Social Work Practice with African Americans in Urban Environments.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Share Social Work Practice With African Americans in Urban Environments -- Section I: Conceptualizing Urban Social Work -- Chapter 1: Urban Social Work With African Americans: Critical Perspectives, Concepts, and Theories -- Underlying Assumptions, Beliefs, and Principles -- Critical Concepts, Perspectives, and Theories -- Conceptualizing a Social Work Curriculum: Case Study -- School of Social Work Goals -- Implications -- For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 2: African American Pioneers of Urban Social Work -- Women's Club -- The Politics of Reform -- Settlement Houses -- The National Urban League -- Housing in the Cities -- Taking Care of Children and Youth -- Discussion -- Implications -- For Further Study -- Notes -- References -- Section II: Children, Youth, and Families -- Chapter 3: Child Welfare in Urban Environments -- Recent Trends in Foster Care -- Demographic Trends in Foster Care -- Demographic Trends in Maryland -- Disproportionality: Child Welfare -- Financing Child Welfare: Penetration Rates -- Trauma: Child Welfare -- Workforce Issues -- Trauma Typologies -- Trauma and Attachment Issues for Children -- Trauma and Mental Health -- Trauma and Well-Being -- Trauma: Helping the Child Welfare Professional -- Trauma-Informed Practice and Interventions -- Implications for Policy -- Implications for Social Work Education -- Implications for Practice -- For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 4: Engaging Urban African American Adolescents in Treatment -- Culturally Competent Practice With Urban Adolescents -- The Urban Adolescent -- Poverty -- Family Structure -- Community Violence -- Substance Abuse -- Engaging the African American Adolescent -- Rap Therapy -- Implications -- For Further Study -- References.

Chapter 5: Coming to America: Black Immigrants in Urban Communities -- Black Immigrants Defined -- Black Caribbean Immigrants -- African Immigrants -- Urban Black Immigrants: Immigration and Social Policy -- Historical Analysis -- Contemporary Policies -- Ecological Framework in Understanding Black Immigrant Families -- Black Immigrant Family Systems and Child Rearing -- Crime and Police Interaction -- Education -- Mezzo- and Macro-Level Environments -- Help-Seeking Behaviors -- Formal and Informal Support Systems -- Implications -- Cultural Competence -- Advocacy -- For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 6: That Is So Queer: Building a Foundation for Working With African American Lesbian, Gay, and Transgender Individuals in the Community -- Relevant Core Competencies (Educational Policy and Accreditation Standards) -- In the Life: Black Gay and Lesbian Lives -- Black Gay Male Case Study-Evaluation Research -- Youth and Older GLT Lives -- GLT Youth Case Study-Advocacy and Policy -- BGLT Older Lives -- GLT Elder Case Study-Program Development -- Transgender Lives -- Transgender Population Case Study-Individual Practice -- Implications -- For Further Study -- Notes -- References -- Section III: Public Health, Health, and Mental Health -- Chapter 7: Social Work and Health-Understanding the Contexts for Social Work and Public Health -- The Social Work Public Health Framework -- Healthy People 2020 -- The ACA -- The Social Determinants of Health and Health Disparities -- A Plan for Action -- Social Work Public Health Analysis: African American Mental Health Status -- Implications -- For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 8: Exploring Urban Faith-Based-Social Work Community Collaboration for Mental Health Promotion in Urban African American Communities -- UAA Spirituality.

