Megan Finno-Velasquez
Biographic Data
| ID | 354528 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Megan Finno-Velasquez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Megan |
| FAMILY NAME | Finno-Velasquez |
| SIGNATURE | FINNO-VELASQUEZ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | New Mexico State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9614-1769 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Community Leaders’ Perceptions of the Unique Service Barriers and Facilitators Among Immigrant Families With Young Children in the Rural U.S.–Mexico Border Region
The present descriptive phenomenological study examines the unique service access barriers and facilitators of immigrant families along the rural U.S.–Mexico border from the perspectives of agency and government representatives. Twenty-three semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine local/state government officials and 14 community agency leaders using purposive and snowball sampling. A phenomenological thematic analysis approach was ut…
Determinants of Mental Health Service Utilization Among Immigrant Caregivers and Their Children in a US-Mexico Border Community
Working With Immigrants Who Are Child Welfare Involved
The COVID-19 pandemic has had notable impacts on public child welfare systems and their ability to serve families. For immigrant families who enter the child welfare system, pandemic-related challenges were exacerbated on top of existing immigration-related stressors and barriers. This study used in-depth qualitative interviewing with child welfare agency staff and community-based service provider partners working with immigrants to explore their…
Immigrant Service Access Needs and Recommendations in the U.S.–Mexico Border Region
Immigrant and mixed-status families comprise a growing population in the United States, facing numerous barriers to accessing essential health and social services. This study examines service access barriers within the unique context of New Mexico’s borderlands, where constitutionally protected bilingualism and welcoming local policies contrast sharply with restrictive federal border enforcement. Using a qualitative approach, we conducted five fo…
Pathways to support
Exploring the Drivers of Child Maltreatment Under- and Overreporting
Child abuse and neglect (CAN) is a complex issue that is subject to both under- and overreporting; yet, research into the underlying neighborhood-level drivers of these practices remains limited. The current study gathered perspectives from 30 child protective service (CPS) workers and agency leaders in Southern California neighborhoods to identify perceptions of social and contextual neighborhood factors that might influence over- and underrepor…
The Impact of Covid-19 and Immigration Enforcement on Service Delivery for Immigrant Origin Families Involved in the Child Welfare System
An examination of child welfare agency models that serve immigrant children and families
Child welfare agencies often experience challenges in meeting the unique needs of immigrant families. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with child welfare agency representatives to examine models used to effectively serve this population. Findings show that child welfare agencies utilize: 1) specialization of immigrant-related knowledge and skill sets; 2) formal and informal relationships with consulates and ext…
Child maltreatment prevention interventions for Latinx immigrant populations
We Don’t Turn Away Families
An exploration of the socio-cultural context in immigrant-concentrated neighborhoods with unusual rates of child maltreatment
Despite the field’s understanding of individual and family level predictors of child maltreatment, research on neighborhood indicators of child abuse and neglect, especially in immigrant communities, is limited. This study employed a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews to elicit perceptions of 28 key community informants to further understand the social dynamics of highly concentrated immigrant communities and their influence on…
Substantiated Reports of Sexual Abuse among Latinx Children
Challenges to Family Unity and Opportunities for Promoting Child Welfare in an Increasingly Punitive Immigration Landscape
This paper describes specific challenges to family unity and child welfare among children in immigrant families resulting from immigration enforcement. Surges in immigration activity over the past decade have resulted in family economic hardship, psychological trauma to children, and difficulty accessing social services. Children whose parents are detained/deported are at risk of unnecessarily entering the child welfare system, and encounter sign…
Measuring collaboration and communication to increase implementation of evidence-based practices
The Cultural Exchange Inventory (CEI) is a 15-item instrument designed to measure the process (7 items) and outcomes (8 items) of exchanges of knowledge, attitudes and practices between members of different organisations collaborating in implementing evidence-based practice. We conducted principal axis factor analyses and parallel analyses of data describing exchanges with intermediary organisations, treatment developers, other agencies in the sa…
National Estimates of Intimate Partner Violence and Service Receipt among Latina Women with Child Welfare Contact
