processing therapy, disparities continue in access to and outcomes following these EBPs, especially among those experiencing oppression-based stress (e.g., sexual and gender minorities, people of color, and those with intersecting marginalized identities). Current behavioral health supports for stress and trauma do not adequately address the unique experiences of identity-based oppression, including race-based stress or intersectional discrimination. Thus, leveraging community-engaged research is needed to expand access to and quality of PTSD interventions delivered to marginalized populations dialog experiencing trauma and oppression-based stress. In this presentation we describe our method of co-developing a psychoeducation and coping skills group curriculum to address mental health sequela of trauma and oppression for three marginalized communities including patients of Latina, sexual and gender minority, and Black migrants at a large safety net hospital in New England. We leveraged three advisory boards comprised of clinicians with expertise in providing interventions for stress and trauma to these communities and/or lived experience as members of the community. Each advisory board met six times, for a total of 18 meetings across the groups. Meetings followed procedures of intervention mapping and field notes were taken at each meeting to guide the content development for the intervention. We provide initial findings, guidelines, and best practices for translating research to practice for marginalized communities with trauma and oppression-based stress.