Development of the Stress of Immigration Survey

Sternberg, Rosa Maria; Nápoles, Anna María; Gregorich, Steven E.; Paul, Steven M.; Lee, Kathryn A.; Stewart, Anita L.

doi:10.1097/fch.0000000000000088

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“…The SOIS is a 21-item measure that assesses five domains of stress related to language, immigrant status, work issues, yearning for family and home country, and cultural dissonance among Latino immigrants residing in the United States. 26 The SOIS was originally tested with a sample of Mexican immigrant women, and its internal consistency reliability exceeded 0.80 for all subscales. Scale scores range from 1 to 5 with higher scores indicating more stress.…”

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Mentes Positivas en Acción: Feasibility Study of a Promotor-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Program for Low-Income Spanish-Speaking Latinas

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Purpose: Low-income Latino immigrants lack access to mental health providers. We explored the feasibility of training promotores to deliver a stress management program in community settings. Methods: We trained promotores to deliver an 8-week intervention program comprising evidence-based cognitive-behavioral stress management techniques. Trained promotores then delivered the program to Spanish-speaking Latino immigrants. Results: Promotores ( n =10) improved their knowledge significantly after the training ( p <0.001) and delivered the program demonstrating excellent fidelity. Participants who received the program ( n =50) had significantly improved scores on immigration stress, perceived stress, and depressive symptoms ( p <0.001). Conclusion: It is feasible to train Latino promotores to deliver an effective stress management program to low-income Latino immigrants in their communities. Results contribute to a growing literature on the value of such interventions in community settings. If it is found to be effective in future studies, the program could help fill a large need in the Latino community.

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“…We modified the PSS based on evidence from several studies among Mexican immigrant women that some items did not meet basic psychometric criteria. 26,28…”

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“… 23 Similarly, immigration is a significant stressor for many Latinos/as, affecting their mental and physical well-being. 19 Therefore, it seems pertinent that CHWs in this sample reported immigration services as a significant part of their role since CHWs are key in addressing social determinants of health that affect underserved and minoritized communities. 6 These findings emphasize the importance of considering immigration and its repercussions on clients/patients for the roles of a Latino/a CHW in a metropolitan area.…”

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“…Likewise, immigration was added as an option to describe the services provided by Latino/a CHWs, given how immigration has been reported as a significant stressor in Latino/a groups. 19 Participants were asked to respond to statements about their experiences as CHWs either in multiple-choice questions, table response selections, true or false statements, and free-response options (ie, participants typed their responses). The survey was divided into the following sections: job characteristics, tobacco cessation practices, client characteristics, tobacco cessation practices and attitudes, a tobacco knowledge questionnaire, desired skills and training, and participant characteristics.…”

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Tobacco Knowledge, Attitudes, and Services Among Latino/a Community Health Workers

Álvarez

Nicholson

Villamar

et al. 2023

J Prim Care Community Health

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Background: Tobacco-related illnesses are among the leading preventable causes of death for Latinos/as in the United States. Latino/a groups are less likely to receive advice to quit from health professionals or use tobacco cessation strategies. The position of community health workers (CHWs) warrants further attention to address tobacco-related disparities in Latino/a communities. The objective of this study was to describe CHWs’ roles to inform future smoking cessation training to ensure relevance and accessibility. Methods: A needs assessment survey, including a 10-item tobacco knowledge questionnaire, was conducted with 29 Latino/a CHWs serving Latino/a communities in a metropolitan area to assess their roles, tobacco related services, attitudes, and knowledge. Results: All CHWs were Spanish-speaking and mainly employed part time (55%) in community organizations (67%). They offered various services, primarily health education. Most of the CHWs (58.6%) assessed and discussed tobacco use, yet half (51.7%) reported low confidence in this area. Some CHWs (41%) expressed that their clients/patients would use evidence-based nicotine replacement therapies as a smoking cessation treatment if offered and identified “Financial Cost” (31%) as a deterrent of use. CHWs’ score on a tobacco knowledge questionnaire indicated low knowledge in areas related to tobacco (4.03 out of 10; SD = 1.92). Conclusions: CHWs reported low tobacco related knowledge and confidence, and would benefit from tailored tobacco cessation training to decrease tobacco cessation disparities.

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“…Immigration-related stress was measured using the five-item Lack of Legal Immigrant Status subscale from the Stress of Immigration Survey [ 28 ]. Only this subscale was used due to brevity.…”

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Investigating the Potential Double-Edged Score of Immigration-Related Stress, Discrimination, and Mental Health Access

Andrews,

Escobar,

Gonzalez

et al. 2024

IJERPH

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Prior work has suggested that discrimination and immigration-related stress may impede mental health care seeking and utilization among Latinx populations. These effects may be more nuanced as both discrimination and immigration-related stress may increase symptomology, particularly post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression. Both symptoms may, in turn, prompt attempts to seek care. The current study examined the direct effects of discrimination and immigration-related stress on care access, as well as potentially indirect effects with PTSD and depression symptoms as mediators. Interviews and online surveys were completed with 234 Latinx residents of the Midwest, assessing everyday discrimination, discrimination in healthcare, PTSD symptoms, depression symptoms, current mental health utilization, and previous unsuccessful attempts to seek care. Direct effects of discrimination and immigration-related stress were largely unrelated to care access variables. Discrimination in healthcare settings predicted both unsuccessful attempts to seek care and current use, but this effect was positive. The indirect effect was largely supported, but only for PTSD symptoms and not depression. Results indicate that further investigation is necessary to understand the direct effects of discrimination on care access. Further, discrimination and immigration-related stress may indirectly prompt attempts to seek mental health care.

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Development of the Stress of Immigration Survey

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Mentes Positivas en Acción: Feasibility Study of a Promotor-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Program for Low-Income Spanish-Speaking Latinas

Mentes Positivas en Acción: Feasibility Study of a Promotor-Delivered Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management Program for Low-Income Spanish-Speaking Latinas

Tobacco Knowledge, Attitudes, and Services Among Latino/a Community Health Workers

Investigating the Potential Double-Edged Score of Immigration-Related Stress, Discrimination, and Mental Health Access

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