The Impact of COVID-19 and Immigration Enforcement on Service Delivery for Immigrant Origin Families Involved in the Child Welfare System.

This descriptive study sought to explore how child welfare agencies and community partner organizations experienced and adapted service provision for immigrant children and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Semi-structured qualitative interviews were completed with 31 child welfare agency practitioners and community partners in 11 states who work with immigrant clients or on immigration related policies within the child welfare sector. Data were coded and analyzed using a thematic analysis approach.

Improving Child Health and Healthcare Use Outcomes: How Risk and Resilience Intersect in Pediatric Care.

More nuanced and comprehensive approaches are needed in preventive healthcare to have a larger impact on the social determinants of health that influence health and well-being over the life course. Using data from a nine-site study of pediatric health care innovations focused on screening, referring, and linking families of infants to services for social needs, we examined the clustering of risk and resilience reported by 888 parents at infant age birth to 6 months using latent profile analysis (LPA). We then examined how risk and resilience profiles were associated with children's health status and family unmet need for social supports 1 year later.

Latinx Family Perspectives on Social Needs Screening and Referral during Well-Child Visits.

Objective: To understand Latinx parent perspectives on screening and referral approaches to identify social determinants of health and address social and material needs during well-child visits and to identify techniques that promote their engagement with these approaches.

Study Design: We investigated parent perspectives and engagement with social needs screening and referral practices during well-child visits using focus group methodology.

Results: We conducted 17 focus groups (n = 134 parents and other primary caregivers) with families receiving care at sites operated by eight pediatric primary care clinics.

Adverse Childhood Experiences Among 3 Generations of Latinx Youth.

Introduction: The U.S. immigrant paradox shows worsening health across generations, with U.

A birth cohort study of Asian and Pacific Islander children reported for abuse or neglect by maternal nativity and ethnic origin.

Research identifying racial and ethnic disparities in child protective services (CPS) involvement in the U.S. has focused on the overrepresentation of Black children and the growing Latino child population.

Measuring Use of Research Evidence: The Structured Interview for Evidence Use.

Objectives: This article describes the Standard Interview for Evidence Use (SIEU), a measure to assess the level of engagement in acquiring, evaluating, and applying research evidence in health and social service settings.

Method: Three scales measuring input, process, and output of research evidence and eight subscales were identified using principal axis factor analysis and parallel analysis of data collected from 202 state and county child welfare, mental health, and juvenile justice systems leaders.

Results: The SIEU scales and subscales demonstrate strong internal consistency as well as convergent and discriminant validity.

Effects of Parent Immigration Status on Mental Health Service Use Among Latino Children Referred to Child Welfare.

Objective: Latino families may be at risk of experiencing stressors resulting from the immigration process, such as those related to documentation status and acculturation, that may increase their need for mental health services. However, little research exists on the mental health needs and service use of Latino children. This study examined how parental nativity and legal status influence mental health needs and service utilization among children in Latino families investigated by child welfare.

Domestic violence and immigration status among Latina mothers in the child welfare system: findings from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-being II (NSCAW II).

Many children involved with the child welfare system witness parental domestic violence. The association between children's domestic violence exposure and child welfare involvement may be influenced by certain socio-cultural factors; however, minimal research has examined this relationship. The current study compares domestic violence experiences and case outcomes among Latinas who are legal immigrants (n=39), unauthorized immigrants (n=77), naturalized citizens (n=30), and US-born citizen mothers (n=383) reported for child maltreatment.

Disparities in reported and substantiated infant maltreatment by maternal Hispanic origin and nativity: a birth cohort study.

We followed Latino infants prospectively through age 1 to determine whether maternal foreign-born status conferred a protective advantage against reported and substantiated maltreatment across Hispanic-origin groups, and whether the likelihood an infant was reported or substantiated for maltreatment varied by Hispanic origin. We drew data for all Latino infants born in California between 2000 and 2006 (N = 1,909,155) from population-based birth records linked to child protective services data. We used χ(2) tests to assess distributional differences in covariates and utilized generalized linear models to estimate the adjusted relative risk of report and substantiation in models stratified by nativity.