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Title Reconceptualizing the strengths and common heritage of Black families : practice, research, and policy issues / edited by Edith M. Freeman and Sadye L. Logan ; with 14 other contributors
Published Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, ©2004

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 332 pages) : illustrations
Contents Foreword / Norge W. Jerome -- Ch. 1. Common heritage and diversity among black families and communities : an Africentric research paradigm / Edith M. Freeman and Sadye L. Logan -- Ch. 2. An analysis, integration, and application of Africentric and strengths approaches to black families and communities / Sadye L. Logan and Edith M. Freeman -- Ch. 3. Maintaining connections for family growth and housing stability in black communities : policy and research reforms / Patricia O'Brien, Olga Osby and Alice K. Johnson -- Ch. 4. African American families, mental health, and living cooperatives : a program and research analysis / Ramona Denby, Cynthia Rocha and Sandra Owens-Kane
Summary The purpose of this book is to provide a comprehensive analysis and critique of the existing bodies of research literature on black families, children, and communities, and the effects of that literature on the status of this population today. New and expanded practice and research frameworks with culturally sensitive guidelines for rebuilding and increasing self- and collective sufficiency of this heterogeneous group is presented. These frameworks are used to propose specific approaches to culturally meaningful research, practice, and policy development related to black families. The authors
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and indexes
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Subject Social work with African Americans.
Family social work -- United States
African American families -- Social conditions
African American families -- Research
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Public Policy -- Social Services & Welfare.
African American families -- Social conditions
Family social work
Social work with African Americans
Familie
Soziale Situation
United States
USA
Schwärze
Form Electronic book
Author Freeman, Edith M.
Logan, Sadye Louise, 1943-
ISBN 9780398080310
0398080313