Immigration Policies and Health Advocacy: Actionable Steps for Mental Health Providers
ON-DEMAND WEBINAR
Instructors: Kristen Riley, PhD & Germán Cadenas, PhD
Instructional Level: Intermediate
1 CE credit for Psychologists
1 CE credit for New York Psychologists (NYSED)
Duration: 1 hour
Price: $25
Description
The current presentation will provide an overview of recent community-based research documenting how anti-immigrant policies are harmful to the wellbeing of immigrants from Latin America, including those who are undocumented, recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, and refugees. Responding to this, immigrants may develop resilience by engaging in systems level advocacy and community activism to promote humane immigration policies. This presentation reviews the evidence for how advocacy and activism promote psychological wellbeing among immigrants. Models for collaborative advocacy and community engagement will also be reviewed to support psychologists as they aim to promote psychological healing with immigrant communities.
Learning Objectives
Participants will be able:
- To identify the connection between immigration policy and psychological wellbeing of Latinx immigrants and refugees.
- To become familiar with emergent models of immigration advocacy designed for mental health providers.
Instructors
Kristen E. Riley is an Assistant Professor at GSAPP. She obtained her Ph.D. in clinical psychology with a certificate in health psychology from the University of Connecticut, and completed a health psychology internship at the MIami VA Medical Center and postdoctoral fellowship in cancer prevention at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC). Her program of research decreases unhealthy behaviors and increases access to care, with a focus on health disparities. Specifically, she studies stigman, rumination, superstition, mindfulness, tobacco, and sleep, and she uses dissemination and implementation science to integrate behavioral medicine into medical settings and improve access to care to get interventions to those who need them most.
Dr. Germán A. Cadenas (he/his/el) is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at Rutgers University where he also serves as Associate Director of the Center for Youth Social Emotional Wellness. He is a formerly undocumented immigrant from Latin America and has advocated for immigrant rights for over a decade. He completed a PhD in Counseling Psychology at Arizona State University, and a Doctoral Internship and Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of California Berkeley. His academic work is community-based and focuses on the psychology of immigration and on critical consciousness as a tool for social justice.
The instructors do not have any commercial support and/or conflict of interest for this program.
**Please note that this webinar is a recording of a previously held live session. In order to receive CE credits, users will be required to pass a post-test after watching the video.**
Contact Us
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