ABSTRACT This article explores the usefulness of integrating cultural and ecological approaches in the brief treatment of an African American woman in an urban community-based crisis treatment facility. A theoretical overview is followed by descriptions of how cultural factors influenced the assessment of the case as well as the intervention that was utilized. Implications for practice and recommendations for future studies are noted.
{"title":"Brief Crisis Stabilization of an African American Woman","authors":"J. Ligon","doi":"10.1300/J285V06N03_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V06N03_06","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article explores the usefulness of integrating cultural and ecological approaches in the brief treatment of an African American woman in an urban community-based crisis treatment facility. A theoretical overview is followed by descriptions of how cultural factors influenced the assessment of the case as well as the intervention that was utilized. Implications for practice and recommendations for future studies are noted.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"6 1","pages":"111-122"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V06N03_06","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66217915","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 Despite the effectiveness of condoms in HIV prevention, programs and services encouraging HIV prevention have failed to increase condom use among U.S. Latino populations. The authors identify six “myths” preventing condom use among Latinos. It is suggested that programs address these myths surrounding condom use in HIV prevention strategies targeting Latino communities in order to make interventions more salient to Latino populations and, therefore, more effective.
{"title":"Cultural Factors and Program Implications: HIV/AIDS Interventions and Condom Use among Latinos.","authors":"Anna Yeakley, L. Gant","doi":"10.1300/J285V06N03_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V06N03_03","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Despite the effectiveness of condoms in HIV prevention, programs and services encouraging HIV prevention have failed to increase condom use among U.S. Latino populations. The authors identify six “myths” preventing condom use among Latinos. It is suggested that programs address these myths surrounding condom use in HIV prevention strategies targeting Latino communities in order to make interventions more salient to Latino populations and, therefore, more effective.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"6 1","pages":"47-71"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V06N03_03","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66217203","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 article describes the significant factors in working therapeutically with recent Irish immigrants. A profile of recent Irish immigrants including the salient aspects of Irish culture are presented. The concept of dissonance, migrant mourning and problems related to life cycle stressors are discussed. Strategies are presented for working with migrants who live a “trans-context” lifestyle, but may need help resolving the discomfort in struggling with two cultural meaning systems. A case example is presented illustrating some of these clinical issues.
{"title":"A Profile of Recent Irish Immigrants and Their Cross-Cultural Adaptation Difficulties","authors":"Eibhlin Donlon-Farry","doi":"10.1300/J285V06N03_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V06N03_05","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article describes the significant factors in working therapeutically with recent Irish immigrants. A profile of recent Irish immigrants including the salient aspects of Irish culture are presented. The concept of dissonance, migrant mourning and problems related to life cycle stressors are discussed. Strategies are presented for working with migrants who live a “trans-context” lifestyle, but may need help resolving the discomfort in struggling with two cultural meaning systems. A case example is presented illustrating some of these clinical issues.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"6 1","pages":"93-109"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V06N03_05","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66217846","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 There has been an influx of Southeast Asian refugees to the United States over the past 20 years, many of whom have experienced severe trauma. In their new country they face the formidable task of acculturation into a new, unfamiliar culture, often separated from their families and ethnic groups. This study sought to answer the question of whether the severity of trauma endured prior to and during migration affects the level of acculturative stress in a community sample of Cambodian refugees. Two major variables, the experience of trauma and acculturative stress, were examined through a cross-sectional research design which employed multiple regression statistical techniques to analyze the data. The results of the present study established that Cambodian refugees who experienced severe trauma prior to resettlement in the United States had significantly higher levels of acculturative stress than did those with less severe trauma histories.
{"title":"The Effects of Trauma on Acculturative Stress","authors":"B. Nicholson, T. Walters","doi":"10.1300/J285v06n03_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285v06n03_02","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT There has been an influx of Southeast Asian refugees to the United States over the past 20 years, many of whom have experienced severe trauma. In their new country they face the formidable task of acculturation into a new, unfamiliar culture, often separated from their families and ethnic groups. This study sought to answer the question of whether the severity of trauma endured prior to and during migration affects the level of acculturative stress in a community sample of Cambodian refugees. Two major variables, the experience of trauma and acculturative stress, were examined through a cross-sectional research design which employed multiple regression statistical techniques to analyze the data. The results of the present study established that Cambodian refugees who experienced severe trauma prior to resettlement in the United States had significantly higher levels of acculturative stress than did those with less severe trauma histories.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285v06n03_02","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66217495","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 Minority group and poor children are overrepresented in the child welfare system. Interpretations of the reasons for this overre-presentation are entangled by issues of race and class. This paper attempts to disentangle those relationships by analyzing the relationship between race and class in child welfare. The reasons for minority overrepresentation in the child protective system are identified. The implications for overrepresentation for practice and policy are discussed.
