Abstract
Taller de Jose (TDJ) offers accompaniment in a Mexican neighborhood in Chicago, helping service participants navigate health, judicial, and social service systems. Using a community-based participatory approach, the current study conceptualizes the accompaniment service and identifies psychosocial outcomes. Focus groups with service participants and staff were conducted, using a grounded theory approach. The data provides support for a conceptual model of accompaniment based on interdisciplinary knowledge in ministry, social work, and public health; and a consideration of social context, values, and outcomes such as increased social support, knowledge of community resources, and improved self-efficacy.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 21-42 |
Number of pages | 22 |
Journal | Journal of Religion and Spirituality in Social Work |
Volume | 38 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 2 2019 |
Keywords
- Mexican immigrants
- accompaniment
- community-based research
- social services
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Religious studies
- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health