Sandra Magaña
Ph.D.
Associate Professor; Ph.D., Brandeis University, 1999. Interests: racial, ethnic and cultural variation in caregiving; Latino families; social work in communities of color; families caring for members with mental illness or developmental disabilities. Current research: Latino families who have children with autism or mental retardation. Contact InformationUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison - Social Work
306 School of Social Work
1350 University Avenue
Madison, WI 53706
Phone: 26
Fax: 263-3836
Email: magana@waisman.wisc.edu EducationCalifornia State University-Sacramento, BA, 1979
California State University-San Bernardino, MSW, 1993
Brandeis University, Ph.D., Social Welfare Policy, 1999 Research InterestsDr. Magaña's program of research focuses on cultural variation in caregiving experiences and service utilization of families of color who have a member with severe mental illness or a developmental disability. An ongoing project is a longitudinal study, funded by NIMH, of Latino and African American families who have a member with schizophrenia, and is investigating cultural strengths that serve as protective factors for these families as well as factors that may increase their risk for experiencing physical ans mental health problems. Dr. Magaña's research has found that African American mothers of adults with mental retardation or schizophrenia suffer from more chronic health problems than their non-caregiving counterparts. Latina mothers who are providing this care are more likely to suffer from depression, but also suffer from physical health problems. Cultural factors in caregiving found in Dr. Magaña's research include the importance of understanding family burden versus individual caregiving burden. In other words, how other family members are doing in the context of caring for a member with a disability is important for the caregiver's own emotional health.
Dr. Magaña will be working on 2 new projects this year. One is a pilot study to provide health education to Latina mothers who have a child with a disability. The other is a project funded by the Center for Disparities in Health Care which will interview parents of Latino children with an autism spectrum disorder. Current Research ProjectsProject Title: Aging Latino and African American Caregivers of Children with Developmental Disabilities.
Role on Project: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: University of Illinois at Chicago Rehabilitation Research and Training Center on Aging with Developmental Disabilities (NIDRR).
This study includes analysis of the National Health Interview Survey to determine health outcomes of midlife and aging mothers coresiding with a child with a developmental disability. A second stage of the project includes developing an educational health program for mothers of adults with developmental disabilities.
Project Title: Latino families of children with an autism spectrum disorder
Role on Project: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: NIH-funded Center on Disparities in Health at UW-Madison
This is a pilot project which will investigate age of diagnosis, utilization of autism services, cultural beliefs about autism and family well-being.
Project Title: Latino and African American Families of Adults with Mental Illness
Role on Project: Principal Investigator
Funding Agency: NIMH
This longitudinal study examines the well-being of Latino and African American caregivers of adults with a serious mental illness. Its emphasis is on investigating cultural variation in the impact of caregiving as well as cultural strengths and coping styles of specific groups of caregivers.
Project Title: Impacts of Parenting Adolescents and Adults with Autism
Role on Project: Associate Investigator; PI: Marsha Mailick Seltzer, Ph.D.
Funding Agency: National Institute on Aging
This longitudinal study examines the impact of lifelong caregiving on families who have a son or daughter with autism. Dr. Magaña's focus for this study is with the recruitment of Latino families to understand their experiences in caring for a son or daughter with autism. Selected PublicationsMagaña, S, Ramirez, J., Hernandez, M., Cortez, R. (In press). Psychological distress among Latino family caregivers of adults with schizophrenia: The roles of burden and stigma in the stress-process model. Psychiatric Services.
Magaña, S., & Smith, M.J. (2006). Psychological distress and well-being of Latina and non-Latina white mothers of youth and adults with an autism spectrum disorder: cultural attitudes towards co-residence status. Journal of Orthopsychiatry.
Magaña, S., & Smith, M.J.(2006). Health outcomes of mid-life and aging Latina and Black American mothers of children with developmental disabilities. Mental Retardation, 44, 224-234.
Magaña, S., Schwartz, S., Rubert, M., & Szapocznik, J. (2006). Hispanic caregivers of adults with mental retardation:The importance of family functioning. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 111, 250-262.
Magaña, S. (2006). Older Latino Family Caregivers. In B. Berkman (Ed.), Handbook of Social Work in Health and Aging. Oxford University Press.
Magaña, S. (2005). Social Work. In Gary Albrecht (Ed.) Encyclopedia of Disability, Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.
Magaña, S., Greenberg, J., & Seltzer, M. (2004). The health and well-being of Black mothers caring for an adult with schizophrenia. Psychiatric Services, 55, 711-713.
Magaña, S. (2004). African American Families who Care for Adults with Developmental Disabilities or Mental Illness: A Call for Research African American Perspectives 10,129-139.
Magaña, S., Seltzer, M., & Krauss, W. (In press). Service utilization patterns of adults with intellectual disabilities: A Comparison of Puerto Rican and non-Latino white families. Journal of Gerontological Social Work.
Krauss, M.W., Seltzer, M.M., & Magaña, S. (In press). Families as context for healthy aging for persons with intellectual disabilities. In Janicki, M.P. (Ed.) Health promotion, aging, and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Philadelphia: Brunner-Mazel.
Magaña, S., Seltzer, M. Krauss, M., Rubert, M., & Szapocznik, J. (In Press). Well-being and family role strain among Cuban American and Puerto Rican mothers of adults with mental retardation. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment.
Magaña, S. (2000). Mental retardation research methods in Latino communities. Mental Retardation, 38, 303-315.
Magaña, S. (1999). Puerto Rican Families Caring for an Adult with Mental Retardation: The Role of Familism. American Journal on Mental Retardation, 104, 466-482.
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