The ALAS Project: Removing Barriers to Mental Health Care for Latina Immigrant Mothers

Filed under: Fertility, Families, and Children, Population Movement, Diversity, Inequality, Population and Health Policies and Programs

Rogers, Jamie; Perreira, Krista M.; Beeber, Linda S.; & Schwartz, Todd A. (2008). The ALAS Project: Removing Barriers to Mental Health Care for Latina Immigrant Mothers. Zero to Three, 29(2), 39-44.

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Rogers, Jamie
Perreira, Krista M.
Beeber, Linda S.
Schwartz, Todd A.

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2008

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Zero to Three

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29

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2

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39-44

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As the Latino population in the U.S. grows, clinicians, researchers, and practitioners have begun to develop strategies to help Latino children and their parents adapt to life in the United States. This article describes how the stressors of immigration contribute to the development of depressive symptoms among Latina mothers and how these symptoms affect mothers’ relationships with their young children. The authors describe the ALAS project, a program designed to help Spanish-speaking immigrant women cope with depression, acculturation stressors, and the needs of their young infants and toddlers.

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Fertility, Families, and Children
Population Movement, Diversity, Inequality
Population and Health Policies and Programs

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Rogers, Jamie; Perreira, Krista M.; Beeber, Linda S.; & Schwartz, Todd A. (2008). The ALAS Project: Removing Barriers to Mental Health Care for Latina Immigrant Mothers. Zero to Three, 29(2), 39-44.