wyszukanych pozycji: 47
Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos: Issues and Examples of Culturally Competent Services
ISBN: 9780789005007 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos gives organizations and service providers the necessary skills, knowledge, and therefore, attitudes to deliver services within the cultural context of the Latino client--individual, family, or community. Contributors explore how the field of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug abuse (ATOD) has attempted to operationalize culturally competent services for Latinos in the United States. You'll see how the achievement of cultural competence is greatly influenced by the interplay of numerous factors. Among these factors, culture-specific issues and needs are identified...
Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos gives organizations and service providers the necessary skills, knowledge, and therefore, attitudes to deliver service...
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190,02 zł |
Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos: Issues and Examples of Culturally Competent Services
ISBN: 9780789003928 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos: Issues and Examples of Culturally Competent Services, you will learn how to design and improve services for Latinos with substance abuse problems by understanding that the cultures and personal backgrounds of your clients are crucial to the counseling process. This text will also show you how these service skills apply to the individual, family, or an entire community. Studies show that, according to patients, culturally sensitive and responsive practitioners are generally more credible, trusted, and effective. Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos...
In Alcohol Use/Abuse Among Latinos: Issues and Examples of Culturally Competent Services, you will learn how to design and improve services for Latino...
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267,08 zł |
Youth-Led Health Promotion in Urban Communities: A Community Capacity-Enrichment Perspective
ISBN: 9780742561144 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The introduction of innovative social paradigms that stress community-participation, community-focused empowerment, assets, social and economic justice themes, and in the case of youth, civic participation, represents one of the outcomes of this questioning and bodes well for current and future generations. The subject of how best to address the current and future health needs of this country's urban marginalized comunities is one that has also received considerable attention in academic, policy, and practice arenas in the past decade. A variety of models have been put forth to achieve the...
The introduction of innovative social paradigms that stress community-participation, community-focused empowerment, assets, social and economic justic...
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292,01 zł |
They Are Rioting in Sanctuary Cities!: Countering the Emerging Anti-Sanctuary Movement
ISBN: 9781538147153 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 300 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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567,79 zł |
Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Challenges for Culturally Competent Research and Practice
ISBN: 9780789013279 / Angielski / Miękka / 2001 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Challenges for Culturally Competent Research and Practice will help social workers, researchers, and organizations identify and analyze ways of meeting the demands of the increasing number of elderly Latinos. Working from conceptual frameworks, case studies, and examples, this book provides you with a demographic picture of Latino elders and investigates the needs of ethnic-specific groups. Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century will help you develop and create culturally competent intervention methods that take the culture, beliefs,...
Latino Elders and the Twenty-First Century: Issues and Challenges for Culturally Competent Research and Practice will help social workers, researchers...
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190,02 zł |
New Frontiers for Youth Development in the Twenty-First Century: Revitalizing and Broadening Youth Development
ISBN: 9780231122818 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 375 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Practical guide and theoretical manifesto, New Frontiers for Youth Development is a vital roadmap to the problems and prospects of youth development programs today and in the future. In response to an unprecedented array of challenges, policy makers and care providers in the field of youth dvevelopment have begun to expand the field both practically and conceptually. This expansion has thus far outstripped comprehensive analysis of the issues it raises, among them the important matter of establishing common standards of legitimacy and competence for practitioners. New Frontiers...
Practical guide and theoretical manifesto, New Frontiers for Youth Development is a vital roadmap to the problems and prospects of youth develo...
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245,62 zł |
Urban Youth Trauma: Using Community Intervention to Overcome Gun Violence
ISBN: 9781538119020 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 302 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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486,68 zł |
Social Work Practice in Nontraditional Urban Settings
ISBN: 9780195112481 / Angielski / Miękka / 1998 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. In an era of diminishing resources, communities that have historically been served by professionals in established social service settings can no longer rely on outside resources and assistance to meet their needs. Social Work Practice in Nontraditional Urban Settings focuses on the importance of developing models that are specific to urban areas, models which help facilitate and promote conversation and advice and reduce the stigma for those seeking assistance. Delgado suggests that communities can best be served through their own, already-established recreational, social, and...
In an era of diminishing resources, communities that have historically been served by professionals in established social service settings can no long...
