Familias Unidas: A Family-Centered Ecodevelopmental
Intervention to Reduce Risk for Problem Behavior Among
Hispanic Adolescents
The essence of the program of research at the Center for Family Studies is to design, test, and refine interventions based on the following information: who does the intervention work for, for whom it is not working, and whether we can improve the effectiveness across a wider population. The value of the Familias Unidas intervention rests in part on the accrual of data across a number of studies. Familias Unidas engages Hispanic immigrant parents into an empowerment process in which they first build a strong parent-support network and then use the network to increase knowledge of culturally relevant parenting, strengthen parenting skills, and then apply these new skills in a series of
This paper describes the theoretical and empirical foundations of Familias Unidas, a multilevel, family-centered intervention designed to prevent problem behavior in Hispanic adolescents. The main theoretical tenets for the intervention model; an ecological–developmental perspective, the centrality of ethnic and cultural themes, application of empowerment principles, and a family focus are reviewed.
activities designed to reduce risks frequently found in poor, urban environments.
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