Sharlene Maeda Furuto, Renuka Biswas, Douglas Chung

Social Work Practice with Asian Americans

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Insight into the profound differences between the value systems of Asian American and mainstream American culture is provided by this volume by means of a comprehensive treatment of social work theory and practice with an ethnic minority. The contributors discuss both historical and contemporary experiences Asian Americans have had in adapting to and integrating into American society, and explore intervention issues with specific client populations such as Vietnamese refugee women and Korean American elderly.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Sage Publications, Inc
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. April 1992
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 356g
• ISBN-13: 9780803938106
• ISBN-10: 0803938101
• Artikelnr.: 37040188

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Shanti Khinduka PART ONE: ASIAN AMERICANS: HISTORY, CULTURE, AND ADAPTATION History of Asian Americans
Rowena Fong Asian Cultural Commonalities
Douglas K Chung Adaptation and Integration into American Society
Fariyal Ross
Sheriff PART TWO: MICRO LEVEL INTERVENTION PRACTICES AND PROGRAMS The Appropriateness of Personality Theories for Social Work with Asian Americans
Noreen Mokuau and Jon Matsuoka Vietnamese Women Immigrants and Refugees in the US
Judith Shepherd Models of Service Delivery in Asian American Communities
Kenji Murase PART THREE: MACRO INTERVENTION: POLICY AND PLANNING Confucian Model of Social Transformation
Douglas K Chung The Economic Well
Being of Asian/Pacific Islander Female
Headed Households
Kathleen M McInnis Policy Implications of Factors Associated with Economic Self
Sufficiency of Southeast Asian Refugees
Chi Kwong Law and Leonard Schneiderman PART FOUR: LIFE CYCLE: VULNERABLE GROUPS Trans
Ethnic Adolescence Confluence and Conflict
Brij Mohan Support Networks of Sri Lankan Women Living in the US
Pauline Meemeduma Battered Korean Women in Urban US
Young Song Korean Elderly
Paul H Kim and Jung
Sup Kim Asian Americans in the Future
Sharlene Maeda Furuto and Kenji Murase