3-094 - Toxic Stress, Developmental Outcomes and Resiliency: The Importance of Cultural Adaptation of Interventions

Session Type: Conversation Roundtable

Integrative Statement

Moderator: Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo
Prevention-intervention sciences continue to be puzzled by the need to culturally adapt interventions. On one hand, international initiatives have propelled a growing demand for evidence-based interventions (EBIs) particularly among countries with limited research capacity and resources where EBIs are adopted and disseminated by governmental and non-governmental organizations (NGOs), researchers and practitioners. On the other hand, the growing population diversity across countries and worldwide dissemination of knowledge presents the intervention science field with the need to adapt interventions by ensuring their effectiveness and scalability potential across contexts. Within the realm of global mental health issues, Toxic Stress effects on neurodevelopmental, cognitive, and socioemotional outcomes in children and adolescents warrants immediate consideration. That is, despite the attention that international governments have started to pay to toxic stress and its short and long-term effects on youth’s developmental outcomes, emerging efforts are still lacking culturally appropriate interventions. Thus, a critical issue in advancing worldwide prevention and intervention efforts on the effects of toxic stress in children and adolescent’s developmental outcomes is the need for culturally responsive practices. The proposed conversation roundtable brings together a group of international multidisciplinary experts in the areas of developmental, social and clinical psychology, neurodevelopment, psychiatry, intervention and prevention sciences, positive youth development, and at-risk populations. Experts will discuss insights on the critical juncture between cultural adaptation of interventions and research and practice in toxic stress, resilience, and positive development in children and adolescents. Current gaps, challenges and recommendations for advancing the field will be discussed.

Sub Unit

• Prevention and Interventions

Moderator

• Elizabeth Trejos-Castillo, Texas Tech University

Panelists

• Ann Mastergeorge, Texas Tech University

• Laura Ferrer-Wreder, Stockholm University

• Nora Wiium, University of Bergen

• Andrea P. Jackowski, Federal University of São Paulo, Department of Psychiatry