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Immigrant Family Mental Health Advocacy Program
Investigación con participación comunitaria
Aplicamos perspectivas socio-ecológicas para entender el papel y la interacción de factores que afectan a la salud y el bienestar de los niños en familias inmigrantes. Nuestro objetivo es identificar modelos de promoción de la salud mental dirigidos por la comunidad que:
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Apoya la capacidad de los trabajadores en la comunidad
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Centra el conocimiento y la voz de la comunidad
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Elevar las contribuciones de los entornos de servicios no especializados
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Permitir nuevos enfoques para la prestación de servicios y el intercambio de conocimientos
Publicaciones seleccionadas
Ford-Paz, R., Torres, S., Rusch, D., St. Jean, N. & Salusky, I. (2026). Structural violence and the mental
health of asylum-seeking minors: A retrospective directed content analysis. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000915
Mehta, T.G., Atkins, M.S., Gustafson, E.L., Rusch, D., & Watling Neal, J. (2025). Applying lessons learned
from public health crises to expand peer support specialists in youth mental health services. NPJ Mental Health Research, 4(1), 58. doi:10.1038/s44184-025-00170-6.
Suarez‐Balcazar, Y., Buckingham, S., Rusch, D. B., Charvonia, A., Young, R. I., Lewis, R. K., ... & Perez, C. M.
(2024). Reproductive justice for Black, Indigenous, Women of Color: Uprooting race and colonialism. American Journal of Community Psychology, 73(1-2), 159-169.
Galvan, T., Rusch, D., Domenech Rodriguez, M.M., & Garcini, L.M. (2022). Familias Divididas [Divided
families]: The impacts of transnational family separation on the health of undocumented Latinx immigrants. Journal of Family Psychology, 36(4), 513–522. doi:10.1037/fam0000975
M., Castro, V.P., King,E., & Olson, B. (2021). Statement on the roles of settings in supporting immigrants’ resistance to injustice and oppression: A Policy Statement by the Society for Community Research and Action: Division 27 of the American Psychological Association. American Journal of Community Psychology, 68(3-4), 269-291. doi:10.1002/ajcp.12515
communities. Community Psychology: Social Justice Through Collaborative Research and Action.
Rusch, D., Walden, A.L., & DeCarlo Santiago, C. (2020). A community-based organization model to
promote Latinx immigrant mental health through advocacy skills and universal parenting supports. American Journal of Community Psychology [Special Issue: Applying Community-Based Participatory Approaches to Addressing Health Disparities and Promoting Health Equity], 66(3-4), 337-346. doi:10.1002/ajcp.12458.
Mehta, T., Lakind, D., Rusch, D., Walden, A., Cua, G., & Atkins, M.S. (2019). Collaboration with urban
community stakeholders: Revising paraprofessional-led services to promote positive parenting. American Journal of Community Psychology [Special issue: Understanding and Strengthening the Child- and Youth-Serving Workforce in Low-Resource Communities], 63(3-4), 444-458. doi:10.1002/ajcp.12316
Ford-Paz, R.E., DeCarlo Santiago, C., Coyne, C.A., Rivera, C., Guo. S., Rusch, D., St. Jean, N., Hilado, A., &
Cicchetti, C. (2019). You Are Not Alone: A public health response to immigrant/refugee distress in the current sociopolitical context. Psychiatric Services, 17(S1), 128–138. doi:10.1037/ser000038.1
Gustafson, E., Atkins, M.S., & Rusch, D. (2018). Community health workers and social proximity:
Implementation of a parenting program in urban poverty. American Journal of Community Psychology, 62 (3-4), 449-463. doi:10.1002/ajcp.12274.
(2018). Statement on the effects of deportation and forced separations on immigrants, their families, and communities. A Policy Statement by the Society for Community Research and Action: Division 27 of the American Psychological Association. American Journal of Community Psychology, 62, 3-12. doi:10.1002/ajcp.12256
Publicaciones seleccionadas
Presentaciones grabadas
noviembre 2023
Rusch, D. Evidence-based Practice within the Context of Structural Violence: Advocacy-Centered and Empowerment-Based Clinical Care. In, Child Migration Across the Americas Symposium, Panel 2: Politics of Care. Institute for the Humanities and Latin American and Latino Studies. Ver aquí
junio 2022
septiembre 2018
Rusch, D. Detention and Deportation: Addressing the Psychosocial Impact on Migrant Youth and Families. Great Cities Forum. University of Illinois at Chicago. Ver aquí
octubre 2017
Rusch, D. University of Illinois Chicago Provost’s Taskforce on Immigration Issues. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) Discussions. Ver aquí