ABSTRACT In order to craft culturally competent interventions, it is important that cultural influences on problem formulation, intervention design, and delivery be included as focal design considerations along with substantive issues. By addressing issues specific to cross cultural practice within the phases of developmental research, this model of intervention design and development may become a better vehicle to craft culturally competent intervention. Toward this goal, this article presents one way by which tasks associated with cross cultural practice may be integrated into the first four phases of developmental research: problem analysis, information gathering and synthesis, intervention design, and development. Examples are presented from the design and development of an HIV prevention intervention for low-income, battered women.
{"title":"The Use of Developmental Research Methods to Design Culturally Competent Intervention","authors":"M. Yoshioka","doi":"10.1300/J285V07N03_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V07N03_06","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT In order to craft culturally competent interventions, it is important that cultural influences on problem formulation, intervention design, and delivery be included as focal design considerations along with substantive issues. By addressing issues specific to cross cultural practice within the phases of developmental research, this model of intervention design and development may become a better vehicle to craft culturally competent intervention. Toward this goal, this article presents one way by which tasks associated with cross cultural practice may be integrated into the first four phases of developmental research: problem analysis, information gathering and synthesis, intervention design, and development. Examples are presented from the design and development of an HIV prevention intervention for low-income, battered women.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"7 1","pages":"113-128"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V07N03_06","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66218641","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT Recent studies involving practitioners, field instructors, and social work educators have acknowledged the importance of religious and spiritual issues when dealing with clients. These articles also have pointed to the dearth of information on these topics in the social work curriculum. This study examines students' perceived needs for information in these areas. Suggestions for imparting information on matters of spiritual and religious diversity are presented.
{"title":"Religion and Spirituality","authors":"Toni Cascio","doi":"10.1300/J285V07N03_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V07N03_07","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Recent studies involving practitioners, field instructors, and social work educators have acknowledged the importance of religious and spiritual issues when dealing with clients. These articles also have pointed to the dearth of information on these topics in the social work curriculum. This study examines students' perceived needs for information in these areas. Suggestions for imparting information on matters of spiritual and religious diversity are presented.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"7 1","pages":"129-145"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V07N03_07","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66218752","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT This pilot study hypothesized that the ancient traditions of help and healing among traditional Lakota people represent an alternative or complementary model for understanding a distinctive approach to American social work theory and practice which includes “shamanic” or spirit healing as a constituent part of the help and healing process. Thirty-two individuals, Including traditional Lakota elders, educators, leaders, and mental health providers, were interviewed about their views on traditional ideas of help and healing and about social work and social service practices. The findings show that there were distinctive approaches to ensure social health and well-being among pre-reservation Lakota peoples, and that the traditions of help and healing are intimately linked to the “natural law” and to the ceremonial life of the tribe. The findings show a resurgence of traditional healing practices among the Lakota with important implications for Social Work theory and practice.
{"title":"Wo'Lakol Kiciyapi: Traditional Philosophies of Helping and Healing Among the Lakotas: Toward a Lakota-Centric Practice of Social Work","authors":"Richard W. Voss, V. Douville, A. Soldier","doi":"10.1300/J285V07N01_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V07N01_05","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This pilot study hypothesized that the ancient traditions of help and healing among traditional Lakota people represent an alternative or complementary model for understanding a distinctive approach to American social work theory and practice which includes “shamanic” or spirit healing as a constituent part of the help and healing process. Thirty-two individuals, Including traditional Lakota elders, educators, leaders, and mental health providers, were interviewed about their views on traditional ideas of help and healing and about social work and social service practices. The findings show that there were distinctive approaches to ensure social health and well-being among pre-reservation Lakota peoples, and that the traditions of help and healing are intimately linked to the “natural law” and to the ceremonial life of the tribe. The findings show a resurgence of traditional healing practices among the Lakota with important implications for Social Work theory and practice.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"7 1","pages":"73-93"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V07N01_05","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66218055","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT The article addresses the need to have a systematic method of adapting Western interventions to empower the ethnic minority family. The focus introduces the biculturalization of interventions which critically examines the Gandhi Technique. When assessed, adapted, and applied, the Gandhi Technique was found to be compatible with Asian and Pacific Islander family empowerment characteristics. Considerations for culturally competent social work practice with Asian and Pacific Islander families are offered as well.
