Saving a seat at the table for community members: co-creating an attachment-based intervention for low-income Latin parent-youth dyads using a promotor/a model
-
Published:2022-02-04
Issue:1
Volume:25
Page:
-
ISSN:2239-8031
-
Container-title:Research in Psychotherapy: Psychopathology, Process and Outcome
-
language:
-
Short-container-title:RES PSYCHOTHER-PSYCH
Author:
Borelli Jessica L.ORCID, Russo Lyric N.ORCID, Arreola Jose, Cervantes Breana R., Marquez Christina M., Montiel Gloria, Avalos Vanessa, Carballo Jacqueline, Garcia JackieORCID, Bhatt Isha, Torres Gina, Leal Francisca, Guerra Nancy
Abstract
Evidence for the effectiveness of attachment-based interventions in improving youth’s socioemotional health increases each year, yet potential for scalability of existing programs is limited. Available programs may have lower acceptability within low-income immigrant communities. Co-designing and implementing interventions with trained community workers (Promotors) offers an appealing solution to multiple challenges, but community workers must have high investment in the program for this to be a workable solution. This study examines the experiences of promotors involved in the co-creation and delivery of an attachmentbased intervention program for low-income Latinx youth (ages 8 to 17) and their mothers. Promotors (N=8) completed surveys, reporting on the experiences of each therapy group in terms of group dynamic (e.g., promotors’ connectedness to each group, perceived program relevance). Following the completion of the intervention study, promotors participated in interviews in which they described their experiences in co-creating the intervention, delivering the intervention to the community, and their recommendations for improving the intervention. Overall, promotors perceived group dynamics as positive, though the mother groups were evaluated as significantly higher in quality (e.g., lower conflict) than the youth groups. Interviews revealed that promotors enjoyed the cocreation process and identified important areas for improvements for the intervention (incorporation of more visuals, creation of agelimited groups, reducing number of youth sessions) and evaluation (reduction in length, modification of language). Integrating input from promotors in the process of co-creating and implementing an intervention can benefit every member of the community from the program participants to the providers themselves.
Publisher
PAGEPress Publications
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health,Clinical Psychology
Reference57 articles.
1. Ainsworth, M. D. S., Blehar, M. C., Waters, E., & Wall, S. (1978). Patterns of attachment: A Psychological study of the strange situation. Lawrence Erlbaum. 2. Alhusen, J. L., Hayat, M. J., & Gross, D. (2013). A longitudinal study of maternal attachment and infant developmental outcomes. Archives of Women’s Mental Health, 16, 521-529. doi:10.1007/s00737-013-0357-8. 3. Arredondo, E. M., Dumbauld, J., Milla, M., Madanat, H., Coronado, G. D., Haughton, J., Garcia-Bigley, F., Ramers, C., Nodora, J., Bharti, B., Lopez, G., Diaz, M., Marquez, J., & Gupta, S. (2021). A promotor-led pilot study to increase colorectal cancer screening in Latinos: The Juntos Contra el Cáncer program. Health Promotion Practice, 22(4), 491-501. 4. Ayón, C. (2020). State-level immigration policy context and health: How are Latinx immigrant parents faring? Social Work Research, 44(2), 110-122. 5. Bakermans-Kranenburg, M. J., van IJzendoorn, M. H., & Juffer, F. (2003). Less is more: Meta-analyses of sensitivity and attachment interventions in early childhood. Psychological Bulletin, 129(2), 195-215.
Cited by
3 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献,注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献,订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献
|
|