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Equity in Engaging Families in Mental Health Interventions for Young Children

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Family Engagement in Mental Health Interventions for Young Children

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Children from low-income and minoritized backgrounds have higher rates of mental health challenges and are less likely to receive the level and quality of mental health services that they require. Practitioners can capitalize on sociocultural models of mental health service delivery that explicitly view mental health service delivery from the perspectives of these families. Moving beyond an individual approach to mental health services and placing families at the center of services can improve family engagement. Mental health services also need to be closer to families’ communities in the settings that they frequent. As mental health challenges among young people are becoming more pervasive, especially among those from low-income and minoritized backgrounds, there is not only an opportunity but an obligation for professionals and families to collaborate and sustain efforts for the mental health and well-being of all young children.

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