Multicultural Issues in Social Work

Contents

Introduction

PART I: MULTICULTURAL PRACTICE

• The Multicultural Mosaic
  Michael Yellow Bird, Rowena Fong, Petra Galindo, Jack Nowicki, and Edith M. Freeman
• Undermining the Very Basis of Racism—Its Categories
  Paul R. Spickard, Rowena Fong, and Patricia L. Ewalt
• A Multiracial Reality: Issues for Social Work
  Rowena Fong, Paul R. Spickard, and Patricia L. Ewalt
• The Misconstruing of Multiculturalism: The Stanford Debate and Social Work
  Ketayun H. Gould
• Understanding the Empowerment Process: Does Consciousness Make a Difference?
  Lorraine M. Gutiérrez
• The Organizational Context of Empowerment Practice: Implications for Social Work Administration
  Lorraine Gutiérrez, Linnea GlenMaye, and Kate DeLois
• RAP: A Framework for Leadership of Multiracial Groups
  Larry E. Davis, Maeda J. Galinsky, and Janice H. Schopler
• The Challenge of Racial Difference: Skills for Clinical Practice
  Enola K. Proctor and Larry E. Davis

PART II: LAW AND POLICY

• Immigration Statuses and Their Influence on Service Provision, Access, and Use
  Diane Drachman
• Social Integration of Salvadoran Refugees
  André G. Jacob
• Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Clients: Some Legal Implications
  Maureen K. McEntee
• The Impact of Hate Violence on Victims: Emotional and Behavioral Responses to Attacks
  Arnold Barnes and Paul H. Ephross
• A Society without Poverty: The Norwegian Experience
  Katherine van Wormer
• Single Mothers in Sweden: Work and Welfare in the Welfare State
  Marguerite G. Rosenthal

PART III: POPULATIONS

• Effective Coping Strategies of African Americans
  Alfrieda Daly, Jeanette Jennings, Joyce O. Beckett, and Bogart R. Leashore
• The Endangerment of African American Men: An Appeal for Social Work Action
  Paula Allen-Meares and Sondra Burman
• African American Men's Perceptions of Racial Discrimination: A Sociocultural Analysis
  Lawrence E. Gary
• Deconstructing Politically Correct Practice Literature: The American Indian Case
  Emma R. Gross
• Self-Determination from a Pacific Perspective
  Patricia L. Ewalt and Noreen Mokuau
• Not Simply "Asian Americans": Periodical Literature on Asians and Pacific Islanders
  Rowena Fong and Noreen Mokuau
• Hard-of-Hearing or Deaf: Issues of Ears, Language, Culture, and Identity
  Helen Sloss Luey, Laurel Glass, and Holly Elliott

PART IV: EDUCATION

• Solution-Focused Social Work: Metamessages to Students in Higher Education Opportunity Programs
  Mary Robinson Baker and Joseph R. Steiner
• Problems of Inner-City Schoolchildren: Needs Assessment by Nominal Group Process
  Karen E. Gerdes and Rose Ann Benson
• Asian and Pacific Island Elders: Issues for Social Work Practice and Education
  Colette Browne and Alice Broderick
• Building Strong Working Alliances with American Indian Families
  Cass Dykeman, J. Ron Nelson, and Valerie Appleton
• Culturally Relevant School Programs for American Indian Children and Families
  Cynthia Franklin, John Waukechon, and Peggy S. Larney
• Engaging Effectively with Culturally Diverse Families and Children
  Frances S. Caple, Ramon M. Salcido, and John di Cecco
• A Developmental Framework for Cultural Competence Training with Children
  Darlene Grant and Dennis Haynes

PART V: HEALTH CARE

• Perceptions of Social Support and Psychological Adaptation to Sexually Acquired HIV among White and African American Men
  Larry M. Gant and David G. Ostrow
• Estimating Rates of Psychosocial Problems in Urban and Poor Children with Sickle Cell Anemia
  Oscar A. Barbarin, Charles F. Whitten, and Sandy M. Bonds
• Psychiatric Social Work and Socialism: Problems and Potential in China
  Veronica Pearson and Michael Phillips
• NAFTA, American Health, and Mexican Health: They Tie Together
  Dennis L. Poole
• Curanderismo: Demystifying the Health Beliefs and Practices of Elderly Mexican Americans
  Steven Lozano Applewhite
• The Relationship between Psychosocial Status of Immigrant Latino Mothers and Use of Emergency Pediatric Services
  Ruth E. Zambrana, Kathleen Ell, Claudia Dorrington, Laura Wachsman, and Dee Hodge

PART VI: SERVICE DELIVERY

• The Effect of Mental Health Practitioners' Racial Sensitivity on African Americans' Perceptions of Service
  Sharron M. Singleton-Bowie
• In-Home and Community-Based Service Utilization by Three Groups of Elderly Hispanics: A National Perspective
  Denise Burnette and Ada C. Mui
• Providing Services to Hispanic/Latino Populations: Profiles in Diversity
  Graciela M. Castex
• Predictors of Economic Status of Southeast Asian Refugees: Implications for Service Improvement
  Miriam Potocky and Thomas P. McDonald

Index

The Editors

The Contributors

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