Social Work articles from January 2004

Social Work archives from January 2004

Social work in a multicultural society.(Editorial)
January 1, 2004... As a Black, lesbian, feminist, socialist, poet, (and) mother..., I usually find myself part of some group in which the majority defines me as deviant, difficult, inferior, or just plain "wrong." From my membership in all of these groups I have...

Multicultural development in human services agencies: challenges and solutions.
January 1, 2004... In recent years it has become increasingly evident that human services agencies must become more multicultural to appropriately serve diverse and disenfranchised people. This need is apparent given the increases in populations of color, people...

Race, place, space: meanings of cultural competence in three child welfare agencies.
January 1, 2004... In the social work literature, there is a broad consensus on the need for social services providers to take matters of culture into account. A number of texts and training materials promoting culturally competent practice have emerged during...

Working with Hindu clients in a spiritually sensitive manner.
January 1, 2004... When working with nonmainstream populations, effective service provision is often contingent on the practitioner's level of cultural competence (Mizio, 1998; Poole, 1998). Cultural competence is predicated on developing an awareness of the two...

Assumptions of Asian American similarity: the case of Filipino and Chinese American students.
January 1, 2004... In social work, the cultural beliefs and values of a group are believed to have significant implications for service delivery. The perception of culture as a critical factor in social work practice emerged in the 1970s. Most of the early...

Treatment adherence among native Hawaiians living with HIV.
January 1, 2004... The treatment of HIV disease with highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is credited with extending the life span of people living with HIV (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1997). The multidrug regime is not a cure, but does...

Africentric youth and family rites of passage program: promoting resilience among at-risk African American youths.
January 1, 2004... African American young men are under siege. In schools they have the highest rates of detention, suspensions, expulsions, and special education placements. In child welfare they are most likely to be removed from their parents, have their...

Enhancing psychosocial competence among black women in college.
January 1, 2004... Black women who surfer from a variety of mental health symptoms, which are persistent and at times debilitating, comprise a large target population for social workers. Although social work has a history of intervening with black women in mental...

Coming out of the closet: opening agencies to gay and lesbian adoptive parents.
January 1, 2004... Empirical and clinical knowledge of adoption policy and practice has increased greatly in recent years. However, a crisis remains in this arena, as many more children are available for adoption than there are families to adopt them. As a result...

Empowering African American women informal caregivers: a literature synthesis and practice strategies.
January 1, 2004... Informal caregivers are people who provide unpaid care for elderly people in the home, involving much time and energy for long periods and requiring assistance with tasks that may be physically, emotionally, socially, or financially challenging...

Learning that an adolescent child is gay or lesbian: the parent experience.
January 1, 2004... As increasing numbers of adolescents are claiming their gay and lesbian identities at an earlier age in conjunction with increased gay and lesbian activism, they are disclosing their sexual orientation to parents at an earlier stage of the...

Short-term intercultural psychotherapy: ethnographic inquiry.
January 1, 2004... The contemporary clinical environment is marked by two pronounced trends. First, in response to a variety of social and economic factors, short-term psychotherapies are delivered with increasing frequency in many mental health settings. Second,...

Mutual support groups for long-term recipients of TANF.
January 1, 2004... Dramatic policy changes have occurred in relation to the eligibility and length of support for vulnerable parents receiving public assistance. Under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (P.L. 104-193), the...

Article backlog.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
January 1, 2004... As a member of NASW for more than 25 years, assumed that our journal, Social Work, contained the most up-to-date, cutting-edge research, thought, and information available. Much to my shock, I've discovered that this could not be further from...