Factors Related to Use of Mental Health Services by Immigrant Children.
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| Title: | Factors Related to Use of Mental Health Services by Immigrant Children. |
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| Authors: | Cheng, Tyrone C. (AUTHOR), Lo, Celia C. (AUTHOR) |
| Source: | Journal of Child & Family Studies. Jan2022, Vol. 31 Issue 1, p228-236. 9p. 1 Diagram, 2 Charts. |
| Subjects: | Mental health services use, Immigrant children, Child mental health services, Child care, Child psychotherapists, Medicaid, Immigrant families, Translators, Immigrants, Psychology of parents, English language, Minorities, Health services accessibility, Communicative competence, Medical care use, Children's health, Employment, Descriptive statistics, Health insurance, Logistic regression analysis, Marital status, Psychology of immigrants, Mental health services, Educational attainment, Mental illness, Children |
| Geographic Terms: | United States |
| Abstract: | This study examined factors in immigrant children's use of mental health services. Employed data described 4873 immigrant parents and children participating in the 2018 National Survey of Children's Health. Logistic regression results associated these children's likelihood of receipt of mental health services with, in positive direction, child mental health problems (ADD/ADHD; depression; anxiety; conduct/behavior problems), child age, parent education, and English proficiency. Associated in negative direction with likelihood of receipt of services were child physical health, Asian ethnicity, married parent, employed parent, and first-generation immigrant family. We found no association of services receipt with "other mental health problem", child gender, other minority races/ethnicities, parent gender, parent age, percentage of child's lifetime spent as U.S. resident, or health insurance status. Study implications include need to disseminate, in immigrants' native languages, information on mental health, available services, and Medicaid; and need to increase access to services by providing immigrant families with child care, interpreters, flexible scheduling, in-home therapy, bilingual therapists, and therapists sharing child's own race/ethnicity. Highlights: A study examined mental health services utilization in a national sample of immigrant children. Being from a first-generation immigrant family lowered a child's likelihood of using such services. Not speaking English at home decreased children's likelihood of using mental health services. Having relatively well-educated parents increased children's likelihood of using such services. Asian immigrant children were less likely to use mental health services than White immigrant children. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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