Luchamos por nuestros hijos: Latino immigrant parents strive to protect their children from the deleterious effects of anti-immigration policies

Floríndez²,

et al. 2019

IJERPH

As a result of various barriers, several pediatric populations are at risk for poor oral health, including children with disabilities and children from under-represented populations, such as Latinos. To this end, this study aimed to better understand the factors that affect the oral health experiences of 32 Latino parents/caregivers from 18 families (n = 8 with a typically developing child and n = 10 with a child with Autism). Using a qualitative descriptive methodology, each family was interviewed twice. Interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and coded thematically to identify the individual, social, systemic, and culturally rooted factors contributing to oral health disparities in the families. The three themes that arose were “Why would I want to start trouble?”: Latino parents’ dissatisfaction with dental treatments, costs, and fear of the dentist and health care providers because of their ethnic minority status as key factors inhibiting receipt of dental care; “We have to put our children first”: prioritizing the oral care activities of their children over their own individual oral care needs; and “We always keep baking soda around”: familial and cultural influences on oral care habits. Understanding the oral health beliefs and experiences of Latino parents and caregivers of children with and without autism is critical for developing targeted prevention and intervention programs and reducing oral health disparities.

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 90%

Oral Care Experiences of Latino Parents/Caregivers with Children with Autism and with Typically Developing Children

Floríndez²,

et al. 2019

IJERPH

“…(Salas et al, 2013(Salas et al, , p. 1012 Families shift their behaviors significantly in the presence of threat to avoid family fragmentation and protect their children. Immigrant parents report developing strategies and practices in efforts to safeguard their children, such as reassuring children of their safety and ensuring one parent is always with the children (Ayón, 2017;Philbin & Ayón, 2016). In practice, this may mean that only one parent is employed while the other parent is with the children most of the time; families may refrain from going out as a family unit, that is, one parent will remain home to avoid both parents being detained; and families may limit how much time they spend outside of their home or the places they visit to avoid detainment (Ayón, 2017).…”

Section: Family Functioningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Applying a Community Violence Framework to Understand the Impact of Immigration Enforcement Threat on Latino Children

Barajas-Gonzalez

Ayón

Torres

2018

Social Policy Report

Self Cite

Heeding the call put out by the New England Journal of Medicine (2017), we utilize an ecological–transactional model as a conceptual framework for understanding existing literature and for guiding future research on immigration enforcement threat and Latino child development. Using the World Health Organization's definition of violence, we draw on literature from psychology, medicine, social work, and developmental psychology to outline how the anti‐immigrant climate in the United States and the threat of immigration enforcement practices in everyday spaces are experienced by some Latino children as psychological violence. Researchers, teachers, and practitioners are encouraged to be aware of how uncertainty and threat regarding familial safety adversely impacts the lives of Latino children in immigrant households, especially in charged, anti‐immigrant climates.

“…A climate of incivility exists in which Latinx immigrant children and families are dehumanized, demonized, mistreated, and devalued. Youth and parents' experiences 9,27 and child protection strategies 28 indicate fear of seizure and deportation limits choice, invades consciousness, and impedes promotion and development.…”

Section: Ethical Principles Surrounding Carementioning

confidence: 99%

A Call for Nurse Leader Action: Ethical Nursing Care of Latinx Unauthorized Immigrant Children and Families

Stephen¹,

Zoucha²

2021

Nurse Leader

Latinx unauthorized immigrant children and children of unauthorized immigrant parents are at risk for care disparities and negative health outcomes. Unauthorized immigration from South and Central America to the United States has elevated to crisis level, exposing many children to poor health conditions, human rights violations, and risk of death. Unauthorized status greatly influences care access and delivery in the hospital setting. Restricted nursing care creates ethical dilemmas. Nurse leaders are in key positions to influence and advocate care. This article explores issues surrounding nursing care using the Theory of Bureaucratic Caring and identifies opportunities for nurse leader action.