Standing and Responding in Solidarity with Disenfranchised Immigrant Families in the United States: An Ongoing Call for Action

Wieling, Elizabeth; Trejo, Andrea N.; Patterson, Jo Ellen; Weingarten, Kaethe; Falicov, Celia Jaes; Hernandez, Ana Vidina; Heffron, Laurie Cook; Faulkner, Monica; Parra‐Cardona, José Rubén

doi:10.1111/jmft.12460

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“…Despite extraordinary progress, significant gaps remain in the outcome research literature concerning purposeful inclusion of racially and ethnically diverse groups, as well as reporting of strategies that account for race, ethnicity, and culture in studies. This finding is not new, but one that continues to be documented by scholars (e.g., Seedall et al, 2014;Wieling et al, 2020).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 67%

Reducing mental health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse populations: A review of couple and family intervention research methods (2010–2019)

Dwanyen

Holtrop

Parra‐Cardona

2021

J Marital Family Therapy

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Racially and ethnically diverse and globally underserved populations continue to experience mental health disparities. The goal of this review was to examine the extent to which diverse populations were included in couple and family intervention research over the past decade and whether these studies were conducted with attention to issues of diversity. We performed a review of 271 articles reviewed in the current special issue on the efficacy and effectiveness of couple and family interventions across 11 mental health topics. Overall, only 68 of the 271 (25%) articles included predominately racial/ethnic minority samples or globally underserved populations. Among articles (n = 60) describing US-based research with racial/ ethnic minority samples, there was a pattern of inattention to methodological considerations relevant to diverse populations. Although some progress was noted, more research is necessary. Specifically, we call for research that advances social justice by using critically conscious methods to promote mental health equity.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 67%

Reducing mental health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse populations: A review of couple and family intervention research methods (2010–2019)

Dwanyen

Holtrop

Parra‐Cardona

2021

J Marital Family Therapy

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“…An organization’s status in the community allowed new clients to trust them despite not meeting in person, the change in service format to virtual contributed to difficulty in building trust with others. Particularly for undocumented immigrants, this trust is needed due to rhetoric and policies that instill fear (Garcini et al, 2020; Wieling et al, 2020). One medical provider stated,So I work a lot with patients that are undocumented … if I haven’t had referral prior to COVID from them, the first interaction I’m trying to have with them is sometimes over the phone, and it’s just hard to build that connection and to establish that rapport and let them know that—I mean, I have no association with reporting whether a person does not have a social security number or is working with a false name.…”

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Resilience in the system: COVID-19 and immigrant- and refugee-serving health and human service providers.

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Ballard²,

Fatiha³

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Families, Systems, & Health

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Introduction: Immigrant and refugee families in the U.S. have been particularly hard hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Health and human service providers who serve these communities have been essential in supporting them during this crisis, yet have also had to adapt the way they provide services. The current study aims to describe the challenges these service providers have faced and the adaptations they have made. Method: Our research team conducted semistructured interviews with 19 service providers at 10 organizations identified as serving one or more immigrant and/or refugee communities in the state of Minnesota. We analyzed the interviews for themes and used normalization process theory (May & Finch, 2009) to understand how service providers have shown resilience and where gaps in capacity emerged. Results: Mechanisms of adaptation to the COVID-19 crisis included staff taking on larger workloads, utilizing existing service frameworks in new ways, shifting their services remotely and/or substantively, and utilizing the trust they had built with communities and individuals over time. Challenges that had not been fully overcome included insufficient funding for community need and restrictions on methods of interaction. Discussion: Key implications include allocating funding for immigrant and refugee families, developing and evaluating new service formats in collaboration with clients, providing direct support for staff in times of crisis, and using practice-based evidence to speed implementation science research.

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“…To be effective, I must take action. The work of the W2W program, the actions we take, have been described at length in recent publications (Wieling et al, 2020; Weingarten et al, 2020; Weingarten et al, 2022).…”

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confidence: 99%

Called to repair injustice: Connecting everyday practices to societal phenomena, creating momentum for solidarity and change

Weingarten

2022

Family Process

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I have been working with a model of witnessing for more than 30 years (Weingarten, 2000a). In this article, I add layers to its conceptualization by discussing several related concepts: the implicated subject (Rothberg, 2019) and ethical loneliness (Stauffer, 2015) among them. What distinguishes the Witnessing Model positions from the implicated subject is that the implicated subject is always aligned with power and/or domination, whereas a witness may not be. Certain responsibilities accrue if we take our implication seriously. Just as I have suggested there are steps one can take from positions two, three and four of the Witnessing Model to enter, return or remain in the aware and empowered position, a position from within which accountability is more likely, I offer ideas about how one can respond accountably when one acknowledges one's implication. Throughout this article, I raise questions, some of which I cannot answer. For instance, can empathic repair be undertaken by one party to a ruptured relationship, one segment of a society, without an unfolding process of mutual recognition and compassion? The contemporary moment in which we are living presents us with dire outcomes if the answer is "no." The entire article is an extended meditation on the following central question: How can we, implicated subjects, practice solidarity to diminish ethical loneliness and create movement toward the personal, interpersonal

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Standing and Responding in Solidarity with Disenfranchised Immigrant Families in the United States: An Ongoing Call for Action

Cited by 12 publications

References 41 publications

Reducing mental health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse populations: A review of couple and family intervention research methods (2010–2019)

Reducing mental health disparities among racially and ethnically diverse populations: A review of couple and family intervention research methods (2010–2019)

Resilience in the system: COVID-19 and immigrant- and refugee-serving health and human service providers.

Called to repair injustice: Connecting everyday practices to societal phenomena, creating momentum for solidarity and change

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