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Factors Leading African Americans and Black Caribbeans to Use Social Work Services for Treating Mental and Substance Use Disorders
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Cheng, Tyrone C.; Robinson, Michael A. – Health & Social Work, 2013
This secondary analysis of 5,000 African Americans and black Caribbeans explored how their use of social work services to address mental and substance use disorders was associated with the disorder involved as well as their perceived need for services, belief system, family resources, proximity to services, social-structural factors, and…
Descriptors: Identification, Health Services, Mental Health, Gender Discrimination
The Well: A Neighborhood-Based Health Promotion Model for Black Women.
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Brown, Karin A. Elliott; Jemmott, Frances E.; Mitchell, Holly J.; Walton, Mary L. – Health & Social Work, 1998
A community-based, drop-in, self-help wellness center representing an empowerment approach to developing culturally appropriate health promotion for black women is described. The program, affiliated services, and jointly sponsored programs are reviewed. Relationships with supporting organizations, strengths and pitfalls of the model, and program…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Adults, Agency Cooperation, Blacks
Immunization among African American Children: Implications for Social Work.
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Copeland, Valire Carr – Health & Social Work, 1996
Discusses problem of low rates of immunization for African American children and identifies ways social workers can play a role in ensuring more immunizations. Improving access to existing public programs, facilitating community organization efforts, assisting communities through self-help and mutual-aid initiatives, and supporting national…
Descriptors: Blacks, Children, Community Health Services, Disease Control
Promoting Breast Cancer Screening in Rural, African American Communities: The "Science and Art" of Community Health Promotion.
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Altpeter, Mary; Earp, Jo Anne L.; Shopler, Janice H. – Health & Social Work, 1998
Social ecological theory, social-work community organization models, and health-promotion models are brought together to address ways to generate change at the individual and policy levels, and to provide guidance for community health-promotion programs. An eight-year cancer-prevention project is presented as a case study. (EMK)
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Blacks, Cancer, Case Studies