Creating a front porch in systems of care: Improving access to behavioral health services for diverse children and families

Callejas, Linda M.; Hernandez, Mario; Nesman, Teresa M.; Mowery, Debra

doi:10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2009.05.010

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“…Parenting stress, financial stress, and family conflicts—three common themes present in the participants' narratives across the seven focus groups—are also documented in the literature as poverty related stressors within highly stressed Latino families (Callejas et al, 2008, 2010; Santiago & Wadsworth, 2011). In the following paragraphs, we report findings and integrate relevant quotes from the focus group transcripts, elucidating several links between poverty-related stressors and Latino parents' involvement in mental health services.…”

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“…Cabassa et al (2012) created a fotonovela to educate Latinos about depression and Valle et al (2006) created one to educate Latinos about dementia and mental health issues in aging. However, to date, few programs or interventions have been designed to educate and to simultaneously engage urban poor Latino parents with low levels of education, LEP, and low literacy levels in child mental health services (Callejas et al, 2010; Callejas, Nesman, Mowery, & Hernandez, 2008). …”

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Understanding Latino Parents’ Child Mental Health Literacy

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Research on Social Work Practice

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Objective This article describes Phase 1 of a pilot that aims to develop, implement, and test an intervention to educate and simultaneously engage highly stressed Latino parents in child mental health services. A team of Spanish-speaking academic and community co-investigators developed the intervention using a community-based participatory research approach and qualitative methods. Method Through focus groups, the team identified parents' knowledge gaps and their health communication preferences. Results Latino parents from urban communities need and welcome child mental health literacy interventions that integrate printed materials with videos, preferably in their native language, combined with guidance from professionals. Conclusion A 3-minute video in Spanish that integrates education entertainment strategies and a culturally relevant format was produced as part of the intervention to educate and simultaneously engage highly stressed Latino parents in child mental health care. It is anticipated that the intervention will positively impact service use among this group.

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Understanding Latino Parents’ Child Mental Health Literacy

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“…Collaborations between communitybased organizations and behavioral health service providers have several benefits for increasing treatment engagement with impoverished, ethnic minority families, which include improving: (1) the cultural and linguistic sensitivity of the services; (2) the reputation of the behavioral health service providers in the community; and in turn (3) the utilization of services by minority families (Callejas et al, 2010).…”

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“…Innovative approaches are necessary to address mental health disparities and increase the utilization of evidence-based treatments amongst minority families (Callejas, Hernandez, Nesman, & Mowery, 2010;Kazdin & Blase, 2011). One suggested strategy is incorporating natural helpers (i.e., community health workers), community members who provide informal support, advice, and tangible aid to underserved families (Israel, 1985) into parent training programs (Acevedo-Polakovich, Niec, Barnett, & Bell, 2013;Calzada et al, 2005;Williamson, Knox, Guerra, & Williams, 2014).…”

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The development and evaluation of a natural helpers' training program to increase the engagement of urban, Latina/o families in parent-child interaction therapy

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Children and Youth Services Review

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Latina/o immigrant children are at increased risk for developing conduct disorders, and are simultaneously less likely to access services. Natural helpers are uniquely positioned to promote effective parent training programs to address service disparities in these communities. This study describes one effort to train natural helpers to increase engagement in parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT), an evidence-based parent training program. An academic-community partnership prompted the development and evaluation of this natural helpers training program. Five natural helpers were trained to recruit Latina/o families into PCIT, address barriers to treatment, and support parents' skill development. Over the course of training, natural helpers increased their knowledge of PCIT and their ability to use and model treatment targeted parenting skills. Additional consultation was necessary to improve the natural helpers' abilities to conduct behavioral observations of parent skill use and provide feedback on these skills. Natural helpers expressed overall satisfaction with PCIT and the training program. Suggestions for incorporating natural helpers into PCIT services are discussed based on the strengths and challenges identified from the evaluation of this training program.

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“…Children who require multiple services because of overlapping disabilities receive fragmented and uncoordinated services (Shea, Salhani, Leewko, Boshen, Flynn & Volpe, 1993). Access to services is facilitated when laws affirming the importance of intervening within the community help social services to reframe their interventions around the family (Callejas, Hernandez, Nesman, & Mowery, 2010;Crace, Ronco, & Hossler, 2013;Frost et al, 2010).…”

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