Research shows that most evidence-based health and behavioral interventions are either tested or developed in collaboration with the target community. Community interventions catering to a cultural group’s specific needs are significantly more effective than generic interventions and more likely to promote health equity, build on the community’s strengths, and optimize community engagement. This symposium brings together a diverse group of researchers to highlight a culturally tailored intervention and two culturally adapted interventions. Our first presentation describes a culturally tailored health promotion intervention for Latinx families of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) and presents its feasibility, acceptability and preliminary outcomes. Our second presentation examines the preliminary outcomes of Research Units in Behavioral Intervention (RUBI) in Spanish and group format with Latinx caregivers when cultural considerations and modifications are integrated. Our third presentation examines the effectiveness and social validity of a culturally adapted and telepractice version of the Prevent, Teach, and Reinforce for Families (PTR-F) for Chinese American families of young children with IDD. Results from these three studies underscore the importance of cultural relevance in reducing health disparities in racially and ethnically minoritized families and challenging behaviors among their children with IDD.
Chair: Sandy Magaña, University of Texas at Austin,
Discussant: Meghan Burke, Vanderbilt University
First Presentation: PODER Familiar: A culturally tailored health intervention for Latino families of children with IDD
Amy Pei-Lung Yu, University of Texas at Austin, Sandy Magaña, University of Texas at Austin
Second Presentation: Cultural considerations and modifications in the implementation of the RUBI behavioral parent training intervention with Spanish-speaking caregivers of Latinx autistic children
Yoreidy Tavárez, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Elizabeth Cross, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Ji Su Hong, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Third Presentation: Remote delivery of culturally adapted Prevent-Teach-Reinforce for Families (PRT-F) program with Chinese American Families of young children with intellectual and developmental disability
Jinlan Zhu, University of Texas at Austin,