Contextual pathways to Latino child welfare involvement: A theoretical model located in the intersections of place, culture, and socio-structural factors

Antonio Garcia

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.05.009

Contextual pathways to Latino child welfare involvement: A theoretical model located in the intersections of place, culture, and socio-structural factors

Antonio Garcia

College of Social Work

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Abstract

Latino children and families represent the fastest growing group in the child welfare system. However, research that explores Latinos experiences in the child welfare system is limited. By drawing upon several bodies of literature, this paper introduces a Latino Child Welfare Research and Practice Model that incorporates the physical, individual and social, institutional, socio-political, and subjective environments. The theoretical model posits that the lack of attention to these multiple and interlocking contextual dimensions of environment increases risk for Latino children to enter the child welfare system. Taken together, the five dimensions of environment incorporate contextual pathways to Latino child welfare that are historically situated in time and place, rooted in culture, and ideologically driven by socio-structural institutions. The model is used as a guiding framework to inform effective Latino child welfare practice, research, and policy recommendations.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1240-1250
Number of pages	11
Journal	Children and Youth Services Review
Volume	31
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.childyouth.2009.05.009
State	Published - Dec 2009

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This author would like to give thanks to doctors Maureen Marcenko, Eugene Aisenberg, Peter Pecora, Tracy Harachi, and Susan Kemp from the University of Washington School of Social Work for their ongoing feedback and editorial comments. Many thanks to my relatives and colleagues who inspire me. Support for this paper was provided by the National Institute of Mental Health Minority Fellowship Program.

Funding

This author would like to give thanks to doctors Maureen Marcenko, Eugene Aisenberg, Peter Pecora, Tracy Harachi, and Susan Kemp from the University of Washington School of Social Work for their ongoing feedback and editorial comments. Many thanks to my relatives and colleagues who inspire me. Support for this paper was provided by the National Institute of Mental Health Minority Fellowship Program.

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National Institute of Mental Health

Keywords

Child welfare
Context
Culture
Environment
Foster care
Hispanics
Latinos
Place
Practice model

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Sociology and Political Science

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Contextual pathways to Latino child welfare involvement: A theoretical model located in the intersections of place, culture, and socio-structural factors

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