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Title:
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Perceptions of mental health professionals pertaining to cultural factors that influence the utilization of mental health services among Latinos
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Author:
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Silva, Tanaya; Galvez, Raul A.
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Abstract:
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Cultural factors continue to be unstudied by researchers creating a cultural gap between mental health professionals and the Latino clients they serve. This descriptive-qualitative content analysis study examines, from a mental health professional perception, the influence cultural factors have in the utilization of mental health services among Latinos. After interviewing ten participants from a snowball sampling design, three themes emerged: 1) education, with reference to cultural awareness and acculturation; 2) means Latinos use to cope with mental health issues, which include privacy, religion and substance abuse; and 3) accommodations for better services, which center around bilingual services and staff and cultural knowledge; linguistic and culturally appropriate interpreters; and implementation of different therapeutic interventions/strategies. Implications for social work practice and policy and the need for future research are discussed. |
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Description:
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Project (M.S.W., Social Work) -- California State University, Sacramento, 2010. |
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URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/10211.9/812
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Date:
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2010-12-06 |
