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Impacts of Acculturative, Parenting, and Family Stress on US Born and Immigrant Latina/o/x Parent’s Mental Health and Substance Use
Latina/o/x face acculturative stressors which are unique to being an immigrant and/or racial/ethnic minority. Furthermore, Latina/o/x parents face an...
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Access to Virtual Mental Healthcare and Support for Refugee and Immigrant Groups: A Sco** Review
Immigrant and refugee populations face multiple barriers to accessing mental health services. This sco** review applies the (Levesque et al. in Int...
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Neighborhood and Behavioral Effects on Weight Change Across Immigrant Generations: Evidence from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health)
BackgroundChildhood obesity is a global problem that disproportionately affects minority populations in the USA. Relative to all US-born individuals,...
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A Social Ecological Approach to Latino Immigrant Trauma and Intervention: An Integrative Review
This paper presents an application that can be taken when conducting mental health intervention within the Latino immigrant population. Using a...
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Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma: Participant Perspectives on an In-Person and Online Implementation of an Intervention to Promote Mental Health in Latina Immigrant Women
Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma is a community-based intervention designed to increase social support and co** strategies among Latina immigrant...
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Immigration Status, Legal Vulnerability, and Suicidal/Self-harm Ideation Disparities Among Immigrant-Origin Latinx Young Adults in the U.S.
Theories of suicidality typically center intrapersonal processes, with limited attention to social determinants of mental health disparities. Using a...
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Changing dynamics of caregiving: a meta-ethnography study of informal caregivers’ experiences with older immigrant family members in Europe
BackgroundThe population of Europe is ageing and becoming more ethnically diverse due to migration. Finding suitable long-term caring arrangements...
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The Immigrant Experience and Alcohol Use: Heart Rate as a Source of Risk and Resilience
The immigration experience in the USA has been linked to a wide range of behavioral and physical outcomes. Studies report that immigrants, relative...
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Untold Narratives: Perceptions of Human Milk Banking and Donor Human Milk Among Ghanaian Immigrant Women Living in the United States
BackgroundDonor human milk (DHM) though primarily administered in the NICU setting is increasingly being offered in well baby nurseries to promote...
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Factors Related to Immigrant/Nonimmigrant Children’s Experience of Being Bullied: An Analysis Using the Multiple Disadvantage Model
Applying the multiple disadvantage model, a study of children in the United States examined experiences of being bullied in terms of 5 factors:...
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Do state laws reduce uptake of Medicaid/CHIP by U.S. citizen children in immigrant families: evaluating evidence for a chilling effect
BackgroundRestrictive state laws aimed at immigrants can have unintended consequences for health insurance coverage of United States citizens in...
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Results from “Live Well”, a randomized controlled community-based participatory intervention to prevent obesity in new immigrant mother–child dyads
BackgroundUpon arrival, the prevalence of overweight and obesity is lower in new immigrants than their native counterparts in the U.S. With longer...
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Demographic and Psychosocial Characteristics, Air Pollution Exposure, and Housing Mobility of Mexican Immigrant Families
ObjectivePeople of color and lower socioeconomic status groups in the USA, including those of Mexican origin, are exposed to higher concentrations...
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Information and Communication Technology Access and Use Among Low-Income Latino Immigrant Parents
IntroductionDevelopment of mHealth interventions to address health disparities for Latino children in immigrant families requires understanding...
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A Culturally Adapted Parenting Intervention for Mexican-Origin Immigrant Families with Adolescents: Integrating Science, Culture, and a Focus on Immigration-Related Adversity
Low-income Latina/o immigrants are very likely to experience intense contextual challenges in the USA, such as limited exposure to culturally...
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Effectiveness of psychosocial school interventions in Finnish schools for refugee and immigrant children, “Refugees Well School” in Finland (RWS-FI): a protocol for a cluster randomized controlled trial
BackgroundSchools are natural environments in which to enhance young people’s social and emotional skills, mental health, and contact between diverse...
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Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Low-Income, Latinx Children in Immigrant Families: Comparison of Children in Rural Farmworker and Urban Non-Farmworker Communities
Adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are stressors that can have lifelong detrimental health effects. ACEs are a concern for children of immigrant...
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Latino Immigrant Service Provision in Tennessee and Georgia: Provider Perceptions
Latinos and Latino immigrants are increasingly settling in new immigrant destinations, such as Tennessee and Georgia, that have historically lacked...
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Perceptions of the Coronavirus and COVID-19 testing and vaccination in Latinx and Indigenous Mexican immigrant communities in the Eastern Coachella Valley
BackgroundA novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 (known as COVID-19), spread rapidly around the world, affecting all and creating an ongoing global...
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Early Intervention Program in Youth-to-Parent Aggression: Clinically Relevant long-term Changes
PurposePractitioners in child and family services are able to identify cases of youth-to-parent aggression. The aim of this study was to evaluate...
