Social Work articles from July 2006

Social Work archives from July 2006

In this issue.(EDITORIAL)
July 1, 2006... In this issue of Social Work, we have an impressive array of articles covering a broad range of topics. In the first article Roby and Shaw provide an in-depth examination of the experiences of African orphans who have AIDS, including systemic...

The African orphan crisis and international adoption.(Statistical data)
July 1, 2006... The orphan crisis in sub-Saharan Africa has reached desperate proportions. In a region racked with civil war, poverty, and diseases, 12.3 million children have lost one or both parents to AIDS, and orphan numbers are projected to rise to 18.4...

Social workers' attitudes about psychotropic drug treatment with youths.
July 1, 2006... Given the precipitous rise in psychotropic drug use with youths in recent years (for example, Rushton & Whitmire, 2001; Zito et al., 2003), nearly every social worker practicing with youths has worked with a medicated child or adolescent....

Financial well-being of young children with disabilities and their families.
July 1, 2006... When disability is defined on the basis of functional limitations in mobility, self-care, communication, or learning, children with disabilities represent approximately 12.3 percent of the population of children ages 5 to 17 in the United...

Are we ignoring youths with disabilities in foster care? An examination of their school performance.(Statistical data)
July 1, 2006... The number of youths in foster care has nearly doubled in almost 20 years, from 276,000 in 1985 to approximately 523,000 currently (Adoption and Foster Care Analysis Reporting System, 2005). An additional 15,000 youths are in foster care...

Acculturation stress and depression among Asian immigrant elders.(Statistical data)
July 1, 2006... Demographically, the United States faces two dramatic population changes: aging and increasing ethnic and racial diversification. The population segment age 65 and older (35 million) currently and until 2010 will comprise about 12.4 percent of...

The animal--human bond and ethnic diversity.
July 1, 2006... Keeping companion animals (that is, pets) is a universal cultural phenomenon (Brown, 002). In the United States, dogs or cats or both are found in at least one-third of households: Approximately 64 million households have a companion animal,...

Social work in the movies: another look.(POINTS & VIEWPOINTS)
July 1, 2006... Until recently, no material was available in the social work literature that examined how social work and social workers are presented on film or the development of these images over the years. Now we have available a pioneering, wide-ranging...

Role of the social worker in old versus new culture in nursing homes.(COMMENTARY)
July 1, 2006... Social workers play a crucial role in the lives of people living in nursing homes. Many of us are trying to change the prevailing nursing home culture from one of merely delivering services that sustain life to one of infusing life with the joy...

Transforming the Legacy: Couple Therapy with Survivors of Childhood Trauma.(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Transforming the Legacy: Couple Therapy with Survivors of Childhood Trauma. Kathryn Karusaitis Basham and Dennis Miehls. New York: Columbia University Press, 2004, 381 pages. ISBN: 0-231-12342-6 $50.00 hardback. This book adds to the...

Managing Diversity: Toward a Globally Inclusive Workplace.(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Managing Diversity: Toward a Globally Inclusive Workplace. Michalle E. Mor Barak. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005, 342 pages. ISBN: 0-76192773-5 $49.95 paperback This is a timely book. The book's subject, managing diversity in a...

The New Politics of Old Age Policy.(Book review)
July 1, 2006... The New Politics of Old Age Policy. Robert B. Hudson (Editor). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2005, 316 pages. ISBN: 0-8018-8074-2 $58.00 hardback; ISBN: 0-8018-8075-0 $22.95 paperback. Building on his observation that "the...

Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America.(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Encyclopedia of Social Welfare History in North America. John M. Herrick and Paul H. Stuart (Editors). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, 2005, 560 pages. ISBN: 0-761-92584-8 $155.00 hardback. This encyclopedia has 456 entries (180...

Family Caregivers on the Job: Moving beyond ADLs and IADLs.(Book review)
July 1, 2006... Family Caregivers on the Job: Moving beyond ADLs and IADLs. Carol Levine (Editor). New York: United Hospital Fund, 2004, 300 pages. ISBN: 1-881277-73-9 $20. 00 paperback. This slim volume is based on a project of the United Hospital Fund...