A national probability study of problematic substance use and treatment receipt among Latino caregivers involved with child welfare
Disparities in Reported and Substantiated Infant Maltreatment by Maternal Hispanic Origin and Nativity
Cultural adaptation of an evidence-based home visitation programme
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the experiences of Latino clients following a naturalistic cultural adaptation made to SafeCare, an evidence-based home visiting intervention designed to address specific linguistic and cultural issues affecting the Latino community during implementation in San Diego County, California. Design/methodology/approach – Hierarchical linear models examined whether Latino clients experienced differences…
Measuring Use of Research Evidence
The SIEU is easy to use and can be administered as a complete scale or as three smaller scales to separately examine evidence in acquisition, evaluation, or application. The measure demonstrates potential in understanding the role of research evidence in service settings and in monitoring the process of evidence-based practice and application of scientific principles in social work practice
Nativity and immigration status among Latino families involved in the child welfare system
The relationship between parent immigration status and concrete support service use among Latinos in child welfare
Measuring Use of Research Evidence
The SIEU is easy to use and can be administered as a complete scale or as three smaller scales to separately examine evidence in acquisition, evaluation, or application. The measure demonstrates potential in understanding the role of research evidence in service settings and in monitoring the process of evidence-based practice and application of scientific principles in social work practice
Nativity and immigration status among Latino families involved in the child welfare system
The relationship between parent immigration status and concrete support service use among Latinos in child welfare
Substantiated Reports of Sexual Abuse among Latinx Children
Measuring collaboration and communication to increase implementation of evidence-based practices
The Cultural Exchange Inventory (CEI) is a 15-item instrument designed to measure the process (7 items) and outcomes (8 items) of exchanges of knowledge, attitudes and practices between members of different organisations collaborating in implementing evidence-based practice. We conducted principal axis factor analyses and parallel analyses of data describing exchanges with intermediary organisations, treatment developers, other agencies in the sa…
Cultural adaptation of an evidence-based home visitation programme
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the experiences of Latino clients following a naturalistic cultural adaptation made to SafeCare, an evidence-based home visiting intervention designed to address specific linguistic and cultural issues affecting the Latino community during implementation in San Diego County, California. Design/methodology/approach – Hierarchical linear models examined whether Latino clients experienced differences…
We Don’t Turn Away Families
National Estimates of Intimate Partner Violence and Service Receipt among Latina Women with Child Welfare Contact
A national probability study of problematic substance use and treatment receipt among Latino caregivers involved with child welfare
An examination of child welfare agency models that serve immigrant children and families
Child welfare agencies often experience challenges in meeting the unique needs of immigrant families. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with child welfare agency representatives to examine models used to effectively serve this population. Findings show that child welfare agencies utilize: 1) specialization of immigrant-related knowledge and skill sets; 2) formal and informal relationships with consulates and ext…
The relationship between parent immigration status and concrete support service use among Latinos in child welfare
Disparities in Reported and Substantiated Infant Maltreatment by Maternal Hispanic Origin and Nativity
Cultural adaptation of an evidence-based home visitation programme
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the experiences of Latino clients following a naturalistic cultural adaptation made to SafeCare, an evidence-based home visiting intervention designed to address specific linguistic and cultural issues affecting the Latino community during implementation in San Diego County, California. Design/methodology/approach – Hierarchical linear models examined whether Latino clients experienced differences…
Measuring Use of Research Evidence
The SIEU is easy to use and can be administered as a complete scale or as three smaller scales to separately examine evidence in acquisition, evaluation, or application. The measure demonstrates potential in understanding the role of research evidence in service settings and in monitoring the process of evidence-based practice and application of scientific principles in social work practice
Nativity and immigration status among Latino families involved in the child welfare system
A national probability study of problematic substance use and treatment receipt among Latino caregivers involved with child welfare