{"title":"Social Class, Ethnicity, and Child Welfare.","authors":"L. Jones","doi":"10.1300/J285V06N03_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V06N03_07","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Minority group and poor children are overrepresented in the child welfare system. Interpretations of the reasons for this overre-presentation are entangled by issues of race and class. This paper attempts to disentangle those relationships by analyzing the relationship between race and class in child welfare. The reasons for minority overrepresentation in the child protective system are identified. The implications for overrepresentation for practice and policy are discussed.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"6 1","pages":"123-138"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V06N03_07","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66217707","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 Social workers recognize that they must be knowledgeable and competent cross-cultural practitioners to be relevant and effective. While there is an extensive ideological, theoretical, and clinical literature about race and ethnicity, there is little empirical work to provide practitioners with specific and effective principles and/or procedures for use in actual practice. Outcome studies in social work, counseling psychology, and psychotherapy consistently demonstrate that a positive working relationship is associated with positive outcomes across models and that engagement in the initial phase of contact is of central significance. Using existing practice and research knowledge, an approach to cross-cultural engagement is presented. Two key processes in engagement are identified: negotiating compatibility and establishing trust. The role of these processes can be examined through systematic outcome and process research and contribute towards the development of a research based cross-cultural cli...
{"title":"Engaging with Clients Cross-Culturally","authors":"A. Tsang, AdvDipSW Marion Bogo Msw","doi":"10.1300/J285V06N03_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V06N03_04","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Social workers recognize that they must be knowledgeable and competent cross-cultural practitioners to be relevant and effective. While there is an extensive ideological, theoretical, and clinical literature about race and ethnicity, there is little empirical work to provide practitioners with specific and effective principles and/or procedures for use in actual practice. Outcome studies in social work, counseling psychology, and psychotherapy consistently demonstrate that a positive working relationship is associated with positive outcomes across models and that engagement in the initial phase of contact is of central significance. Using existing practice and research knowledge, an approach to cross-cultural engagement is presented. Two key processes in engagement are identified: negotiating compatibility and establishing trust. The role of these processes can be examined through systematic outcome and process research and contribute towards the development of a research based cross-cultural cli...","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"6 1","pages":"73-91"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V06N03_04","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66217830","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 considers suicide from the perspective of a particular tribal group of North American Indians-the Ojibwa (also known as the Chippewa in the U.S.). Through an exploration of the erosion and loss of the central cultural value of pimadaziwin (health, well-being, and longevity for self and family), an understanding of self-destructive thoughts and behaviors, culminating in suicide or nissitise, is presented. Implications for cross-cultural social work practice founded on intervention as social construction are offered.
{"title":"Suicide and North American Indians: A Social Constructivist Perspective.","authors":"G. B. Angell, Brenda Kurz, G. Gottfried","doi":"10.1300/J285V06N03_01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V06N03_01","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper considers suicide from the perspective of a particular tribal group of North American Indians-the Ojibwa (also known as the Chippewa in the U.S.). Through an exploration of the erosion and loss of the central cultural value of pimadaziwin (health, well-being, and longevity for self and family), an understanding of self-destructive thoughts and behaviors, culminating in suicide or nissitise, is presented. Implications for cross-cultural social work practice founded on intervention as social construction are offered.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"6 1","pages":"1-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V06N03_01","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66217458","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 Descriptive data as well as representative comments from Hispanic non-custodial fathers involved in child support enforcement are presented to document the Hispanic parent experience. The data indicate that the primary concern of fathers is ability to pay The data appear to reflect the economic and employment experience of Hispanic fathers who earn very little and most of whom are supporting another family of the fathers in the survey earning $10,000 or less a year (17%), 75% were Hispanics. Issues of the visitation experience do not appear to be a major concern for Hispanic fathers, except for denied access. Three recommendations are proposed for policy study and social service programs. These recommendations are seen as ways to increase compliance of non-custodial Hispanic parents. Two recommendations redress the financial aspects of the program and the third recommendation proposes that social service agents facilitate Hispanic non-custodial father support groups.