{"title":"The Gandhi Technique: A Biculturalization Approach for Empowering Asian and Pacific Islander Families.","authors":"Rowena Fong, Carylee Boyd, Collette Browne","doi":"10.1300/J285V07N01_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V07N01_06","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The article addresses the need to have a systematic method of adapting Western interventions to empower the ethnic minority family. The focus introduces the biculturalization of interventions which critically examines the Gandhi Technique. When assessed, adapted, and applied, the Gandhi Technique was found to be compatible with Asian and Pacific Islander family empowerment characteristics. Considerations for culturally competent social work practice with Asian and Pacific Islander families are offered as well.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"7 1","pages":"95-110"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V07N01_06","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66218157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT This paper explores preferences for care among minority seniors. Two generations of Japanese Canadians, those who came from Japan and those who were born in Canada as children of Japanese immigrants, participated. Vignettes are used to define situations of care and multidimensional scaling is employed for analyses. Care preferences differ by generation, marital status, Income and ethnic identity among these ethnic seniors. The findings suggest that preferences for care in later life are socially constructed and personally redefined. The study applies the double boundary theory of ethnicity and points out the importance of examining intra-ethnic group differences in care preferences which may bring a better understanding of culturally sensitive care provision.
{"title":"Preferred Care in Later Life Among Japanese Canadians","authors":"A. Matsuoka","doi":"10.1300/J285V07N01_08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V07N01_08","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper explores preferences for care among minority seniors. Two generations of Japanese Canadians, those who came from Japan and those who were born in Canada as children of Japanese immigrants, participated. Vignettes are used to define situations of care and multidimensional scaling is employed for analyses. Care preferences differ by generation, marital status, Income and ethnic identity among these ethnic seniors. The findings suggest that preferences for care in later life are socially constructed and personally redefined. The study applies the double boundary theory of ethnicity and points out the importance of examining intra-ethnic group differences in care preferences which may bring a better understanding of culturally sensitive care provision.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"32 1","pages":"127-148"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V07N01_08","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66218180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT This paper reports the results of a national survey of Deans and Directors of graduate social work programs and of social work faculty responsible for teaching graduate-level multicultural courses. The findings indicate the use of a combined infusion and designated course model is the most prominent in addressing the CSWE diversity curriculum content requirement. Although there is substantive content on traditionally oppressed minority populations, there is an increasing number of groups and topics under the banner of diversity. There is heavy reliance on traditional teaching methods and little consistency in the educational resources used to teach the courses. The demographic composition and perceptions of social work faculty who teach multicultural courses are reported. The implications of the findings are discussed.
{"title":"Multicultural Content in Social Work Graduate Programs: A National Survey.","authors":"Cora Le-Doux, F. Montalvo","doi":"10.1300/J285V07N01_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V07N01_03","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper reports the results of a national survey of Deans and Directors of graduate social work programs and of social work faculty responsible for teaching graduate-level multicultural courses. The findings indicate the use of a combined infusion and designated course model is the most prominent in addressing the CSWE diversity curriculum content requirement. Although there is substantive content on traditionally oppressed minority populations, there is an increasing number of groups and topics under the banner of diversity. There is heavy reliance on traditional teaching methods and little consistency in the educational resources used to teach the courses. The demographic composition and perceptions of social work faculty who teach multicultural courses are reported. The implications of the findings are discussed.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"7 1","pages":"37-55"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V07N01_03","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66217656","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT Demographic changes in California offer a preview of national trends in racial and ethnic population groups, with projections of near parity between White and non-White populations by 2050. Racial and ethnic relations in California also provide insights into the conflicts and challenges of a multiethnic, multiracial society developing in the United States. This paper critiques the current Black-White model of race relations as inadequate and inappropriate as the basis for theory, research or policy formulation. The need to develop a new paradigm encompassing a more inclusive perspective on interethnic and interracial relations is proposed in order to account for the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in American society.
{"title":"The California Crucible: Towards a New Paradigm of Race and Ethnic Relations","authors":"J. T. Gibbs","doi":"10.1300/J285V07N01_01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V07N01_01","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Demographic changes in California offer a preview of national trends in racial and ethnic population groups, with projections of near parity between White and non-White populations by 2050. Racial and ethnic relations in California also provide insights into the conflicts and challenges of a multiethnic, multiracial society developing in the United States. This paper critiques the current Black-White model of race relations as inadequate and inappropriate as the basis for theory, research or policy formulation. The need to develop a new paradigm encompassing a more inclusive perspective on interethnic and interracial relations is proposed in order to account for the increasing cultural and linguistic diversity in American society.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"7 1","pages":"1-18"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V07N01_01","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66218003","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT With the recent sociopolitical changes in the Former Soviet Union, significant numbers of older Soviets have arrived in the U.S. with their families. Soviet immigrants who enter the U.S. are no longer automatically considered political refugees, which has limited their entitlement to services. Recent changes in public welfare and immigration policy place the responsibility for care of elderly members solely on the family. While caring for older adults is stressful for any family, new immigrants may be especially burdened since they have limited knowledge of services, few coping resources to provide adequate care, and little experience resolving cultural conflicts with their older parent. By using a practice model designed to evaluate late-life caregiving situations, two case scenarios are presented to examine practice and service delivery issues of older Soviet immigrants and their families.
