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Jul 10
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Data Tool: Measuring Hispanic Families and Households

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Early Childhood, Immigrant Families Research, Parenting, Research, Research Highlight, Social Work

Data Tool: Measuring Hispanic Families and Households

National Research Center on Hispanic Families and Children (July 2018)
The National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families just released an interactive data tool to help researchers explore the capacity of 22 large, mostly national surveys to measure Latino families and households. The tool indicates what information is available on family and household composition, family formation and stability, relationship dynamics, and (co)parenting.
Jul 03
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Fact Sheet: Top 10 Reasons Family Incarceration is Not a Solution

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Family Separation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight, Social Work

Fact Sheet: Top 10 Reasons Family Incarceration is Not a Solution

Human Rights First (June 2018)

The Trump Administration is attempting to replace its failed policy of family separation with the failed policy of family incarceration. ICE already detains families at three facilities in Dilley and Karnes, Texas and Reading, Pennsylvania, but the Trump Administration wants to lock up families even longer and overturn legal rules that protect children from lengthy detention.

Jul 02
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Fact Sheet: The Trauma of Childhood Separation

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight, Social Work, Trauma

Fact Sheet: The Trauma of Childhood Separation

Megan J. Wolff, PhD, MPH; Weill Cornell (July 2, 2018)

The Institute for the History of Psychiatry at Weill Cornell created this tool for those working on behalf of separated families or incarcerated parents. This well-sourced fact sheet details the medical aspects of the trauma of child separation. It’s intended to be of use for journalists, policymakers, lawyers, and anyone else interested or involved in the issue.

Jun 20
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Hispanic Couples in the Supporting Healthy Marriage Evaluation: How Representative are they of Low-Income Hispanic Couples in the United States?

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Immigrant Families Research, Parenting, Research Highlight, Social Work

Hispanic Couples in the Supporting Healthy Marriage Evaluation: How Representative are they of Low-Income Hispanic Couples in the United States?

Maria A. Ramos-Olazagasti; Lina Guzman; National Research Center on Hispanic Families & Children (June 2018)

This brief assesses the extent to which Hispanic participants in the Supporting Healthy Marriage (SHM) evaluation data set represent the broader U.S. population of Hispanic couples.

Jun 20
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How Well Do National Surveys Measure Hispanic Families and Households?

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Immigrant Families Research, Research Highlight, Social Work

How Well Do National Surveys Measure Hispanic Families and Households?

Lina Guzman; Maria A. Ramos-Olazagasti; Marta Alvira-Hammond; Emily Miller; Christina Padilla; Renee Ryberg; Claudia Vega; National Research Center on Hispanic Families & Children (June 20, 2018)

This brief examines the capacity of our nation’s data infrastructure to measure, describe, and understand the structure, diversity, complexity, and dynamics of Hispanic family life through the review of more than 20 mostly national surveys to assess the extent to which they include measures critical to understanding the characteristics and experiences of Hispanic families and households.

Jun 18
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Code Red The Fatal Consequences of Dangerously Substandard Medical Care in Immigration Detention

By | Detention, ICE, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research Highlight, Safety, Trauma

Code Red: The Fatal Consequences of Dangerously Substandard Medical Care in Immigration Detention

Human Rights Watch (June 2018)

Based on the analysis of independent medical experts, this 72-page report, examines the 15 “Detainee Death Reviews” ICE released from December 2015 through April 2017.

Jun 09
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Language competence in forensic interviews for suspected child sexual abuse.

By | Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention, Child Maltreatment, Child Welfare System Research, Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Language Issues, Research, Research Highlight, Trauma

Language competence in forensic interviews for suspected child sexual abuse.

Lisa A. Fontes and Amy C. Tishelman, Child Abuse and Neglect (June 2016)

Forensic interviews with children for suspected child sexual abuse require meeting children “where they are” in terms of their developmental level, readiness to disclose, culture, and language. In this qualitative study, 39 U.S. child forensic interviewers and child advocacy center directors discussed their experiences, practices, and opinions regarding interviews with children and families who are not native speakers of English. Recommendations for practice and further research are included.

Jun 02
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Separating Families at the Border — Consequences for Children’s Health and Well-Being

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight, Social Work

Separating Families at the Border — Consequences for Children’s Health and Well-Being

Michael J. MacKenzie, Ph.D., M.S.W., Emily Bosk, Ph.D., L.M.S.W., and Charles H. Zeanah, M.D., Zero to Three (May 30, 2018)

Decades of research on child development tells us that children develop best in the context of safe, supportive, nurturing relationships. This article explores this knowledge in the context of family separation due to immigration enforcement.

Jun 01
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Who benefits from universal child care? Estimating marginal returns to early child care attendance

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight

Who benefits from universal child care? Estimating marginal returns to early child care attendance

Thomas Cornelissen, Christian Dustmann, Anna Raute, Anna Raute, Uta Schönberg, Centre for Research and Analysis on Migration (June 2018)

This paper examines the heterogeneous treatment effects of a universal child care (preschool) program in Germany by exploiting the exogenous variation in attendance caused by a reform that led to a large staggered expansion across municipalities.

May 30
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Association of Maternal Eligibility for the DACA Program With Citizen Children’s Participation in the WIC Program

By | Child Well-Being, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Parenting, Research, Research Highlight, Social Work

Association of Maternal Eligibility for the DACA Program With Citizen Children’s Participation in the WIC Program

Maya Venkataramani, Craig Evan Pollack, Lisa Ross DeCamp, Kathryn M. Leifheit, Zackary D. Berger, Atheendar S. Venkataramani, JAMA Pediatrics (May 29,2018)

Children with at least 1 undocumented immigrant parent face several disadvantages, reducing lifetime socioeconomic mobility and well-being. One mechanism underlying this could be failure to receive critical public benefits  because undocumented parents may be less likely to apply due to fear of being discovered by immigration authorities.

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