The primary objectives of this study are to conduct individual interviews with Latino parents about:

1. Their parenting beliefs and practices,
2. How experiences of racism, discrimination, and the current state sponsored rhetoric about Latinos and immigrants impacts parenting
3. Their interactions with healthcare professionals and paraprofessionals about their parenting.

This project seeks to examine ways that experiences of racism and discrimination, particularly factors related to immigration status, may be a barrier for equitable health care and social service access and treatment for Latino families with young children. Across Oregon 50-70 individual in-depth semi-structured interviews will be carried out.

Parents will be asked to fill out an anonymous demographic questionnaire that will ask information about age, gender identity, ethnicity, family immigration history, documentation status, language, education, number and age of children, marital status, and economic security. Then they will be asked to fill out a brief survey about possible experiences of racism and discrimination as well as social support.

The participation in this study should be approximately 60-90 minutes. Parents will receive $50 in cash for participating in this study.

This research will lead to recommendations for social service providers and health care professionals to improve outreach and engagement with Latino families and improve accessibility of services and care. This will inform the development of a provider and parent intervention to support Latino parenting in early childhood, targeting parents and providers in primary care settings.