{"title":"Social Work Practice with Older Soviet Immigrants","authors":"N. Kropf, L. Nackerud, Inna Gorokhovski Msw","doi":"10.1300/J285V07N01_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V07N01_07","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT With the recent sociopolitical changes in the Former Soviet Union, significant numbers of older Soviets have arrived in the U.S. with their families. Soviet immigrants who enter the U.S. are no longer automatically considered political refugees, which has limited their entitlement to services. Recent changes in public welfare and immigration policy place the responsibility for care of elderly members solely on the family. While caring for older adults is stressful for any family, new immigrants may be especially burdened since they have limited knowledge of services, few coping resources to provide adequate care, and little experience resolving cultural conflicts with their older parent. By using a practice model designed to evaluate late-life caregiving situations, two case scenarios are presented to examine practice and service delivery issues of older Soviet immigrants and their families.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"7 1","pages":"111-126"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V07N01_07","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66218066","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT A quasi-experimental study addressed the question of whether clinician identification with the client differs in therapeutic dyads in which clinician and client are from the same ethnic minority background than in therapeutic dyads in which clinician and client are from a different ethnic background. An availability sampling plan was used to obtain a sample of sixty Japanese American and sixty White social workers. Subjects watched one of two videotaped vignettes of either a Japanese American or White client. An identification inventory was used to measure range and intensity of identification. Findings demonstrated that match of ethnic minority background heightened range and intensity of identification. Additionally, match of generation, place of origin, and assimilation level also increased the respondent's identification with the client. Furthermore, feelings of vulnerability, a concern of overidentifying, and an added sense of investment occurred more frequently when the respondent and vigne...
{"title":"The Effects on Clinician Identification when Clinician and Client Share a Common Ethnic Minority Background","authors":"Mitchell T. Maki","doi":"10.1300/J285V07N01_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V07N01_04","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT A quasi-experimental study addressed the question of whether clinician identification with the client differs in therapeutic dyads in which clinician and client are from the same ethnic minority background than in therapeutic dyads in which clinician and client are from a different ethnic background. An availability sampling plan was used to obtain a sample of sixty Japanese American and sixty White social workers. Subjects watched one of two videotaped vignettes of either a Japanese American or White client. An identification inventory was used to measure range and intensity of identification. Findings demonstrated that match of ethnic minority background heightened range and intensity of identification. Additionally, match of generation, place of origin, and assimilation level also increased the respondent's identification with the client. Furthermore, feelings of vulnerability, a concern of overidentifying, and an added sense of investment occurred more frequently when the respondent and vigne...","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"7 1","pages":"57-72"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V07N01_04","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66217686","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
ABSTRACT The vision of the pluralistic society of the 1960s relied on the recognition of differences rather than on assimilation. Pluralism held that finally, in America, minorities did not need to melt and adopt the norms of the majority. But the cultural pluralistic perspective has been strongly questioned since the 1990s. Concerns have been raised about whether the alteration of power relations in the United States can be achieved civilly. This article examines the value of long-held assumptions about the common core and explores the desirability of building on it for the next millennium. It moves beyond traditional perspectives of the common core and proposes the notion of a transcul-tural citizen who might be able to move with ease between cultures, whether within the confines of the United States or on a more global level. Illustrations from the United States and abroad are given. Lessons for social work in Europe and America are drawn.
{"title":"Diversity in a Changing World: Cultural Enrichment or Social Fragmentation?","authors":"E. Martinez-brawley, E. A. Brawley","doi":"10.1300/J285V07N01_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V07N01_02","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The vision of the pluralistic society of the 1960s relied on the recognition of differences rather than on assimilation. Pluralism held that finally, in America, minorities did not need to melt and adopt the norms of the majority. But the cultural pluralistic perspective has been strongly questioned since the 1990s. Concerns have been raised about whether the alteration of power relations in the United States can be achieved civilly. This article examines the value of long-held assumptions about the common core and explores the desirability of building on it for the next millennium. It moves beyond traditional perspectives of the common core and proposes the notion of a transcul-tural citizen who might be able to move with ease between cultures, whether within the confines of the United States or on a more global level. Illustrations from the United States and abroad are given. Lessons for social work in Europe and America are drawn.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"7 1","pages":"19-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1999-03-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V07N01_02","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66217592","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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