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Family Care and Mental Health Delivery to Improve Welfare of Children and Parents

A special issue of Healthcare (ISSN 2227-9032).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024 | Viewed by 2455

Special Issue Editor

Dr. Leonor Rivera-Rivera

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Centro de Investigación en Salud Poblacional, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Av. Universidad No. 655 Col. Santa María Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca 62100, Mexico
Interests: intimate partner violence; dating violence; child sexual violence; sexual and reproductive health; suicidal behaviour; depression; adolescents; gender

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Improving the welfare of children and parents through family care and mental health delivery is essential for creating a healthy and supportive environment for families.

This Special invites submissions of original articles and reviews that address the following aspects related to child welfare.

  1. Accessible Mental Health Services

Ensure that mental health services are readily available and accessible to both children and parents. This includes affordable therapy, counselling, and psychiatric services.

  1. Early Intervention

Implement early intervention programs to identify and address mental health issues in children and parents at an early stage. This can prevent problems from worsening over time.

  1. Parental Support

Offer parenting programs that provide support and education to parents. These programs can help parents to develop effective parenting skills, manage stress, and create a nurturing environment for their children.

  1. Family-Centred Care

Strengthen psychological care programs of medical services from a family-centred approach to improve the mental health of children and parents.

  1. Integrated Care

Develop integrated healthcare systems where mental health services are seamlessly integrated with primary care. This can improve early detection and treatment of mental health issues for both parents and children.

  1. Community-Based Services

Establish community-based mental health programs and support networks that families can easily access. These programs can include peer support groups, community centres, and crisis hotlines.

  1. Trauma-Informed Care

Train healthcare providers, educators, and social workers in trauma-informed care to better understand and address the effects of trauma on children and parents.

  1. Crisis Intervention

Establish training programs that aims at the intervention of psychological crisis in the event of a traumatic event (in children and parents) for psychology, medicine and social worker personnel from health services.

  1. Supportive Policies

Advocate for policies that support family-friendly workplaces, affordable childcare, and parental leave. Reducing stressors on parents can positively impact family mental health.

  1. Telehealth and Digital Resources

Leverage telehealth and digital platforms to provide mental health resources and support, especially for families in remote or underserved areas.

Dr. Leonor Rivera-Rivera
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the special issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 100 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for announcement on this website.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a single-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Healthcare is an international peer-reviewed open access semimonthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 2700 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.

Keywords

  • family care
  • integrated care
  • parental support
  • mental health
  • telehealth and digital support
  • crisis intervention
  • trauma-informed care

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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Parental Behavior and Adolescent Mental Health in Mexico: Insights into Excessive Alcohol Intake, Tobacco Use, Suicidal Behavior, and Depressive Symptomatology
by Luz Myriam Reynales-Shigematsu, Leonor Rivera-Rivera, Marina Séris-Martínez and Belen Saenz-de-Miera
Healthcare 2024, 12(6), 641; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12060641 - 13 Mar 2024
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Depression, suicidal behavior, excessive alcohol intake, and tobacco use are the main mental health problems in adolescents. To address these problems, it is necessary to understand the many factors associated with them, including parental factors. The aim of this study was to assess [...] Read more.
Depression, suicidal behavior, excessive alcohol intake, and tobacco use are the main mental health problems in adolescents. To address these problems, it is necessary to understand the many factors associated with them, including parental factors. The aim of this study was to assess the associations between parental behavior and mental health problems in adolescents in Mexico. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT) 2018–2019, representative for Mexico, were used. Households in which a parent–adolescent child pairing was identified (regardless of family type) were selected; n = 8758 households. The four outcomes of interest that were measured in the adolescents were: excessive alcohol intake, tobacco use, suicidal behavior, and depressive symptomatology. Logistic regression models using the adjusted odds ratio (AOR) and 95% confidence interval (95% CI) were estimated. Adolescents whose parents used alcohol or tobacco and reported depressive symptoms and suicidal behavior were more likely to present these behaviors themselves (AOR = 1.47, 95% CI: 1.17–1.85; AOR = 2.26, 95% CI: 1.51–3.39; AOR = 2.61, 95% CI: 1.88–3.61; AOR = 1.74, 95% CI: 1.16–2.61, respectively). Child sexual abuse was also strongly associated with the four outcomes of interest in adolescents (AOR = 1.89, 95% CI: 1.06–3.36 for excessive alcohol intake; AOR = 2.97, 95% CI: 1.49–5.91 for tobacco use; AOR = 5.15, 95% CI: 3.27–8.09 for depressive symptoms; AOR = 6.71, 95% CI: 4.25–10.59 for suicidal behavior). The family constitutes the central nucleus of care for children and adolescents; therefore, any effort to promote adolescent mental health must necessarily involve their parents and family. Full article
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Emotional Intelligence and Perceived Social Support: Its Relationship with Subjective Well-Being
by Sergio Hidalgo-Fuentes, Isabel Martínez-Álvarez, María Josefa Sospedra-Baeza, Manuel Martí-Vilar, César Merino-Soto and Filiberto Toledano-Toledano
Healthcare 2024, 12(6), 634; https://doi.org/10.3390/healthcare12060634 - 12 Mar 2024
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The well-being of people is a key aspect of the field of psychology. Hence, it is important to analyse the variables that are related to life satisfaction and happiness as perceived by individuals and that, therefore, increase their overall well-being. The main objective [...] Read more.
The well-being of people is a key aspect of the field of psychology. Hence, it is important to analyse the variables that are related to life satisfaction and happiness as perceived by individuals and that, therefore, increase their overall well-being. The main objective of this study was to analyse the predictive capacity of emotional intelligence and perceived social support on both the level of life satisfaction and perceived happiness. A total of 380 psychology students completed the Trait Meta Mood Scale, the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, the Satisfaction with Life Scale, and the Subjective Happiness Scale. The results show that both emotional intelligence and social support are related to and predictive of subjective happiness and life satisfaction. The importance of developing the components of emotional intelligence and promoting an adequate social network in young people is highlighted. Full article
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