1-145 - The psychosocial needs and treatment of Latino youth with community-based participatory action research and qualitative data

Session Type: Paper Symposium

Integrative Statement

Community-based participatory action research (CBPAR) and qualitative data collection methods are successful tools for evaluating the complex realities of youth and families from underserved communities. Latino-American youth and families disproportionately occupy underserved and high violence communities. Additionally, the mental health of Latino-American youth and families are under-researched, leaving a dearth of knowledge about this population in the field. This symposium will explore the use of CBPAR and qualitative data methods in three studies with Latino-American youth and families. The first study developed and completed focus groups that aimed to understand the psychosocial realities of Latino-American youth from a high crime urban community. The second study explored parental reactions to participating in a CBPAR derived parenting component for the Cognitive Behavioral Intervention for Trauma in the Schools (CBITS) developed in partnership with community clinicians and Latino-American parents. The final study utilized a CBPAR approach to gain insight from community leaders about depression/suicide risk factors particular to Latino-American adolescents and to generate innovative suggestions to improve the cultural relevance of prevention interventions.
Collectively, the studies will address the utility of these methods in examining and treating the psychosocial well-being of Latino-American youth and families. The discussant, Kathryn Bocanegra, M.A., LCSW, is Director of Violence Prevention at Enlace Chicago, a well-established organization in Chicago that provides community-based services for Latino-American youth and families. As an expert on the challenges facing Latino-American youth and families, she will discuss the importance of creating more culturally sensitive mental health and social services for this population.

Sub Unit

• Race, Ethnicity, Culture, Context

Chair

• Maryse H Richards, Loyola Univ of Chicago

Discussant

• Kathryn Bocanegra, Enlace Chicago

Individual Presentations

• Mi Villita: Enlace Focus Group Project - Presenting Author: Arie Zakaryan, Loyola University, Chicago; Edna Yvonne Romero, Loyola University, Chicago; Kyle Deane, Loyola University, Chicago; Michaela Mozley, Loyola University Chicago; Darrick Scott, Loyola University Chicago; Catherine DeCarlo Santiago, Loyola University, Chicago; Kathryn Bocanegra, Enlace Chicago; David Treering, Loyola University Chicago; Maryse H Richards, Loyola Univ of Chicago

• Latino Parent Perspectives from Participating in a School-Based Program Developed through Community Partnership - Presenting Author: Anne K. Fuller, Loyola University, Chicago; Jaclyn M. Lennon, Loyola University, Chicago; Ana Maria Ros, Loyola University Chicago; Christina A. Weingarten, Loyola University Chicago; Donna M. Flores, Loyola University Chicago; Catherine DeCarlo Santiago, Loyola University, Chicago

• Culturally Tailored Depression/Suicide Prevention in Latino Youth: Community Perspectives - Presenting Author: Rebecca Ford-Paz, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine; Christine Reinhard, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia; Andrea Kuebbeller, Alternatives, Inc., Chicago, IL