1 University of Wollongong, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.
2 The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Qual Health Res. 2018 Oct;28(12):1944-1954. doi: 10.1177/1049732318795674. Epub 2018 Aug 30.
Immigrant youth experience a combination of stressors, such as isolation and discrimination, that put them at a greater risk for negative mental health outcomes. Relying on interviews with 24 service providers who work with Latino immigrant youth, this article examines how they construct and intervene in the worlds of immigrant youth to improve youth's mental health outcomes. Inductive thematic analysis revealed providers' reliance on cultural interpretations of the psychosocial circumstances facing immigrant youth. Providers alternated between drawing on discourses that reproduced stereotypes, assumptions, and biases, while simultaneously striving to transcend sociocultural differences to focus on the lived experiences of their clients. Although providers acknowledged the importance of structural barriers, such as poverty and discrimination, they "bracketed" these issues when recommending interventions. The article highlights that as cultural competence increasingly becomes part of social services, this professional discourse may distract providers' attention from more relevant targets of intervention.
移民青年经历了一系列压力，如孤立和歧视，这使他们面临更大的负面心理健康结果的风险。本文通过对 24 名服务提供者的访谈，这些服务提供者为拉丁裔移民青年提供服务，探讨了他们如何构建和介入移民青年的世界，以改善青年的心理健康结果。归纳主题分析揭示了提供者对移民青年所面临的社会心理环境的文化解释的依赖。提供者在利用那些复制刻板印象、假设和偏见的话语和同时努力超越社会文化差异，专注于客户的生活经历之间交替。尽管提供者承认贫困和歧视等结构性障碍的重要性，但他们在推荐干预措施时“搁置”了这些问题。本文强调，随着文化能力越来越成为社会服务的一部分，这种专业话语可能会分散提供者对更相关干预目标的注意力。
