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Child Well-Being

Practical Solutions that Protect Unaccompanied Children Seeking Safety

By | Child Well-Being, Family Separation, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, Legal/Law, Safety, Unaccompanied Minors

Practical Solutions that Protect Unaccompanied Children Seeking Safety

Kids in Needs of Defense (September 24, 2024)

This blueprint reviews issues and policies impacting unaccompanied children and provides recommendations the U.S. government can take to improve child protection and well-being.

Kids in Care: Unaccompanied Children in Federal Government Custody

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Foster Care, Immigrant Youth, Language Issues, Research, Safety, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Kids in Care: Unaccompanied Children in Federal Government Custody

Lauren Heidbrink & Sarah Diaz, Loyola University Chicago (September 2024)

This report details findings and recommendations from an 18-month interdisciplinary study that explored the conditions of care for unaccompanied children in federal custody.

Protecting Immigrant Children: A Public Health of Consequence

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight, Safety

Protecting Immigrant Children: A Public Health of Consequence

Farzana Kapadia, American Journal of Public Health (February 21, 2024)

This article explores how policies, practices, and anti-immigrant rhetoric have eroded the safety and well-being of immigrant children and their families and provides recommendations to address these negative impacts.

Working together: Including children in research on violence against children

By | Child Well-Being, Research, Safety, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Working together: Including children in research on violence against children. A Resource Pack for Research Practitioners

Lucy Jamieson, Clare Feinstein, Alana Kapell and Nicole Dulieu; End Violence Partnership Knowledge Network, End Violence Lab and Save the Children (April 2021)

This comprehensive resource pack reviews key considerations and approaches for including children in research initiatives, ensuring that children’s rights are respected and that they are engaged as partners in the research process.

 

The Impact of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Surveillance Technology on the Well-being of the Children of Immigrants

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight

The Impact of Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Surveillance Technology on the Well-being of the Children of Immigrants

Mirian G. Martinez-Aranda, American Behavioral Scientist (November 25, 2023)

This study explores the negative impacts of ICE’s surveillance technologies, i.e., electronic monitors on children’s well-being and the parent–child relationship.

US Immigration Policy Stressors and Latinx Youth Mental Health

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight, Trauma

US Immigration Policy Stressors and Latinx Youth Mental Health

Kathleen M. Roche, Rebecca M. B. White, Roushanac Partovi, Elizabeth Vaquera, and Todd D. Little; JAMA Pediatrics (May 13, 2024)

This study explored the impact of immigration-related stressors on parent-child relationships and the mental health of Latinx adolescents.

Threat and deprivation as distinct predictors of posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms in first and second generation Latinx youth

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Trauma

Threat and deprivation as distinct predictors of posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms in first and second generation Latinx youth

Jodi Berger Cardoso, Kalina M. Brabeck, Tzuan A. Chen, Arlene Bjugstad, Caitlyn Mytelka, Randy Capps, & Thomas M. Crea; Applied Developmental Science (September 21, 2023)

This research examined how immigration enforcement fear and perceived economic hardship affect posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among first and second-generation Latinx youth in immigrant families.

Immigration stress and internalizing symptoms among Latinx and Asian American students: The roles of school climate and community violence

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight

Immigration stress and internalizing symptoms among Latinx and Asian American students: The roles of school climate and community violence

Blanche Wright, Belinda C. Chen, Tamar Kodish, Yazmin Meza Lazaro, Anna S. Lau; Journal of School Psychology (June 2024)

This study explored the impact of immigration stress and school- and community-level resources and protective factors on Latinx and Asian American youth internalizing symptoms.

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