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Carmen R Valdez1, Kalina M Brabeck1, R Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez1
1Carmen R. Valdez is with the Department of Population Health, Dell Medical School, and the Steve Hicks School of Social Work, University of Texas, Austin. Kalina M. Brabeck is with the Department of Counseling, Educational Leadership and School Psychology, Rhode Island College, Providence. R. Gabriela Barajas-Gonzalez is with the Department of Population Health, Grossman School of Medicine, New York University, New York, NY. Cecilia Ayón is with the School of Public Policy, University of California, Riverside. Lisseth Rojas-Flores is with the School of Psychology and Marriage & Family Therapy, Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, CA.
Abstract:
Public health practitioners working with Latinx families in the United States must consider the historical contexts of colonization and slavery that have created conditions of violence, displacement, and social and economic marginalization throughout Latin America. Although shared experiences of colonization, dispossession, and migration affect all Latinxs, diverse national histories and sociopolitical contexts, migration patterns, and intersecting identities (e.g., gender, social class, race) complicate efforts to develop a uniform approach to this heterogeneous population. We provide a critical analysis of (1) how past experiences contribute to collective trauma and motivate migration, and (2) how these experiences are replicated in the United States through immigration-related adversities that deprive and threaten children and families through marginalization, fear of detention and deportation, and family separation brought on by a parent's deportation. This knowledge is imperative to advance research, practice, and policymaking with US Latinx populations. We provide best practice recommendations for a sociopolitically and trauma- informed public health workforce interfacing with Latinxs in the United States. (Am J Public Health. 2024;114(S6):S485-S494. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307589) [Formula: see text].
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