Interventions for Latino Children, Youth and Families

针对拉丁裔儿童、青少年和家庭的干预措施

• 批准号: 7113981
• 负责人: LUIS H ZAYAS
• 金额: $ 6.28万
• 依托单位: WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2006
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2006-03-02 至 2009-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/7113981
• 关键词: Hispanic Americans; adolescence (12-20); anxiety; behavior disorders; behavioral /social science research tag; child (0-11); child behavior; culture; depression; family; health services research tag; meeting /conference /symposium; mental health services; travel

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The objectives of the three scientific meetings comprising this conference, titled "Developing Interventions for Latino Children, Youth and Families," are to advance knowledge and methods on integrating cultural constructs into extant and new interventions. We propose to bring together leading scholars in Latino mental health, behavioral sciences, and intervention research to address three objectives: to (1) identify, isolate, and crystallize conceptual definitions of core cultural constructs of diverse Latino groups considered essential for developing interventions for children, youth and parents (Year One Meeting), (2) (a) generate via expert consensus and empirical and theoretical literatures precise operational descriptions of how each core cultural construct is manifested behaviorally by Latinos in different age groups and (b) transform the constructs into intervention-behaviors that therapists must use with clients (Year Two Meeting), and (3) (a) sponsor adaptations of extant psychosocial interventions by junior investigators that integrate the definitions and (b) support research grant applications and publications (Year Three Meeting). Past literature on Latino mental health and behavioral sciences described cultural traditions, beliefs, values, and behavioral practices but they have not been clearly defined nor operationalized into a set of cultural constructs for incorporating into treatment protocols. Questions remain about which cultural constructs are important, how they are operationalized, and how they can be embedded into the therapy process. This conference will fill the critical gaps in knowledge in the development of interventions for Latino children, adolescents and families in the areas of depression, anxiety, and conduct disorders. The conference will be held annually in early April of 2006, 2007, and 2008 at the George Warren Brown School of Social Work at Washington University in St. Louis. An Organizing Committee will oversee the meetings to insure a successful, high quality endeavor. Products from the conference will include scientific papers to be published in high impact journals, conference proceedings, and 4 or more NIH grant applications to test the integration of Latino cultural constructs in empirically supported interventions.

描述（由申请人提供）：组成本次会议的三场科学会议的目标是“为拉丁裔儿童、青少年和家庭制定干预措施”，目的是推进将文化建构融入现有和新干预措施的知识和方法。我们建议将拉丁裔心理健康、行为科学和干预研究领域的顶尖学者聚集在一起，以实现三个目标：(1) 识别、分离和具体化不同拉丁裔群体的核心文化结构的概念定义，这些定义对于制定儿童干预措施至关重要、青年和家长（第一年会议），(2) (a) 通过专家共识以及经验和理论文献，对不同年龄组的拉丁裔人如何在行为上体现每个核心文化建构进行精确的操作描述，以及 (b) 转变这些建构进入治疗师必须对来访者使用的干预行为（第二年会议），以及（3）（a）赞助初级研究人员对现有心理社会干预措施进行调整，整合定义和（b）支持研究资助申请和出版物（第三年会议） 。过去有关拉丁裔心理健康和行为科学的文献描述了文化传统、信仰、价值观和行为实践，但它们尚未被明确定义或实施为一套文化结构以纳入治疗方案。关于哪些文化结构是重要的、它们如何运作以及如何将它们嵌入到治疗过程中，问题仍然存在。这次会议将填补针对拉丁裔儿童、青少年和家庭在抑郁、焦虑和品行障碍领域制定干预措施方面的关键知识空白。该会议将于每年 2006 年、2007 年和 2008 年 4 月上旬在圣路易斯华盛顿大学乔治·沃伦·布朗社会工作学院举行。组委会将监督会议，以确保会议取得成功、高质量。会议的产品将包括将在高影响力期刊上发表的科学论文、会议记录以及 4 份或更多 NIH 拨款申请，以测试拉丁裔文化建构在经验支持的干预措施中的整合。