ABSTRACT This article reports on an exploratory study of Hong Kong youths' knowledge attitude, utilization and expectation of. children and youth center services. The findings are based on the responses of 1719 ethnic Chinese students from 12 secondary schools who are studying in Forms 1,2, 3 and 4. The results demonstrate that young people between the ages 12 and 17 appear to have a positive attitude, inadequate knowledge, low utilization and plentiful expectations of the children and youth centers program. Current utilization of services and attitudes towards the Centers are found significantly related to young people's future participation in C & Y Center services.
{"title":"Children and Youth Center Services in the Eyes of Chinese Youth in Hong Kong.","authors":"Ngan-pun Ngai","doi":"10.1300/J285V04N03_02","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V04N03_02","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This article reports on an exploratory study of Hong Kong youths' knowledge attitude, utilization and expectation of. children and youth center services. The findings are based on the responses of 1719 ethnic Chinese students from 12 secondary schools who are studying in Forms 1,2, 3 and 4. The results demonstrate that young people between the ages 12 and 17 appear to have a positive attitude, inadequate knowledge, low utilization and plentiful expectations of the children and youth centers program. Current utilization of services and attitudes towards the Centers are found significantly related to young people's future participation in C & Y Center services.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"4 1","pages":"13-35"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V04N03_02","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66215840","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 Generalist practitioners must be educationally prepared to effectively serve multicultural populations. Developing cultural competence is a dynamic process of growth through ongoing questioning, self-assessment, knowledge and skill-building, starting with the students' level of current competence and supporting enhancement of their abilities. This paper proposes a curriculum model for incorporation of knowledge and skill content for the development of culturally competent generalist practitioners.
{"title":"Educating for Cultural Competence in the Generalist Curriculum","authors":"K. Sowers-Hoag, Patricia A. Sandau-Beckler","doi":"10.1300/J285V04N03_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V04N03_03","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Generalist practitioners must be educationally prepared to effectively serve multicultural populations. Developing cultural competence is a dynamic process of growth through ongoing questioning, self-assessment, knowledge and skill-building, starting with the students' level of current competence and supporting enhancement of their abilities. This paper proposes a curriculum model for incorporation of knowledge and skill content for the development of culturally competent generalist practitioners.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"4 1","pages":"37-56"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1996-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V04N03_03","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66215938","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}
{"title":"The problem of teenage pregnancy: an educational imperative.","authors":"K B Suri","doi":"10.1300/J285v03n03_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285v03n03_03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"3 3","pages":"35-48"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285v03n03_03","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22040063","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}
Population size is growing rapidly in southern Africa in the context of constrained resources, sociopolitical turmoil, and weak economies. Child health suffers as a result. Smaller families and a reduced rate of population growth would, however, reduce the level of demand upon available resources. A comparatively greater share of resources would therefore be available for investment in each child. It tends to be taboo to publicly endorse population control in southern Africa. It is instead common practice in Africa to attach great value to large-sized families. These prevailing religious, cultural, political, and ideological beliefs opposed to political control over fertility should be respected. In the interest of maximizing child survival, however, people in the region must begin to understand that the large-family norm is outdated and that they should try to understand when population control policies can be effective. Indeed, the economic and political situations in the region warrant the discussion of population control mechanisms, with understanding in the interest of communal well-being rather than individual self-determination.
{"title":"The efficacy of prevention: improving the status of children in southern Africa.","authors":"J N Norward","doi":"10.1300/J285v03n03_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285v03n03_06","url":null,"abstract":"Population size is growing rapidly in southern Africa in the context of constrained resources, sociopolitical turmoil, and weak economies. Child health suffers as a result. Smaller families and a reduced rate of population growth would, however, reduce the level of demand upon available resources. A comparatively greater share of resources would therefore be available for investment in each child. It tends to be taboo to publicly endorse population control in southern Africa. It is instead common practice in Africa to attach great value to large-sized families. These prevailing religious, cultural, political, and ideological beliefs opposed to political control over fertility should be respected. In the interest of maximizing child survival, however, people in the region must begin to understand that the large-family norm is outdated and that they should try to understand when population control policies can be effective. Indeed, the economic and political situations in the region warrant the discussion of population control mechanisms, with understanding in the interest of communal well-being rather than individual self-determination.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"3 3","pages":"75-86"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1994-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285v03n03_06","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"22040065","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}
The Paper endeavours to examine the way in which the culture concept has been used in multicultural public policies. In culture theorising it identified two distinct traditions-one reminiscent of the Arts, and the other, more characteristic of the social sciences, in particular, 'cultural anthropology.' Considering the limitations of the culture concept based on a more structural approach. It considers how the culture concept is circumscribed by social factors and institutional constraints, and concludes by examining the utility of the concept of identity in moving from a macro to a micro level of analysis of culture especially in studying cultural practices and social behaviour.
