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Neighbourhood and family correlates of immigrant children's mental health: a population-based cross-sectional study in Canada.

Amanda SimKatholiki Georgiades
Published in: BMC psychiatry (2022)
Results highlight the importance of parenting behaviour and parental experiences of trauma and distress for immigrant children's mental health. While not unique to immigrants, the primacy of these processes for immigrant children and families warrants particular attention given the heightened risk of exposure to migration-related adverse experiences that threaten parental and family well-being. To prevent or mitigate downstream effects on child mental health, it is imperative to invest in developing and testing trauma-informed and culturally responsive mental health and parenting interventions for immigrant families.
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