"Queremos Aprender": Latino Immigrants' Call to Integrate Cultural Adaptation with Best Practice Knowledge in a Parenting Intervention

• Published in: Family process 2009-06, Vol.48 (2), p.211-231
• Main Authors: PARRA CARDONA, JOSÉ, HOLTROP, KENDAL, CÓRDOVA, JR, DAVID, ESCOBAR-CHEW, ANA ROCIO, HORSFORD, SHEENA, TAMS, LISA, VILLARRUEL, FRANCISCO A., VILLALOBOS, GRACIELA, DATES, BRIAN, ANTHONY, JAMES C., FITZGERALD, HIRAM E.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Acculturation; Adaptation; Adjustment; Adolescent; Adult; Child; Child, Preschool; Clinical outcomes; Clinical trials; Cultural adaptations; Cultural values; Data collection; Drug abuse; Emigrants and Immigrants - psychology; Evidence-Based Practice; Family Therapy - methods; Female; Focus Groups; Hispanic Americans - psychology; Hispanic people; Humans; Immigrants; Infant; Intervention; Interviews as Topic; Latin American Cultural Groups; Latinos; Male; Medical research; Mental health; Minority & ethnic groups; Parent-Child Relations - ethnology; Parenting; Parenting - ethnology; Parents; Parents & parenting; Parents - psychology; Qualitative Research; Studies; System theory; Therapists; Therapy
• ISSN: 0014-7370; 1545-5300
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.2009.01278.x

Despite the unique and challenging circumstances confronting Latino immigrant families, debate still exists as to the need to culturally adapt evidence‐based interventions for dissemination with this population. Following the grounded theory approach, the current qualitative investigation utilized focus group interviews with 83 Latino immigrant parents to explore the relevance of culturally adapting an evidence‐based parenting intervention to be disseminated within this population. Findings from this study indicate that Latino immigrant parents want to participate in a culturally adapted parenting intervention as long as it is culturally relevant, respectful, and responsive to their life experiences. Research results also suggest that the parenting skills participants seek to enhance are among those commonly targeted by evidence‐based parenting interventions. This study contributes to the cultural adaptation/fidelity balance debate by highlighting the necessity of exploring ways to develop culturally adapted interventions characterized by high cultural relevance, as well as high fidelity to the core components that have established efficacy for evidence‐based parenting interventions. RESUMEN A pesar de las circunstancias únicas y difíciles que enfrentan las familias de inmigrantes latinos, aún se debate si es necesario adaptar culturalmente las intervenciones basadas en evidencia para esta población. Siguiendo el método de muestreo teórico, en la investigación cualitativa actual se realizaron entrevistas a grupos focales de 83 padres latinos inmigrantes a fin de analizar la relevancia de la adaptación cultural de una intervención sobre crianza de los hijos basada en evidencia para esta población. Los resultados de este estudio indican que los padres latinos inmigrantes desean participar en intervenciones adaptadas sobre la crianza de los hijos siempre y cuando sean relevantes culturalmente, respetuosas y respondan a sus experiencias de vida. Los resultados de la investigación también sugieren que las habilidades de crianza de los hijos que los participantes desean mejorar son las que comúnmente se abordan en intervenciones sobre la crianza de los hijos basadas en evidencia. Este estudio aporta al debate sobre el balance entre la adaptación cultural y la fidelidad poniendo de relieve la necesidad de investigar maneras de desarrollar intervenciones adaptadas culturalmente que se caractericen por una alta relevancia cultural y una alta fidelidad a los compone