The Mental Health and Well-Being of Adolescent Children of Cambodian Refugees

柬埔寨难民青少年儿童的心理健康和福祉

• 批准号: 8476274
• 负责人: GRANT MARSHALL
• 金额: $ 42.85万
• 依托单位: RAND CORPORATION
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-09-24 至 2015-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/8476274
• 关键词: Academic achievement; Address; Admission activity; Adolescent; Adult; Alcohol or Other Drugs use; Americas; Child; Collaborations; Communities; Data; Developed Countries; Education; Face; Family; Funding; Generations; Grant; Health; Health Care Costs; Health Policy; Health behavior; Home environment; Immigrant; Interview; Investigation; Knowledge; Language; Left; Life; Measures; Mental Health; Mental disorders; Parents; Participant; Personal Satisfaction; Persons; Population; Problem behavior; Public Health; Random Allocation; Refugees; Research; Resources; Risk; Schools; Services; Social Problems; Social Work; Societies; Source; Subgroup; Trauma; Violence; base; cost; experience; high risk; illiterate; inattention; interest; migration; offspring; psychosocial; service utilization; social; tenth grade; twelfth grade; Academic achievement; Address; Admission activity; Adolescent; Adult; Alcohol or Other Drugs use; Americas; Child; Collaborations; Communities; Data; Developed Countries; Education; Face; Family; Funding; Generations; Grant; Health; Health Care Costs; Health Policy; Health behavior; Home environment; Immigrant; Interview; Investigation; Knowledge; Language; Left; Life; Measures; Mental Health; Mental disorders; Parents; Participant; Personal Satisfaction; Persons; Population; Problem behavior; Public Health; Random Allocation; Refugees; Research; Resources; Risk; Schools; Services; Social Problems; Social Work; Societies; Source; Subgroup; Trauma; Violence; base; cost; experience; high risk; illiterate; inattention; interest; migration; offspring; psychosocial; service utilization; social; tenth grade; twelfth grade

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The proposed 4 year study requests funds to conduct the first systematic investigation of the mental health and well-being of US-born children of refugees. Since 1980, the US has admitted approximately 2.4 million refugees. These refugees encounter myriad challenges adjusting to life in the US, and have very high rates of mental illness following pre-migration trauma and violence. Recent data indicate that these psychosocial problems of refugees can persist several decades after arrival in the US. These circumstances may present the children of refugees with significant obstacles to becoming psychologically healthy, productive adults. Specifically, they may be at risk for several health and social problems, including psychological disorders, substance use, risky health behaviors, and academic disengagement. Continued scientific inattention to the fate of second generation refugees may have enormous public health costs for both the children and society as a whole. At stake is the capacity of this large group of refugee offspring to become healthy, productive adults, able to take full advantage of opportunities available in the US. We propose to study the mental health and well-being of the US-born children of Cambodian refugees, one of the largest groups of US refugees. The proposed study would take place in Long Beach, CA, home to the largest single community of Cambodian refugees in the US. Data would be collected by conducting face-to-face interviews with approximately 350 US- born adolescent (10th-12th grade) children of Cambodian refugees as well as their parents. Collaboration with the Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) will enable a random selection of families using contact information provided by the LBUSD. The proposed application has three broad aims: 1). To characterize US-born children of Cambodian refugees with respect to mental health and well-being. We will also seek to identify subgroups at particularly high risk. Domains of interest include mental health, substance use, behavioral problems, risky health behavior, and academic achievement. The status this group of adolescents will be compared to population norms from nationally representative studies using the same measures. 2). To determine whether the mental health and well-being of US-born children of Cambodian refugees differs as a function of the mental health of their parents. 3). To assess current utilization of mental health and social services, perceived need for specific services, and the barriers to receiving these services. Separate analyses will be directed at quantifying both parental and child service utilization, perceived need, and barriers.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的4年研究要求资金对我们出生的难民儿童的心理健康和福祉进行首次系统调查。自1980年以来，美国已承认约240万难民。这些难民遇到了适应美国生活的无数挑战，并且在移民前创伤和暴力事件后，精神疾病的发生率很高。最近的数据表明，到达美国后的几十年中，这些难民的这些社会心理问题可能会持续存在。这些情况可能会使难民的孩子们有重大障碍，即成为心理健康，生产力的成年人。具体而言，它们可能有多种健康和社会问题的风险，包括心理疾病，药物使用，风险的健康行为和学术脱离接触。对第二代难民的命运的持续科学不集中可能会给整个儿童和社会带来巨大的公共卫生费用。受到威胁的是这一庞大的难民后代成为健康，富有成效的成年人的能力，能够充分利用美国可用的机会。我们建议研究柬埔寨难民的我们出生的柬埔寨难民的心理健康和福祉，这是美国最大的难民之一。拟议的研究将在美国加利福尼亚州的长滩进行，是美国最大的柬埔寨难民社区的所在地。将通过对大约350名柬埔寨难民及其父母的大约350名美国青少年（10至12年级）儿童进行面对面访谈来收集数据。与长滩统一学区（LBUSD）的合作将使用LBUSD提供的联系信息随机选择。拟议的应用具有三个广泛的目标：1）。在心理健康和福祉方面，要描述柬埔寨难民的儿童。我们还将寻求确定特别高风险的亚组。感兴趣的领域包括心理健康，药物使用，行为问题，风险的健康行为和学术成就。该群体将使用相同的措施将这组青少年与全国代表性研究的人口规范进行比较。 2）。确定柬埔寨难民儿童的心理健康和福祉是否会因父母的心理健康而有所不同。 3）。为了评估当前对心理健康和社会服务的利用，对特定服务的需求以及获得这些服务的障碍。单独的分析将旨在量化父母和儿童服务的利用，感知需求和障碍。