Saida Abdi

Dr. Saida Abdi

School of Social Work, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA

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Academic Career Length

7Years (2020-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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1 March 2020 in Journal of Adolescent Health
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TBTheresa S. Betancourt
Theresa S. Betancourt
JBJenna M. Berent
Jenna M. Berent
JFJordan Freeman
Jordan Freeman
RFRochelle Frounfelker
Rochelle Frounfelker
RBRobert T. Brennan
Robert T. Brennan
WBWilliam Rigby Beardslee
William Rigby Beardslee

1 July 2022 in Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology
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SASaida Abdi
Saida Abdi
AMAlisa B. Miller
Alisa B. Miller
NANaima Y. Agalab
Naima Y. Agalab
BEB. Heidi Ellis
B. Heidi Ellis
Refugees are disproportionally impacted by trauma and its negative sequelae. Even after being resettled in the United States, refugees face disparities in accessing services due to the stigma attached to mental health symptoms and the paucity of culturally and linguistically accessible services. Thus, there is a great need to develop methods that facilitate the engagement of refugee communities. Community-Based Participatory Research recommends the forming of equal and equitable partnerships with communities and stakeholders to enhance community capacity and ownership of the research process and outcomes (Israel et al., 1998). The present article shares one approach to operationalizing these principles with the Somali refugee community. It provides a road map of best practices in collaborating with communities and the importance of colearning and cultural humility to a successful partnership. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).

25 February 2022 in Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
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BEB. Heidi Ellis
B. Heidi Ellis
GSGeorgios Sideridis
Georgios Sideridis
SDSeetha H. Davis
Seetha H. Davis
ECEmma Cardeli
Emma Cardeli
SASaida Abdi
Saida Abdi
ALAlisa K. Lincoln
Alisa K. Lincoln

1 January 2024 in American Psychologist
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HHH. R. Hodges
H. R. Hodges
SGSarah Gillespie
Sarah Gillespie
FCFernanda Da Silva Cherubini
Fernanda Da Silva Cherubini
SISalma A. Ibrahim
Salma A. Ibrahim
HGHattie Gibson
Hattie Gibson
GFGail M. Ferguson
Gail M. Ferguson
The capacity to conduct psychology research online has expanded more quickly than have ethics guidelines for digital research. We argue that researchers must proactively plan ways to engage ethically in online psychological research with vulnerable groups, including marginalized and immigrant youth and families. To that end, this article describes the ethical use of internet and cell phone technologies in psychological research with Black immigrant and refugee youth and families, which demands efforts to both deepen and extend the Belmont principles of respect for persons, beneficence, and justice. We describe and apply four research frameworks-community-based participatory research, transdisciplinary team science, representational ethics, and cross-cultural psychology-that can be integrated to offer practical solutions to ethical challenges in digital research with Black immigrant and refugee youth and families. Then, as an illustration, we provide a case example of this approach using the Food, Culture, and Health Study conducted with Black Jamaican American and Somali American youth and families, who experience tridimensional acculturation due to their race and have been disproportionately impacted by the dual pandemics of COVID-19 and racism/Whiteness. We offer this article as a road map for other researchers seeking to conduct ethical digital community-based psychological research with Black immigrant youth and families and other marginalized communities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved).

1 January 2020 in Psychology of Violence
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ECEmma Cardeli
Emma Cardeli
GSGeorgios Sideridis
Georgios Sideridis
ALAlisa K. Lincoln
Alisa K. Lincoln
SASaida Abdi
Saida Abdi
BEB. Heidi Ellis
B. Heidi Ellis

1 December 2024 in Professional Psychology: Research and Practice
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HHHopewell R. Hodges
Hopewell R. Hodges
ZWZahra Wahidy
Zahra Wahidy
KBKubra Bashari
Kubra Bashari
SASaida Abdi
Saida Abdi