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Title:

Social work with African American males : health, mental health, and social policy / edited by Waldo E. Johnson, Jr.

Publisher:

Oxford University Press,

Copyright Date:

2010

Description:

xi, 348 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

African American men--Services for.
Social work with African Americans--United States.
African American men--Social conditions.

Other Authors:

Johnson, Waldo Emerson, 1955-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

African American male : the social policy challenge of the twenty first century / Earl S. Johnson, III, Waldo E. Johnson, Jr. African American males' individual and family roles. Making room for daddy : the unmarried adolescent father's role in pregnancy / Constance M. Dallas, Karen Kavanaugh -- Intergenerational support and reciprocity between low income African American fathers and their aging mothers / Kevin M. Roy, Omari L. Dyson, Ja-Nee Jackson -- Life after PRWORA : the involvement of African American fathers with welfare reliant children and the child support enforcement systems / David j. Pate -- Men do matter : the socially supportive role of African American "uncle" in the lives of single female headed households and at risk African American male youth / Joseph B. Richardson -- School engagement, peer influences, and sexual behaviors among high school African American adolescent boys / Dexter R. Voisin, Torsten B. Neilands -- Educational issues facing African American males. Promising practices : the positive effects of after school programs for African American male development and educational progress / Reginald Clark ...[et.al] -- Academics engagement of Black male student athletes : implications for practice in secondary and postsecondary schooling / Eddie Comeaux -- Mental and physical health statuses and challenges to African American male development and social functioning. What are depressed African American adolescent males saying about mental health services and providers? / Michael A. Lindsey -- Don't bother me, I can't cope : stress, coping, and problem behaviors among young African American males / M. Daniel Bennett, Jr. , Fanika K. Olugbala -- Health and young African American men : an inside view / Joseph E. Ravenell -- Health and health care service use among middle class Black men / Sherrill L. Sellers ... [et. al] -- At the intersection of HIV/AIDS disparities : young African American men who have sex with men / Brian Mustanski, Amy Johnson, Robert Garofalo -- Suicide among African Americans : a male's burden / Sean Joe -- Life chances : violence and incarceration among African American males. Cultural interventions for reducing violence among young African American males / Lance Williams -- Incarceration and family formation / Charles E. Lweis, Jr. -- Understanding the economic costs of incarceration for African American males / Mark L. Joseph -- Conclusion. African American male : the social policy challenge of the twenty first century / Earl S. Johnson, III, Waldo E. Johnson, Jr.

ISBN:

0195314360 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780195314366 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)463854347

LCCN:

2009042638

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)