Fuerte Program for Newcomer Immigrant Youth

Launched by UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO · Nov 6, 2019

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ClinConnect Summary

Fuerte is a new prevention program that is being introduced into the mental health system of California in order to reduce behavioral health disparities among Latinx newcomer youth. School- based, preventative programming has been proposed to be the frontline for reducing behavioral health access disparities among Latinx newcomer youth. However, very few evidence-based, selective prevention programs exist that have been tailored to ensure cultural relevance for newcomer Latinx youth with limited English proficiency and low health literacy in under-resourced school settings. Like many urban ...

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Eligibility criteria

• Fuerte RCT Inclusion Criteria:
• • SFUSD High School student
• • 12 to 20 years old
• • Recent Immigrant to the US (within five years of enrollment date)
• • Country of origin is from Spanish-speaking Latin American countries
• • Participant is fluent in Spanish
• • Has not completed a Fuerte group in the past
• Fuerte Facilitator and Support Staff Focus Group Inclusion Criteria:
• • -Must have been a facilitator for a Fuerte group after 2019 or work for a school or community-based organization directly involved in implementing a Fuerte group after 2019.
• Fuerte Adaptation for MENA/Arabic-Speaking Focus Groups Inclusion Criteria:
• • SFUSD High School student
• • 12 to 20 years old
• • Recent Immigrant to the US (within five years of enrollment date)
• • Country of origin is Middle East or North African country.
• • Participant is fluent in Arabic.
• MENA/Arabic-Speaking Provider Focus Group inclusion criteria:
• • -Works for an organization that provides behavioral health, educational, and/or social services to Arabic-speaking families in San Francisco county.
• Fuerte RCT Exclusion Criteria:
• • -Youth participant does not speak Spanish as a primary language, i.e., their primary language is an indigenous dialect/language.
• Fuerte Facilitator and Support Staff Focus Group Exclusion Criteria:
• • -Provider has not facilitated Fuerte after 2019 or does not work for a school or community-based organization directly involved in implementing a Fuerte group after 2019.
• Fuerte Adaptation for MENA/Arabic-Speaking Focus Groups Exclusion Criteria:
• • Youth participant's primary language is Spanish.
• • Adult provider does not engage in providing services to MENA newcomer immigrant youth.