The Racialized Nature of Child Welfare Policies and the Social Control of Black Bodies

Harp, Kathi L.H.; Bunting, Amanda M.

doi:10.1093/sp/jxz039

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“…This suggests that even if they are unwilling to address the problem openly, they are willing to acknowledge that it is a problem. Stigma is likely a barrier to help-seeking ( 25 , 26 ). However, given its high ranking there may be an opportunity for de-stigmatization interventions to be effective to allow for increased help seeking and more open conversations about mental health.…”

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confidence: 99%

The health of rural Black communities during COVID: Some affirmations, some surprises

Newman

Moss²,

Pichon³

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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Background and objectiveThere are overwhelming health disparities in the Deep South. It is important to include the voice of communities affected by these disparities when developing interventions. The goal of the current study was to develop an academic community engaged partnership to strengthen the ability to address priority health concerns of rural African American communities with a focus on health literacy and health advocacy.MethodsA community-based participatory research approach was used to administer a 15-item community health survey in five rural communities led by African American mayors in Alabama (N = 752). The survey assessed the health concerns and the potential behaviors that may be associated with those health concerns.ResultsThe five communities demonstrated similarities as well as differences in both the health concerns endorsed and the potential health behaviors that may contribute to those concerns. All five communities identified cardiovascular disease as a health concern with three endorsing mental health issues and 2 dental health. With respect to behaviors, all five communities identified either unhealthy eating/exercise and substance use as concerns with one community identifying racism as a risky behavior affecting health.ConclusionThe results presented replicate CBPR studies demonstrating that communities are important sources of information about local health priorities and concerns.

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The health of rural Black communities during COVID: Some affirmations, some surprises

Newman

Moss²,

Pichon³

et al. 2023

Front. Public Health

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“…Racialised children are more likely to be diagnosed with behavioural disorders than their white counterparts. They are more likely to be labelled as violent and oppositional, leading to high rates of punishment and medicalisation that have resulted in the school-to-prison pipeline (Harp & Bunting, 2020). Similar experiences are seen globally, as racialised persons are over-represented in clinical populations, subjected to individualised and medical treatments, or placed under carceral control (Fernando, 2014) -systems predominantly run and staffed by white persons (Hutcheon & Lashewicz, 2020).…”

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Unsettling colonial mentalities in family therapy: Entering negotiated spaces

Jordan

2021

Journal of Family Therapy

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This article discusses the settler colonial roots of family therapy, positing that much of what is considered the standard or ideal family form comes from colonialism.Utilising settler colonial theory as a guide, I identify how the colonial nations, built through the violent exclusion of Indigenous and exogenous peoples, utilised the family to further their goals. Rather than suggest settler colonialism was an historic event, I consider how it continues today, privileging white families of European descent. To move the conversation forward on how white therapists from majoritised cultures can engage with racialised clients, I describe the negotiated spaces as a meeting ground where therapists and clients navigate differing worldviews. In these negotiations, our clients trust us, and to be accountable to this trust, we can unsettle the influence of settler colonialism. To conclude this paper, I discuss four possible pathways to begin the complicated process of unsettling.

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“…These disparities place ethnic and racial minority families, especially Black families, at greater risk of experiencing additional stressors (e.g., racism and discrimination, undue negative treatment) that may adversely impact the parent–child relationship and child development. Black mothers are screened at higher rates for substance use, are reported to CPS regarding substance use at greater rates, and along with non-White Hispanic mothers, are less likely to receive mental health and substance use treatment or receive poorer quality treatment compared to white women (Bishop et al, 2017; Harp & Bunting, 2020; Martin et al, 2020; Salameh et al, 2020; Stone, 2015). While the goal of screening is to promote treatment and prevent child welfare involvement, even when Black women receive treatment, Black children are more likely to be born into the child welfare system (Roberts & Nuru-Jeter, 2012), thus highlighting major structural issues that are disproportionately harmful to Black families struggling with substance use.…”

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Perinatal substance use and the underpinnings of addiction and attachment: Implications for parenting interventions.

Guyon‐Harris¹,

Jacobs²,

Lavin³

et al. 2023

Practice Innovations

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Perinatal substance use (PSU; i.e., substance use during pregnancy and the first year postpartum) is a challenging public health concern with implications for both the mother and her child. Perinatal women with substance use disorders (SUDs) often have difficulties with parenting including displaying high levels of negative parenting behaviors (e.g., harshness and irritability) when interacting with their children and greater difficulty interpreting their children's cues. The overlap between the systems in the brain that are involved in addiction and parent–child attachment can shed light onto challenges with parenting and the formation of healthy parent–child relationships. Parenting interventions (and interventions more broadly) for perinatal women with SUDs should be informed by the interplay between addiction and attachment. We begin by reviewing the prevalence of PSU and common parenting challenges. We then provide context to these parenting challenges by reviewing current understanding of the interplay between systems implicated in addiction and parent–child attachment. Finally, we describe existing parenting interventions for perinatal women with SUDs and highlight the need for relationally focused interventions that are strengths based and person-centered. Understanding how the neurobiological process of addiction is intertwined with past and current attachment relationships should be leveraged to inform more accessible, acceptable, and effective interventions for pregnant and parenting women with SUDs. Additionally, we describe how understanding the ways in which addiction disrupts the formation of healthy parent–child attachment has foundational implications for the treatment of PSU and the training of new clinicians.

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The Racialized Nature of Child Welfare Policies and the Social Control of Black Bodies

Cited by 53 publications

References 61 publications

The health of rural Black communities during COVID: Some affirmations, some surprises

The health of rural Black communities during COVID: Some affirmations, some surprises

Unsettling colonial mentalities in family therapy: Entering negotiated spaces

Perinatal substance use and the underpinnings of addiction and attachment: Implications for parenting interventions.

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