{"title":"The Problematic of Culture and Identity in Social Functioning","authors":"La Ba, FBPsS","doi":"10.1300/J285V02N04_04","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V02N04_04","url":null,"abstract":"The Paper endeavours to examine the way in which the culture concept has been used in multicultural public policies. In culture theorising it identified two distinct traditions-one reminiscent of the Arts, and the other, more characteristic of the social sciences, in particular, 'cultural anthropology.' Considering the limitations of the culture concept based on a more structural approach. It considers how the culture concept is circumscribed by social factors and institutional constraints, and concludes by examining the utility of the concept of identity in moving from a macro to a micro level of analysis of culture especially in studying cultural practices and social behaviour.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"2 1","pages":"37-58"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V02N04_04","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66215226","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}
This paper addresses a public health issue-infant mortality-of which society has been aware since at least 1900. However, this issue does not receive the public and professional attention given to many other public health issues. The aim of this paper is to review the problem and present a synopsis of initiatives that have been taken to reconsider and revive, from a social work perspective, the person-environment concern, focus, and commitment to reduce infant mortality, especially among Blacks and other racial-ethnic minorities. The proposal calls for the help of inter-related and reinvigorated micro, mezzo, and macro levels of social work intervention in conjunction with the intervention of other professions, government officials, community leaders, and consumers of services.
{"title":"Infant Mortality and Racially and Culturally Sensitive Care","authors":"Maria Juliá Msw","doi":"10.1300/J285v02n04_05","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285v02n04_05","url":null,"abstract":"This paper addresses a public health issue-infant mortality-of which society has been aware since at least 1900. However, this issue does not receive the public and professional attention given to many other public health issues. The aim of this paper is to review the problem and present a synopsis of initiatives that have been taken to reconsider and revive, from a social work perspective, the person-environment concern, focus, and commitment to reduce infant mortality, especially among Blacks and other racial-ethnic minorities. The proposal calls for the help of inter-related and reinvigorated micro, mezzo, and macro levels of social work intervention in conjunction with the intervention of other professions, government officials, community leaders, and consumers of services.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"2 1","pages":"59-74"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285v02n04_05","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66215310","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}
{"title":"Empowerment: The Strengths of Black Families Revisited.","authors":"Sharon E. Williams, D. Wright","doi":"10.1300/J285V02N04_03","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V02N04_03","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"2 1","pages":"23-36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V02N04_03","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66215156","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}
The history of social welfare can provide important insights into current policy and practice. Although a disproporionate number of social work clients are minorities, including African-Americans, little comprehensive information has been compiled on the development of social services for this population. This paper presents an overview of social welfare services available to African-Americans in the Antebellum period of the Progressove Era. African-American inspired organizations, white philanthropy, public agencies, and inter-racial efforts are discussed in the context of major political and social developments in these eras. Organizations discussed include: Freedman's Aid Societies, African-American mutual aid and benevolent societies, fraternal orders, the Freedman's Bureau, the Women's Club movement, settlement houses, Charity Organization Societies, and the National Urban League.
{"title":"African-Americans and Social Work:","authors":"H. Weaver","doi":"10.1300/J285V02N04_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V02N04_07","url":null,"abstract":"The history of social welfare can provide important insights into current policy and practice. Although a disproporionate number of social work clients are minorities, including African-Americans, little comprehensive information has been compiled on the development of social services for this population. This paper presents an overview of social welfare services available to African-Americans in the Antebellum period of the Progressove Era. African-American inspired organizations, white philanthropy, public agencies, and inter-racial efforts are discussed in the context of major political and social developments in these eras. Organizations discussed include: Freedman's Aid Societies, African-American mutual aid and benevolent societies, fraternal orders, the Freedman's Bureau, the Women's Club movement, settlement houses, Charity Organization Societies, and the National Urban League.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"2 1","pages":"91-102"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V02N04_07","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66215207","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}
Prostitutes are a high risk population engaged in high risk behavior for the transmission of HIV Disease (AIDS). This paper presents the results of a survey to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of prostitutes about HIV Disease (AIDS). This survey was conducted in an International Border Community. A total of sixty women participated in this survey. The sources of information on AIDS and its accuracy were explored. The impact of this knowledge on behavior was identified. The most important finding is that the prostitutes are not utilizing risk reduction behaviors while having sexual relationships with their clients. The survey found that fifty-four percent of the participants did not use condoms on a regular basis. And an alarming ten percent did not use condoms at all. The results of this survey have implications for social workers and public health workers who must develop strategies to work effectively with this high risk population.
{"title":"A Survey of AIDS Knowledge and Attitudes among Prostitutes in an International Border Community.","authors":"F. Peralta","doi":"10.1300/J285V02N03_06","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V02N03_06","url":null,"abstract":"Prostitutes are a high risk population engaged in high risk behavior for the transmission of HIV Disease (AIDS). This paper presents the results of a survey to evaluate the knowledge, attitudes and behaviors of prostitutes about HIV Disease (AIDS). This survey was conducted in an International Border Community. A total of sixty women participated in this survey. The sources of information on AIDS and its accuracy were explored. The impact of this knowledge on behavior was identified. The most important finding is that the prostitutes are not utilizing risk reduction behaviors while having sexual relationships with their clients. The survey found that fifty-four percent of the participants did not use condoms on a regular basis. And an alarming ten percent did not use condoms at all. The results of this survey have implications for social workers and public health workers who must develop strategies to work effectively with this high risk population.","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"2 1","pages":"71-84"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V02N03_06","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66214565","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}
{"title":"Perinatal AIDS: Permanency Planning for the African-American Community.","authors":"S. Taylor-Brown","doi":"10.1300/J285V02N03_07","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1300/J285V02N03_07","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":85006,"journal":{"name":"Journal of multicultural social work","volume":"2 1","pages":"85-105"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"1992-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1300/J285V02N03_07","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"66214651","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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