The Adelante project: Realities, challenges and successes in addressing health disparities among central American immigrant youth.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark C. Edberg ◽  
Sean D. Cleary ◽  
Elizabeth L. Andrade ◽  
W. Douglas Evans ◽  
Lupi Quinteros-Grady ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Health Disparities ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
Central American ◽  
American Immigrant

scholarly journals Symptoms of PTSD and Depression among Central American Immigrant Youth

Trauma Care ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-118
Author(s):  
Ernesto Castañeda ◽  
Daniel Jenks ◽  
Jessica Chaikof ◽  
Carina Cione ◽  
SteVon Felton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Immigrant Youth ◽  
The United States ◽  
Immigrant Integration ◽  
Central American ◽  
Symptom Scale ◽  
Before And After ◽  
American Immigrant ◽  
Child Ptsd ◽  
The U.S

The aim of this paper is to explore the mental health challenges that Central American immigrant youth face before and after arriving in the United States. This population is hard to reach, marginalized, and disproportionately exposed to trauma from a young age. This paper investigates the mental health stressors experienced by Central American immigrant youth and asylum seekers, including unaccompanied minors, surveyed in the U.S. in 2017. This mixed methods study uses qualitative data from interviews along with close-ended questions and the validated PHQ-8 Questionnaire and the Child PTSD Symptom Scale (CPSS). These new migrants face numerous challenges to mental health, increased psychopathological risk exacerbated by high levels of violence and low state-capacity in their countries of origin, restrictive immigration policies, the fear of deportation for themselves and their family members, and the pressure to integrate once in the U.S. We find that Central American youth have seen improvements in their self-reported mental health after migrating to the U.S., but remain at risk of further trauma exposure, depression, and PTSD. We find that they exhibit a disproportionate likelihood of having lived through traumatizing experiences that put them at higher risk for psychological distress and disorders that may create obstacles to integration. These can, in turn, create new stressors that exacerbate PTSD, depression, and anxiety. These conditions can be minimized through programs that aid immigrant integration and mental health.

‘A place where my children could learn to read, write, and play’: The search for early care and education among undocumented Central American immigrant mothers

2021 ◽  
Vol 56 ◽  
pp. 306-319
Author(s):  
Colleen K. Vesely ◽  
Elizabeth K. DeMulder ◽  
Amber B. Sansbury ◽  
Elizabeth F. Davis ◽  
Bethany L. Letiecq ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Early Care And Education ◽  
Central American ◽  
Early Care ◽  
Immigrant Mothers ◽  
American Immigrant
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