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Spencer, Michael S.; Gunter, Kathryn E.; Palmisano, Gloria – Social Work, 2010
Community health workers (CHWs) play a vital and unique role in linking diverse and underserved populations to health and social service systems. Despite their effectiveness, as documented by empirical studies across various disciplines including public health, nursing, and biomedicine, the value and potential role of CHWs in the social work…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Public Health, Social Work, Community Health Services
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Gilbert, Dorie J.; Harvey, Aminifu R.; Belgrave, Faye Z. – Social Work, 2009
For over a decade, a number of social work scholars have advocated for an Africentric paradigm shift in social work practice with African Americans; yet the paradigm shift has been slow in coming with respect to infusing Africentric theory and interventions into social work practice, education, and research. Interventions that infuse Africentric…
Descriptors: Models, Social Work, Afrocentrism, African Americans