Stressors and coping strategies of ethnic minority youth: Youth and mental health practitioners' perspectives

Kwan, Chi Kin; Baig, Raees Begum; Lo, Kai Chung

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2018.04.002

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“…These perceptions, attributing ethnic minority youth's avoidance to internal community culture, older members' authority and lack of interest, tend to overlook external challenges such as social stigma and institutional limitations that contribute to barriers and stress for Pakistani youth. Our social work informants' reactions reflect their inclinations to avoid the topic of political participation when working with ethnic minority youth because they were aware of their own cultural competence limitations, echoing previous studies revealing that Hong Kong social workers generally lack the necessary knowledge and skills to work with non-Chinese service users (Lee et al, 2020) and tend to underestimate the needs and stress of ethnic minority youth due to cultural distance (Kwan et al, 2018).…”

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confidence: 66%

Citizenship and multicultural social work: Challenges and opportunities of ethnic minority youth in political engagement in Hong Kong

Kwok

2022

International Social Work

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This article reports on qualitative research investigating Pakistani minority youth’s political engagement in the 2019 Anti-Extradition Movement in Hong Kong. Some informants’ engagement was inhibited by challenges such as institutional limitations, while others identified various opportunities. This article presents an Asian example from a unique historical context to illuminate the potential role of political engagement in ethnic minority youth’s personal and social development and how the citizenship social work framework enhances understanding of ethnic minority youth and cultural competence in multicultural social work. Furthermore, it advocates social work as an empowering agency to implement citizenship rights for ethnic minority youth.

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Section: Challengessupporting

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Citizenship and multicultural social work: Challenges and opportunities of ethnic minority youth in political engagement in Hong Kong

Kwok

2022

International Social Work

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“…These results are in line with those of another local study that examined the difficulties faced by medical staff when providing care to emergency rooms in Hong Kong (Vandan et al, 2020). Additionally, because EMs have prejudices against mental health professionals based on their prior experiences, they stopped seeking mental health treatment (Kwan et al, 2018). Local practitioners misread patients’ mental health needs due to their ignorance of the diversity of EMs, which constrained their options for effective management.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Locals and EMs should have equal access to school-based support programmes, as proposed by our younger participants. Their suitability for students from varied ethnicities may also require continuous assessment (Kwan et al, 2018). Improving mental health knowledge in adults is also helpful in promoting a mentally healthy environment.…”

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Double stigma in mental health service use: Experience from ethnic minorities in Hong Kong

Suen

Chun

Michael

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Int J Soc Psychiatry

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Background: Ethnic minorities (EMs) typically underutilise mental health services (EMs) with issues that are not shared by the local population. Understanding the underlying perceived factors could help reduce their mental health disparities. Aims: This is a qualitative study aiming to examine the barriers that prevent EMs from seeking mental health services in Hong Kong. Methods: Six semistructured focus groups with 31 EMs who resided in Hong Kong were conducted from May 31 to June 26, 2021. The outcome measures were the themes and subthemes of perspectives on mental health service use. Results: Among 31 adults (20 [64.5%] women, 11 [35.5%] men; 17 [54.8%] aged 25–39 years) who participated, most participants self-identified as Indian (13 [41.95]) or Pakistani (10 [32.3]). There were 16 individuals (51.6%) who reported severe or higher levels of anxiety or depressive symptoms, while 12 individuals (38.7%) reported moderate levels. Three emerging themes identified for the barriers to help-seeking for psychiatric intervention were (1) preexisting problems, (2) psychaitric service lacks cultural sensitivity and (3) personal or family limitation, while that for the recommendations to improve help-seeking had six themes: (1) improve cultural sensitivity, (2) make EM mental health practitioners available, (3) improve professional conduct, (4) improve on-site support, (5) improve financial support and (6) improve mental health promotion in schools. Conclusion: This study found that EMs in Hong Kong experience double stigma, which keeps them away from seeking professional mental health care. There were also disparities in the use of mental health services by ethnicity. The study also made recommendations for promoting EM help-seeking at the individual, governmental and community levels.

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“…Its knowledge systems are found across various fields, including health, agriculture, plantations, and maritime matters comprising an intangible heritage (Le Coze, 2019); (Aleshinskaya, 2016); (Minollari, 2018). This cultural complexity is very important for the younger generation to understand (Kwan et al, 2018), with local cultural knowledge affecting their ability and comfort in organizing their lives in society (Yorio et al, 2019).…”

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Increasing youth awareness of local culture through active learning

Rosa

Olivia

Gayatri

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This study aims to determine the influence of practice-based active learning on students' interest and response in learning local culture in drama classes. The research was conducted at public universities in Indonesia using two active learning strategies. Qualitative methods using participatory techniques, interviews, and observations were carried out in collecting data for this study. The sample of this research is fifty drama class students. The analysis of data was done after the drama classes ended, which was marked by the process of assessing student learning outcomes through stage performances. This study showed a statistically significant increase in students' interest and response to learning local culture through collaborative learning methods and role-play in drama classroom learning. This study recommends adopting an active learning strategy in teaching local cultural materials to students. Further research is recommended on designing different active learning strategies with other variables and in different locations. Keywords: Scriptwriting; classroom drama teaching; teaching local culture; active learning.

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Stressors and coping strategies of ethnic minority youth: Youth and mental health practitioners' perspectives

Cited by 16 publications

References 33 publications

Citizenship and multicultural social work: Challenges and opportunities of ethnic minority youth in political engagement in Hong Kong

Citizenship and multicultural social work: Challenges and opportunities of ethnic minority youth in political engagement in Hong Kong

Double stigma in mental health service use: Experience from ethnic minorities in Hong Kong

Increasing youth awareness of local culture through active learning

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