A Home-Based Intervention for Immigrant and Refugee Trauma Survivors: Paraprofessionals Working with High-Risk Mothers and Infants

Autor/inn/en	Paris, Ruth; Bronson, Marybeth
Titel	A Home-Based Intervention for Immigrant and Refugee Trauma Survivors: Paraprofessionals Working with High-Risk Mothers and Infants
Quelle	In: Zero to Three (J), 27 (2006) 2, S.37-45 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0736-8038
Schlagwörter	Mothers; Multilingualism; Public Health; Home Visits; Infants; Foreign Countries; Refugees; Immigrants; Child Development; Home Programs; Paraprofessional Personnel; Intervention; Hospitals; Community Programs; At Risk Persons; Teamwork; Cultural Pluralism; Advocacy; Social Services; Early Childhood Education; Low Income Groups; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Mother; Mutter; Mehrsprachigkeit; Multilingualismus; Gesundheitswesen; Hausbesuch; Infant; Toddler; Toddlers; Kleinkind; Ausland; Flüchtling; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Kindesentwicklung; Laienhelfer; Krankengymnast; Krankenhaus; Risikogruppe; Kulturpluralismus; Sozialanwaltschaft; Social service; Soziale Dienstleistung; Soziale Dienste; Early childhood; Education; Frühkindliche Bildung; Frühpädagogik; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	This article describes how the Visiting Moms Program in Chelsea, Massachusetts, has taken the paraprofessional model one step further to respond to the needs of refugee and immigrant new mothers, by employing paraprofessional home visitors who are also immigrants or refugees themselves from countries in Central America, South America, and Africa (e.g., Brazil, El Salvador, Sudan, Somalia, and Morocco). This home visiting intervention, located at the Massachusetts General Hospital Chelsea HealthCare Center, demonstrates how paraprofessionals who are also mothers and closely connected to their communities can work effectively with families with multiple risk factors, including trauma. With extensive training and close supervision by a senior clinician and program administrator, the resources of a well-coordinated community health team and outstanding health center, these multilingual/bicultural home visitors provide emotional support, client advocacy within the service system, and education on child development for low income, high-risk immigrant/refugee families. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10