Urban Faith-Based Organizations' and Urban Social Work Practitioners' Health Promotion -- Implications for Social Work Practice in Urban Environments -- Case Study -- For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 9: Urban Health: Four Issues of Concerns -- Sickle Cell Anemia -- Diabetes -- Coronary Heart Disease -- Hypertension -- Implications for the Future -- For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 10: Inner City Blues: Social Work Practice With Urban Communities Impacted by HIV/AIDS -- AIDS: The Great Maafa -- Reframing an Old Problem: Seminole Frameworks -- Community and Government Responses -- Social Work Front and Center -- Implications for the Future -- For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 11: Mental and Emotional Wellness Among African Americans in Urban Environments: What Do We Know? How Can We Improve Outcomes? -- Defining Mental and Emotional Health and Well-Being -- A Cultural Lens -- A Historical Perspective -- The Urban Environment -- Implications -- For Further Study -- Notes -- References -- Section IV: Gerontology and Aging Adults -- Chapter 12: The Magic of Aging in the Urban Environment -- Our Responsibility -- The Urban Context and Major Aging Issues -- Supports and Resources in the Urban Environment -- Working With the Aging Population -- Making a Difference -- Meeting Urban Needs -- Implications for the Future -- For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 13: On Urban Ground: An Integrated Framework for Working With African American Grandparent Caregivers -- Multigenerational and Skipped-Generation Households -- Grandfather Caregivers -- Historical Traditions of African American Caregiving -- An Integrated Framework: Ecological Perspective, Strengths Perspective, and Empowerment Theory -- A Collective Response to Urban Grandparent Caregiving -- The Faith Community -- Family Ties Project -- Implications for the Future.

For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 14: Coping With Loss and Grief in Urban Communities -- Loss -- Grief -- Coping With Urban Traumatic Loss and Grief -- Implications for the Future -- For Further Study -- References -- Section V: Substance Abuse, Criminal Justice, and Violence Prevention -- Chapter 15: Youth Violence-An Overview: Prevalence and Intervention Strategies to Address Violence Among Urban African American Youth -- Conceptualizing Youth Violence -- Prevalence of Exposure to Youth Violence -- Youth Violence Across Domains -- Preventive Interventions -- Implications -- For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 16: Providing Culturally Sensitive Intervention With Urban African American Victims of Intimate Partner Violence -- Overview of Intimate Partner Violence -- Culturally Competent Practice -- Societal Perceptions of African American Women and Men -- Unique Cultural Challenges Faced by African American Women in Violent Intimate Relationships and Barriers to Reporting -- Implications for Social Work Practice -- Case Study -- For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 17: Substance Use Prevention in the Urban Environment -- Substance Use Prevention -- Models of Substance Use Prevention -- Substance Abuse Prevention Frameworks -- Promising Culturally Specific Prevention Framework: Afrocentric Theory -- Substance Use Prevention Moves Toward Evidence-Based Practices -- Prevention Programs That Work -- Prevention Program Highlight -- Implications for Social Work -- For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 18: Substance Use Treatment Approaches in the Urban Environment -- Treatment for Substance Use Disorders -- Levels of Substance Use Disorder Treatment -- Detoxification Programs -- Inpatient Treatment -- Residential Treatment -- Partial Hospitalization Treatment -- Intensive Outpatient Treatment -- Traditional Outpatient Treatment.

Evidence-Based Treatment Approaches -- Motivational Enhancement Therapy -- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy -- Afrocentric Paradigm as an Emerging Treatment Approach for African Americans -- Implications for Social Work Practice -- For Further Study -- References -- Chapter 19: Educating Social Workers in a Client-Centered Defense Practice -- Two Professions: Serving Those Disproportionately Impacted by Over-Incarceration -- The Maryland Office of Public Defender: Serving the Urban Community -- MOPD: A National Model -- Training the Defense-Based Social Worker -- Implications for the Future -- For Further Study -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 20: Urban Gangs: Epidemiological Criminology as a Theoretical Framework for Social Work Practice -- African American Urban Settings and Criminal Behavior -- The Geospatial and Global Origins of Gang Activity -- Contextualizing the Dynamics and Complexities of Urban Gangs -- Evolution of the Hybrid Gang Family -- Epidemiological Criminology as a Theoretical Framework in Social Work Practice -- Evidence-Based Practice Within Urban Settings -- Case Study: C-Gangs -- Implications for Social Work -- For Further Study -- References -- Section VI: Navigating the Urban Built Environment -- Chapter 21: Research With Urban African American Adolescents and Emerging Adults: Implications for Quasi-Community-Based Participatory Research and Community Action Research -- Context for Conducting Research Among African American Urban Youth -- Socioecocultural and Acculturation Theory -- Community-Based Participatory Research and Participatory Action Research -- Implications -- For Further Study -- Note -- References -- Chapter 22: Leadership and Administration of Systems in Urban Settings -- Definitions -- Macro Practice as an Urban Social Work Leader -- Guiding Organizational Change.

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