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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Latino Adolescent Mental Health Adaptation

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All requests for LAMHA Project

data should be mailed to

LAMHA Project

Carolina Population Center

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

CB # 8120, University Square

123 W. Franklin Street

Chapel Hill, NC 27516-2524

ATTN: LAMHA Project contract data

Please note that a non-refundable fee

($150), payable to Carolina Population

Center, is required as part of the

application for the use of LAMHA project

data.

June 2008

What data are available?

LAMHA Parent Mental Health Survey

This survey includes questions from the Child Behavior Checklist, modified PTSD Symptom Scale for adults, CES-D, PRIME-MD, Clinical Depression Scale, and the K3 Psychological scale. Additional data include information on immigration experience, social support, educational background and socio-economic background .

LAMHA Adolescent Mental Health Survey

This survey includes questions from the Youth Self-Report, the Trauma Symptom Checklist for Children, Children's Depression Inventory, and the Multidimensional Anxiety Scale for Children. Additional data include information on pre-migration experience, acculturation, discrimination experiences, and school experiences .

LAMHA Service Use Survey

This is a survey of health service use patterns adapted from the Child and Adolescent Assessment (CASA) and completed by approximately half of the parent sample (n=151).

LAMHA Health Belief Interview Data

These data examine the mental health beliefs of 14 primary caregivers.

LAMHA Adolescent Interview Data

These data examine the migration and acculturation experiences of 20 Latino youth.

(n=283)

(n=283)

The Latino Adolescent Migration, Health

and Adaptation (LAMHA) study was

designed by Mimi Chapman and Krista

Perreira, and funded by the William T.

Grant Foundation.

Available contract use dataAny questions about the application process should be directed to:

Dr. Krista M. Perreira

Latino Adolescent Migration, Health and Adaptation Project

Carolina Population Center

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Email – lamha@unc.edu

Telephone - (919) 962-8411

Fax – (919) 966-6638

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Latino Adolescent Mental Health Adaptation

What is the LAMHA Study?

The Latino Adolescent Migration, Health, and

Adaptation Project (LAMHA) is a mixed-method,

descriptive study of the mental health status and

needs of immigrant youth and their families.

The study seeks to contextualize mental health

symptoms by examining migration stories and

experiences as well as current community and

school variables. The data allow researchers to

examine mental health symptomatology among

Latino immigrant youth and their primary

caretakers in North Carolina, a

state where there has been a

tremendous increase in first-

generation immigrants.

The LAMHA project is the first

population-based study of

mental health among Latino

youth (ages 12-18) in a state with an emerging

Hispanic community. Data were collected

through a random sample and represent Latino

youth living in North Carolina.

How can I obtain the data?

LAMHA data will be available in a restricted-use

contractual dataset. It is a central concern of the

LAMHA project that the confidentiality of

participants be strictly protected. For this

reason, the distribution of data will be limited

and deductive disclosure concerns prevent full

access to all data sources.

A copy of the contract use data application for

the LAMHA project can be downloaded at: www.unc.edu/projects/LAMHA