Description
Book SynopsisWith research showing that clients from diverse racial and ethnic groups disproportionately experience barriers in their interactions with social services and that providers recognize the need to be better prepared to work with these groups, this book invites us to rethink current approaches to social work practice with multicultural communities.
We begin with a synthesis of the current evidence on the provision of care to multicultural communities that provides an in-depth look at both client and provider experiences. The following chapters offer tangible, research-based approaches to engaging with multicultural clients and reveal often unrecognized problems with current models of social work practice. A unique compilation of rigorous qualitative, experimental, and community-based studies demonstrate the effectiveness of culturally grounded interventions and identify the specific factors associated with positive outcomes. Areas covered include disability, marriage a
Table of Contents
Preface – Rethinking practice with multicultural communities: Lessons from research-based applications 1. State of the art in U.S. multicultural social work practice: Client expectations and provider challenges 2. Parents Taking Action: Reducing disparities through a culturally informed intervention for Latinx parents of children with autism 3. A systematic review of culturally relevant marriage and couple relationship education programs for African-American couples 4. Cultural adaptations in psychosocial interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder among refugees: A systematic review 5. Experiences of African-American men with serious mental illness and their kinship networks within the mental health care system 6. A culturally grounded biopsychosocial assessment utilizing Indigenous ways of knowing with the Cowichan Tribes 7. "If we’re not serving our own community, no one else would": The lived experience of providers in ethnically similar therapeutic dyads at South Asian women’s organizations
