Social Work articles from April 2003

Social Work archives from April 2003

Arguments for family strengths research. (Editorial).
April 1, 2003... "How many of you routinely assess family strengths in your work with clients?" One-third of a group of second-year University of Chicago School of Social Service Administration students raised their hands. Given that these were bright,...

Employment and caregiving: exploration of African American caregivers.
April 1, 2003... The competing demands of employment commitments and family responsibilities, particularly the care of elderly relatives, are increasingly a focus in the caregiving literature. Many researchers have been specifically concerned with the...

African American women living with HIV/AIDS: families as sources of support and of stress.
April 1, 2003... Literature on the African American family supports the notion of the family as both a source of support and source of stress for women dealing with myriad problems (Belle, 1982; Lindbald-Goldberg, Dukes, & Lasley, 1988; McDoo, 1982; Wilson &...

Child sexual abuse: prevention or promotion?
April 1, 2003... School-based programs are the primary means of addressing the prevention of child sexual abuse in the United States. These programs were originally developed in the late 1970s and early 1980s during a time of increased awareness of the problem...

Parents with serious and persistent mental Illness: issues in assessment and services.
April 1, 2003... Parenting is one of the most highly valued social roles in all human societies and cultures. Therefore, it is not surprising that there is extensive literature on parenting and development of parenting skills. Most of the social work literature...

Understanding and supporting parent--child relationships during foster care visits: attachment theory and research.
April 1, 2003... This article considers the implications of contemporary attachment theory and research for how social workers may better support parent--child relationships during foster care visits. Despite changes in child welfare policies and priorities in...

International adoption among families in the United States: considerations of social justice.
April 1, 2003... The international adoption of children by families in the United States continues to present a desirable alternative to the limitations associated with domestic adoption and infertility treatment (Bartholet, 1993). A total of 12,596 children...

Social work and fathers: child support and fathering programs.
April 1, 2003... At the turn of the 21st century, fatherhood has become the focus of increasing public concern. The marked increase in female-headed households and changing gender norms helped push fatherhood to the center of public discussion (Marsiglio,...

Reconstructing the stepfamily: old myths, new stories.
April 1, 2003... The privileged status of the biological nuclear family in American society contributes to the stigmatization of all nonnuclear families, but especially that of stepfamilies. On an institutional level, this privileging is evidenced by disparate...

The criminalization of domestic violence: what social workers need to know.
April 1, 2003... Domestic violence is a crosscutting issue that affects the daily lives of people seeking social work services. During the past 20 years, the social science and criminal justice fields developed interventions designed to deter abuse and...

Kin and nonkin social supports in a community sample of vietnamese immigrants.
April 1, 2003... Over the past three decades, large influxes of immigrants and refugees from Southeast Asia have reconfigured the multicultural mosaic in North America (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1999). In 1970 Asian and Pacific Islander Americans accounted for...

El Portal Latino Alzheimer's Project: model program for Latino caregivers of Alzheimer's disease-affected people.
April 1, 2003... Over the past two decades, Alzheimer's disease (AD) has gained greater public attention and is recognized as a major public health problem affecting millions of U.S. citizens and their families. According to the National Institute on Aging...

Letters.(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2003... Editor's Note: All of the following letters have been edited for relevance and redundancy. Does Social Work Oppress Christians? As a Christian who has practiced social work since 1961 and has been in private practice since 1973, I was...