title: Stress in immigrant families with handicapped children: a child advocacy approach.
abstract: Poor immigrant families must cope with stress stemming from loss of home and adaptation to the host country. Those with handicapped children are also burdened with a parallel set of stressors in adapting to the handicap in an alien environment that may include a complex service system. Implications for practice are discussed with particular emphasis on advocacy to enhance delivery of services.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, Montclair State College, Upper Montclair, N.J.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lequerica
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003144:Communication Barriers; D017281:Cost of Illness; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence / Q000523:psychology*; D004641:Emigration and Immigration / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D014481:United States