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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798454403321

Titolo

Strategies for deconstructing racism in the health and human services / / editor, Alma J. Carten ; co-editors, Alan Siskind, Mary Pender Greene

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, England : , : Oxford University Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-19-936892-9

0-19-936891-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (393 p.)

Disciplina

361.973089

Soggetti

Racism in social services - United States

Racism in public welfare - United States

Discrimination in medical care - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Part One: Building the Infrastructure: Supporting Sustainable  Change and Renewal                                                                                        1. Promoting Organizational and Systemic Change                                                      ; 2. Incorporating Antiracist Work at Staff and Board Levels                                                                 ; 3. Education and Training of a Race-.Conscious Workforce

4. Creating a Culturally Competent Research Agenda                                                         5. When Does Race Matter? Examining Antiracist  Organizational Change                                                                            ; Part Two: Reshaping Theoretical and Practice Paradigms                                                             ; 6. Deconstructing White Supremacy                                        ; 7. Theoretical Perspectives for Transformation

8. Antiracist Approaches for Shaping Theoretical  and Practice Paradigms                                                                               Part Three: Systemic Impacts and Special Populations                                                           ; 9. Children, Youth, and Family Serving Systems                                                     ; 10. Systems Serving Ethnically Diverse Older Adults

11. Barriers to Mental Health and Treatment among Urban Adolescent  and Emerging Adult Males of Color                                                                                                            Part Four: The Helping Relationship                                          ; 12. The Influence of Race and Ethnicity on Consumer Behaviors



13. Establishing Effective Cross-.Cultural Alliances with Diverse  Consumer Populations

Sommario/riassunto

Within the context of the nation's changing demographic and cultural landscape, this one of a kind book brings together a national roster of leading practitioners and scholars who recommend innovative strategies for reducing racial and ethnic disparities that are pervasive across all fields of practice in the health and human services.