Effects of parent immigration status on mental health service use among latino children referred to child welfare
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OBJECTIVE: Latino families may be at risk of experiencing stressors resulting from the immigration process, such as those related to documentation status and acculturation, that may increase their need for mental health services. However, little research exists on the mental health needs and service use of Latino children. This study examined how parental nativity and legal status influence mental health needs and service utilization among children in Latino families investigated by child welfare. METHODS: Data from the second National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, a nationally representative, prospective study of families investigated by child welfare agencies for maltreatment, were used to examine mental health need and service use in a subset of Latino children who remained in the home following a maltreatment investigation (N=390). RESULTS: Although children of immigrants did not differ from children of U.S.-born parents in levels of clinical need, they had lower rates of mental health service receipt. After the analyses accounted for other relevant variables, the odds of receiving services were significantly lower (odds ratio=.09) for children whose parents were undocumented compared with children whose parents were U.S. citizens. CONCLUSIONS: This study contributes to growing discourse on Latino family needs within the child welfare system. Analyses support earlier research regarding the effects of parent nativity on mental health service use and advance the literature by identifying parent legal status as a unique barrier to child service receipt.
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Recent studies have shown that both a parent's unauthorized status and a deportation event can negatively impact the quality of life of U.S. citizen-children.
“Recent studies have shown that both a parent's unauthorized status (36, 37) and deportation event can negatively impact the quality of life of U.S. citizen-children (38–42).”
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The Multivariate Analyses report that children of undocumented parents were significantly less likely to receive mental health services than children of U.S.-citizen parents. That supports a narrower concern about parental unauthorized status, but the paper does not examine a deportation event or measure quality of life; its sample includes Latino children referred to child welfare, 91.1% of whom were U.S.-born (Sample Characteristics). (LLM, conf=0.83)
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- Authors
- Finno-Velasquez, M., Cardoso, J. B., Dettlaff, A. J., & Hurlburt, M. S.
- Affiliations
- University of Southern California (US)
- Venue
- Psychiatric Services
- Published
- 2016-02-01
- Volume
- 67
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 192-198
- ISSN
- 0022-1597 (ISSN-L)
- 1075-2730
- 1557-9700
- OpenAlex
- W2147276091
- Cited by
- 37
- References
- 1
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- FWCI
- 2.48
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- Psychiatric Services (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Safety Research › Child Welfare and Adoption
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Keywords
- Latino children, child welfare, mental health service utilization, undocumented immigrants, child maltreatment investigations, barriers to mental health care, acculturation, National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being
- MeSH terms
- Child Protective Services, Adolescent, Child, Child Abuse, Child, Preschool, Educational Status, Emigration and Immigration, Female, Health Services Needs and Demand, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, Parents, Prospective Studies, Surveys and Questionnaires, Referral and Consultation, United States
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