Analytical Themes and Subthemes That Emerged From Analysis of Participants’ and Staff Members’ Experiences in CB-PSS Groups
| Themes and Description | Subthemes | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Contextual barriers: Barriers within the local context that hindered the implementation of the CB-PSS groups. | Participants’ competing responsibilities, COVID-19 infection, and national strike | Participants’ conflicting responsibilities (job, household chores, and academic commitments), as well as the COVID-19 infection, hindered the in-person attendance. None of the participants reported being affected by the national strike. |
| Access to technological devices and connectivity | Participants’ limited access to technological devices and connectivity challenges. | |
| Confidentiality concerns | Factors that compromised confidentiality. | |
| Acculturation challenges among Venezuelans | Adaptation challenges for Venezuelans. | |
| Contextual facilitators: Factors within the context that facilitated the implementation of the CB-PSS groups. | Community organizations and leaders | Local community organizations, local leaders, official institutions demonstrate openness to networking, space facilitation, and promoting the CB-PSS. |
| Integration of cultural practices | Incorporation of cultural practices to facilitate the implementation of the intervention. | |
| Support strategies: Strategies implemented by the project managers to mitigate contextual challenges and capitalize on contextual facilitators. | Participant engagement and retention strategies | Strategies implemented by the staff members to foster participants’ engagement and retention. |
| Strategies to support facilitators | Strategies implemented by project managers to mitigate staff members’ burnout and facilitate peers’ exchange of experiences, resources, and information. | |
| Use of local knowledge and multicultural perspectives | Community psychosocial agents’ local expertise and cultural openness to integrate diverse participants’ backgrounds. | |
| Psychosocial skill changes and satisfaction: Perceived psychosocial skills changes facilitated by the CB-PSS groups. | Community-building skills | Community support skills are cultivated within the groups and exhibited by participants in group sessions and daily lived experiences. |
| Problem-solving | Participants enhance skills when discussing problems, suggesting solutions, and implementing them daily. | |
| Emotional regulation | Participants’ ability to understand, manage, and modify emotions to adapt to different situations and social contexts. | |
| Satisfaction | Participants’ and staff satisfaction with the implementation of the CB-PSS group activities. |
Abbreviation: CB-PSS, community-based psychosocial support.