Caregiver Mental Health, Neighborhood, and Social Network Influences on Mental Health Needs among African American Children

Autor/inn/en	Lindsey, Michael A.; Browne, Dorothy C.; Thompson, Richard; Hawley, Kristin M.; Graham, Christopher J.; Weisbart, Cindy; Harrington, Donna; Kotch, Jonathan B.
Titel	Caregiver Mental Health, Neighborhood, and Social Network Influences on Mental Health Needs among African American Children
Quelle	In: Social Work Research, 32 (2008) 2, S.79-88 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1070-5309
Schlagwörter	African American Children; Caregivers; Influences; Mental Health; Drinking; Social Networks; Child Health; Health Needs; Longitudinal Studies; Mental Health Programs; Health Services + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? African Americans; Child; Children; Afroamerikaner; Kind; Kinder; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Psychohygiene; Trinken; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Longitudinal study; Longitudinal method; Longitudinal methods; Längsschnittuntersuchung; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen
Abstract	In this study, the authors examined the combined effects of caregiver mental health, alcohol use, and social network support/satisfaction on child mental health needs among African American caregiver-child dyads at risk of maltreatment. The sample included 514 eight-year-old African American children and their caregivers who participated in the Longitudinal Studies of Child Abuse and Neglect. A structural equation model was created with caregiver mental health/alcohol use and caregiver social network support/satisfaction as the exogenous variables and child mental health need as the endogenous variable. Caregivers with less-supportive networks and whose capacity to parent was challenged by alcohol, depression, or other mental health problems had children with elevated mental health needs. These findings confirm the need to examine the effects of caregiver influences (for example, caregiver mental health and social network support/satisfaction) on mental health among African American children at risk of maltreatment and to further explain how the social networks of caregivers are accessed when caregivers and children have mental health problems. Implications for identifying mental health needs among this vulnerable group and improving their connections to formal mental health services through social network-level interventions are discussed. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10