Understanding Latino Parents’ Child Mental Health Literacy: Todos a bordo/All Aboard

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 interve...

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Published in:Research on social work practice 2015-09, Vol.25 (5), p.607-618
Main Authors: Umpierre, Mari, Meyers, Laura V., Ortiz, Aida, Paulino, Angela, Rodriguez, Anita Rivera, Miranda, Ana, Rodriguez, Raquel, Kranes, Stephanie, McKay, Mary M.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult Education
Child Health
Culturally Relevant Education
Focus Groups
Health Education
Health Materials
Health services
Hispanic Americans
Information Literacy
Intervention
Mental Health
Mental health care
Mental Health Programs
Parents
Parents & parenting
Participatory Research
Pilot Projects
Qualitative Research
Urban Areas
Video Technology
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Summary: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.
ISSN:1049-7315
1552-7581
DOI:10.1177/1049731514547907