Multicultural Issues in Social Work

Foreword
Senator Daniel K. Inouye

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