Measuring collaboration and communication to increase implementation of evidence-based practices
The Cultural Exchange Inventory (CEI) is a 15-item instrument designed to measure the process (7 items) and outcomes (8 items) of exchanges of knowledge, attitudes and practices between members of different organisations collaborating in implementing evidence-based practice. We conducted principal axis factor analyses and parallel analyses of data describing exchanges with intermediary organisations, treatment developers, other agencies in the sa…
National Estimates of Intimate Partner Violence and Service Receipt among Latina Women with Child Welfare Contact
Substantiated Reports of Sexual Abuse among Latinx Children
Challenges to Family Unity and Opportunities for Promoting Child Welfare in an Increasingly Punitive Immigration Landscape
This paper describes specific challenges to family unity and child welfare among children in immigrant families resulting from immigration enforcement. Surges in immigration activity over the past decade have resulted in family economic hardship, psychological trauma to children, and difficulty accessing social services. Children whose parents are detained/deported are at risk of unnecessarily entering the child welfare system, and encounter sign…
An exploration of the socio-cultural context in immigrant-concentrated neighborhoods with unusual rates of child maltreatment
Despite the field’s understanding of individual and family level predictors of child maltreatment, research on neighborhood indicators of child abuse and neglect, especially in immigrant communities, is limited. This study employed a qualitative approach using semi-structured interviews to elicit perceptions of 28 key community informants to further understand the social dynamics of highly concentrated immigrant communities and their influence on…
Child maltreatment prevention interventions for Latinx immigrant populations
We Don’t Turn Away Families
Exploring the Drivers of Child Maltreatment Under- and Overreporting
Child abuse and neglect (CAN) is a complex issue that is subject to both under- and overreporting; yet, research into the underlying neighborhood-level drivers of these practices remains limited. The current study gathered perspectives from 30 child protective service (CPS) workers and agency leaders in Southern California neighborhoods to identify perceptions of social and contextual neighborhood factors that might influence over- and underrepor…
The Impact of Covid-19 and Immigration Enforcement on Service Delivery for Immigrant Origin Families Involved in the Child Welfare System
An examination of child welfare agency models that serve immigrant children and families
Child welfare agencies often experience challenges in meeting the unique needs of immigrant families. In this qualitative study, semi-structured interviews were conducted with child welfare agency representatives to examine models used to effectively serve this population. Findings show that child welfare agencies utilize: 1) specialization of immigrant-related knowledge and skill sets; 2) formal and informal relationships with consulates and ext…
Working With Immigrants Who Are Child Welfare Involved
The COVID-19 pandemic has had notable impacts on public child welfare systems and their ability to serve families. For immigrant families who enter the child welfare system, pandemic-related challenges were exacerbated on top of existing immigration-related stressors and barriers. This study used in-depth qualitative interviewing with child welfare agency staff and community-based service provider partners working with immigrants to explore their…
Immigrant Service Access Needs and Recommendations in the U.S.–Mexico Border Region
Immigrant and mixed-status families comprise a growing population in the United States, facing numerous barriers to accessing essential health and social services. This study examines service access barriers within the unique context of New Mexico’s borderlands, where constitutionally protected bilingualism and welcoming local policies contrast sharply with restrictive federal border enforcement. Using a qualitative approach, we conducted five fo…
Pathways to support
Community Leaders’ Perceptions of the Unique Service Barriers and Facilitators Among Immigrant Families With Young Children in the Rural U.S.–Mexico Border Region
The present descriptive phenomenological study examines the unique service access barriers and facilitators of immigrant families along the rural U.S.–Mexico border from the perspectives of agency and government representatives. Twenty-three semi-structured interviews were conducted with nine local/state government officials and 14 community agency leaders using purposive and snowball sampling. A phenomenological thematic analysis approach was ut…
Determinants of Mental Health Service Utilization Among Immigrant Caregivers and Their Children in a US-Mexico Border Community
Migration, Health and Trauma (16 works) · Political science (14 works) · Immigration (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · Medicine (12 works) · Psychology (12 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (11 works) · Business (10 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (8 works) · Economic growth (8 works)