Beyond Bilingual and Bicultural: Serving Latinos in a New-Growth Community

Lanesskog, Deirdre; Piedra, Lissette M; Maldonado, Stephanie

doi:10.1080/15313204.2015.1027025

Cited by 25 publications

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“…Studies have begun to document the experiences of providers working with Latino immigrants and potential factors that may put them at a risk for burnout (Baranowski, 2015;Engstrom et al, 2009;Jones, 2012;Lanesskog et al, 2015Lanesskog et al, , 2019. Jones (2012) found that social workers providing services to Latino immigrants in New York often felt frustrated and powerless.…”

Section: Working With Latino Immigrant Familiesmentioning

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“Their needs are higher than what I can do”: Moral distress in providers working with Latino immigrant families

Olcoń

Gulbas

2020

Qualitative Social Work

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Social service providers tasked with alleviating the problems of the most marginalized and vulnerable populations are at particular risk for work-related stress and subsequent burnout. This article aims to move beyond individualized understandings of provider burnout and render visible the structural barriers that limit providers’ capacity to authentically help their clients. Guided by the concept of moral distress, we examined the experiences of 17 service providers who deliver behavioral and mental health services to Latino immigrants in a metropolitan area in Texas. An applied thematic analysis of individual interviews collected in 2015 revealed providers’ frustration with the countless systemic issues and helplessness in their inability to make substantial changes in their clients’ lives. This emotional toll, in turn, created a cycle where providers’ capacity to envision authentic, systemic change became limited. Our findings suggest that social work needs to go beyond the recommendations for self-care to prevent provider burnout and to address the inherent paradoxes in service provision to oppressed and vulnerable groups. We urge a shift toward a social action model to show an authentic commitment to social justice and to empower both providers and the marginalized populations they serve.

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Section: Working With Latino Immigrant Familiesmentioning

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“Their needs are higher than what I can do”: Moral distress in providers working with Latino immigrant families

Olcoń

Gulbas

2020

Qualitative Social Work

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“…Professionals have to understand the multitude of immigration hurdles immigrant Latino families interface, and not let their own biases interfere with the help-seeking process. Our professional and ethical mandate is to work with humility, non-judgmental attitude, and compassion as we help immigrant Latino parents navigate complex social service institutions through culturally responsive practice (Lanesskog, Piedra, & Maldonado, 2015). In our current socio-political environment filled with strife, intolerance, and hatred for immigrants, social workers have to exert their professional power to help disrupt and dismantle draconian immigration policies and practices (Ricciardelli, Nackerud, Cochrane, Sims, Crawford, & Taylor (2019).…”

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Immigrant Latino Fathers’ Perceptions of Child Abuse and Neglect

Kohli

Fineran

2020

csw

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The objective of this qualitative research was to study the lived experiences of child abuse and neglect for immigrant Latino fathers whose children are involved in the child protection process. We documented the narratives of nine immigrant Latino fathers attending fatherhood groups regarding their perceptions of child abuse and neglect.The immigrant Latino fathers highlighted their lack of agency and marginalization due to acculturative parenting stress, structural discrimination, and immigration status. They are burdened with physical and emotional pain that diffuses into their children’s lives and results in unhealthy coping strategies. The Latino fathers faced everyday microaggressions, racial abuses, and discrimination due to their agency and role as Latino immigrants. They chronicled their frustrations dueto distrust of the mainstream social service providers, police, immigration officials, and abuse meted on them due to their marginalized identities. We provide practice and policy recommendations for professionals working with immigrant Latino families.

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“…Three studies evaluated health and social service needs of Latinos in new-growth communities in the Midwest and Northeast. In the Midwest, Lanesskog et al [17] conducted interviews with 25 professionals predominately from the education sector, with equal numbers of non-Latino and Latino participants. The four factors that assisted service delivery to Latinos were language competence, cultural knowledge in multiple contexts, empathy toward clients, and the will to act [17].…”

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“…In the Midwest, Lanesskog et al [17] conducted interviews with 25 professionals predominately from the education sector, with equal numbers of non-Latino and Latino participants. The four factors that assisted service delivery to Latinos were language competence, cultural knowledge in multiple contexts, empathy toward clients, and the will to act [17]. A study in the Northeast used a community-based participatory research approach to assess the health needs of immigrant Latino men [18].…”

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Responding to health and social needs of aging Latinos in new-growth communities: a qualitative study

Larson

Mathews

Torres

et al. 2017

BMC Health Serv Res

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Background: The development of new-growth communities of Latino immigrants in southern states has challenged the traditional health and social service infrastructure. An interprofessional team of service providers, Latino leaders, and university faculty partnered to establish linkages with the Latino community and providers serving aging adults and to explore the health and social needs of aging Latinos residing in a rural region. Methods: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted through a community-university partnership, the Aging Latino Research Team (ALRT). Data were generated from nine focus groups and 15 key informant interviews with Latino and non-Latino community members and service providers in rural, eastern North Carolina (ENC). Results: Thematic analysis was used to identify common patterns and form recommendations for future research and programs. Themes common to Latino participants were: "We are put off to one side"; "If I can't work, I can't survive"; and "Without documents, you are no one." Themes common to non-Latino participants were: "Older Latinos are not well served"; "Older Latinos are invisible"; "Older Latinos are undocumented and afraid"; and "Older Latinos are wandering the highway". Conclusion: A major finding of this research was the extent to which discrepancies in perceptions between Latino participants and non-Latino participants exist. These discrepancies revealed ethnic stereotyping and cultural insensitivity as major barriers in access to care.

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Beyond Bilingual and Bicultural: Serving Latinos in a New-Growth Community

Cited by 25 publications

References 22 publications

“Their needs are higher than what I can do”: Moral distress in providers working with Latino immigrant families

“Their needs are higher than what I can do”: Moral distress in providers working with Latino immigrant families

Immigrant Latino Fathers’ Perceptions of Child Abuse and Neglect

Responding to health and social needs of aging Latinos in new-growth communities: a qualitative study

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