{"title":"Hispanic Fathers and the Child Support Enforcement Experience","authors":"K. A. Folse","doi":"10.1300/J285V06N03_08","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V06N03_08","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Descriptive data as well as representative comments from Hispanic non-custodial fathers involved in child support enforcement are presented to document the Hispanic parent experience. The data indicate that the primary concern of fathers is ability to pay The data appear to reflect the economic and employment experience of Hispanic fathers who earn very little and most of whom are supporting another family of the fathers in the survey earning $10,000 or less a year (17%), 75% were Hispanics. Issues of the visitation experience do not appear to be a major concern for Hispanic fathers, except for denied access. Three recommendations are proposed for policy study and social service programs. These recommendations are seen as ways to increase compliance of non-custodial Hispanic parents. Two recommendations redress the financial aspects of the program and the third recommendation proposes that social service agents facilitate Hispanic non-custodial father support groups.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"6 1","pages":"139-158"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1998-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V06N03_08","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66217866","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 study examines Korean American elders” perceptions of elder abuse and its perpetrators and explores cultural, as well as non-cultural influences on such perceptions. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 100 elderly Korean Americans, 60 years of age or older, residing in Los Angeles County. Respondents reported 46 abuse cases, categorized into the following six types: financial abuse (36%), psychological abuse (24%), culturally specific abuse (17%), neglect (15%), physical abuse (4%), and other (4%). Most respondents identified elder abuse in terms of abrogation of filial piety, suggesting the centrality of “children” in Korean American elders5 lives and well-being. Findings demonstrate that employing a uniform definition of elder abuse across all cultures and ethnic groups without attending to the cultural and subjective aspects of a given situation may result in missing problems and needs identified as important by the elderly themselves. Implications for social work practice and pr...
{"title":"Korean American Elderly's Knowledge and Perceptions of Elder Abuse","authors":"Msw Janet Chang Ma, A. Moon","doi":"10.1300/J285V06N01_09","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V06N01_09","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT “This study examines Korean American elders” perceptions of elder abuse and its perpetrators and explores cultural, as well as non-cultural influences on such perceptions. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with 100 elderly Korean Americans, 60 years of age or older, residing in Los Angeles County. Respondents reported 46 abuse cases, categorized into the following six types: financial abuse (36%), psychological abuse (24%), culturally specific abuse (17%), neglect (15%), physical abuse (4%), and other (4%). Most respondents identified elder abuse in terms of abrogation of filial piety, suggesting the centrality of “children” in Korean American elders5 lives and well-being. Findings demonstrate that employing a uniform definition of elder abuse across all cultures and ethnic groups without attending to the cultural and subjective aspects of a given situation may result in missing problems and needs identified as important by the elderly themselves. Implications for social work practice and pr...","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"6 1","pages":"139-154"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V06N01_09","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66217340","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 describes and critiques the use of a combined qualitative and quantitative research methodology to investigate the impact of the verdict and subsequent civil disturbances in the Rodney King police brutality case upon Black youth, ages 15-3Q, in South Central Los Angeles. The study conducted in 1993-1994, focused on the attitudes and experiences of these youth in four institutional systems: education, employment, criminal justice and health care. Eight research issues were identified in 17 focus groups and 32 individual interviews: (1) developing the study design; (2) establishing research credibility; (3) recruiting the sample, (4) conducting the focus groups; (5) confidentiality and use of data; (6) data analysis; (7) generalizability of results; and (8) feedback to the community.
{"title":"Issues of Conducting Qualitative Research in an Inner-City Community","authors":"J. T. Gibbs, Teiahsha Bankhead-Greene Msw","doi":"10.1300/J285V06N01_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V06N01_04","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper describes and critiques the use of a combined qualitative and quantitative research methodology to investigate the impact of the verdict and subsequent civil disturbances in the Rodney King police brutality case upon Black youth, ages 15-3Q, in South Central Los Angeles. The study conducted in 1993-1994, focused on the attitudes and experiences of these youth in four institutional systems: education, employment, criminal justice and health care. Eight research issues were identified in 17 focus groups and 32 individual interviews: (1) developing the study design; (2) establishing research credibility; (3) recruiting the sample, (4) conducting the focus groups; (5) confidentiality and use of data; (6) data analysis; (7) generalizability of results; and (8) feedback to the community.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"6 1","pages":"41-57"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1997-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V06N01_04","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66216654","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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