Social Work articles from January 1999

Social Work archives from January 1999

Constructing our future.(social constructionism)(Editorial)
January 1, 1999... A defining feature of the postmodern era has been the challenging of assumptions about the nature of truth and reality. Iconoclastic ideas (such as the existence of multiverses), challenges to taken-for-granted dichotomies (such as fact and...

The economic well-being of elderly people and children in a changing society.
January 1, 1999... Social policy in the 20th century has been a triumph for elderly Americans. Starting with the Social Security Act of 1935, the federal government has taken a strong leadership position to ensure income and health security for elderly people....

Custodial grandparents in Latino families: patterns of service use and predictors of unmet needs.
January 1, 1999... During the past quarter century, the number of children ages 18 and under who live in households headed by grandparents has increased by more than 50 percent, from 2.2 million in 1970 to 3.9 million in 1997 (Lugaila, 1998). Moreover, whereas...

Living with HIV/AIDS: the voices of HIV-positive mothers.
January 1, 1999... Children who have lost their parents to AIDS have been referred to as "AIDS orphans" in both the popular press and professional literature (Dane & Levine, 1994; Levine & Stein, 1994; Michaels & Levine, 1992; Ritter, 1996). There is no other...

HIV-related stigma in a sample of HIV-affected older female African American caregivers.
January 1, 1999... People who have HIV disease (refers to the trajectory of the illness that is caused by the retrovirus, whether symptomatic or asymptomatic; symptomatic, or end-stage HIV disease, often is referred to as AIDS) tend to experience a series of...

Church burning in African American communities: implications for empowerment practice.
January 1, 1999... During the 1995-96 period, there was a noticeable increase in arson to churches whose congregations are predominately African American. The U.S. Justice Department reported 28 incidents in the 17 months before May 1996 (Fletcher, 1996b). Most...

Multiservice centers in Chinese American immigrant communities: practice principles and challenges.
January 1, 1999... In reaction to the fragmentation of categorical services, there has been a renewed interest in community-based service delivery practice in social work (Fellin, 1995; Figueira-McDonough, 1995; Halpern, 1995; Hardcastle, Wenocur, & Powers, 1997;...

Social Work in Juvenile and Criminal Justice Settings, 2d ed.(Review)
January 1, 1999... Edited by Albert Roberts. Springfield, IL: Charles C Thomas Publisher, 447 pp. Paperback, ISBN 0-398-06759-7. The boom in jail and prison construction knows no end. One of every three African American men between the ages of 20 and 24 is...