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144,95 zł |
Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Older Adults: A National Challenge for Policy, Research, and Practice
ISBN: 9781138904514 / Angielski / Twarda / 16-07-2024 / 262 str. Książka dostępna od: 16-07-2024 |
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Planowany termin premiery książki: 16-07-2024
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610,03 zł |
Baby Boomers of Color: Implications for Social Work Policy and Practice
ISBN: 9780231163019 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Because researchers often treat baby boomers of color as belonging to one group, quality data on the individual status of specific racial populations is lacking, leading to insufficiently designed programs, policies, and services. The absence of data is a testament to the invisibility of baby boomers of color in society and deeply affects the practice of social work and other helping professions that require culturally sensitive approaches. Melvin Delgado rectifies this injustice by providing a comprehensive portrait of the status and unique assets of boomers of color. Using specific...
Because researchers often treat baby boomers of color as belonging to one group, quality data on the individual status of specific racial populations ...
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162,23 zł |
Health and Health Care in the Nation's Prisons: Issues, Challenges, and Policies
ISBN: 9780742563001 / Angielski / Twarda / 2008 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The United States correctional system is facing an urgent crisis in how to meet the health care needs of its prisoners. As the number of inmates in correctional facilities increases, prisons struggle to adequately address health care needs in a financially feasible way. Many prisoners enter the system with medical problems that have gone unmet, and the toxic environments inside the prisons further compromise their health, causing serious problems both within the prisons themselves and in society as a whole when the prisoners are released. Health and Health Care in the Nation's Prisons...
The United States correctional system is facing an urgent crisis in how to meet the health care needs of its prisoners. As the number of inmates in co...
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470,45 zł |
The Silent Epidemic of Gun Injuries: Challenges and Opportunities for Treating and Preventing Gun Injuries
ISBN: 9780197609767 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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135,22 zł |
Latinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse Revisited: Advances and Challenges for Prevention and Treatment Programs
ISBN: 9780789029263 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The one-of-a-kind exploration of effective alcohol prevention and treatment for Latinos-now and for the future
By the year 2020, the Latino population in the United States will increase to 60 million, making up 18 percent of all residents. Latinos and Alcohol Use/Abuse Revisited: Advances and Challenges for Prevention and Treatment Programs brings into sharp focus how present and future demographic shifts in Latino population are being felt in alcohol programs across the United States. Case studies and in-depth research clearly illustrate the practical steps various culturally... The one-of-a-kind exploration of effective alcohol prevention and treatment for Latinos-now and for the future
By the year 2020, the Latin... |
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102,69 zł |
Designs and Methods for Youth-Led Research
ISBN: 9780761930440 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Designs and Methods for Youth-Led Research provides a foundation from which to plan and implement social research and program evaluation projects that place youth in central roles. In this text, author Melvin Delgado emphasizes how youth-led research represents a profound political and social statement about making relevant research result in significant changes to programs in the field of youth services.
Designs and Methods for Youth-Led Research provides a foundation from which to plan and implement social research and program evaluation projects that...
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529,13 zł |
Incarcerated and Formerly Incarcerated Older Adults: A National Challenge for Policy, Research, and Practice
ISBN: 9780367425210 / Angielski / Miękka / 16-07-2024 / 262 str. Książka dostępna od: 16-07-2024 |
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Planowany termin premiery książki: 16-07-2024
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214,68 zł |
Youth-Led Community Organizing: Theory and Action
ISBN: 9780195182767 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. Youth-led organizing, a burgeoning movement that empowers young people while simultaneously enabling them to make substantive contributions to their communities, is increasingly receiving attention from scholars, activists, and the media. Melvin Delgado and Lee Staples, recognized leaders in social work macro practice and community organization, have produced the first comprehensive study of this dynamic field. Their well-organized book takes an important step toward bridging the gap between academic knowledge and community practice in this growing area. The authors social justice-rooted...
Youth-led organizing, a burgeoning movement that empowers young people while simultaneously enabling them to make substantive contributions to their c...
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171,72 zł |
Social Work with Latinos: Social, Economic, Political, and Cultural Perspectives
ISBN: 9780190684792 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The focus on Latinos in the United States has generally overlooked key social-economic-political dimensions that are not only growing in importance, but may ultimately hold an important key to how well this group does in the immediate and distant future in the country. The approximate ten-year period since this text's initial publication has witnessed an increase in scholarship and new social-political-economic developments regarding this population group. Social Work with Latinos, Second Edition captures these advances and adds to the existing body of work in this area. In...
The focus on Latinos in the United States has generally overlooked key social-economic-political dimensions that are not only growing in importance, b...
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298,31 zł |
Celebrating Urban Community Life: Fairs, Festivals, Parades, and Community Practice
ISBN: 9781442649958 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Communal celebrations bring out the best in us, offering a place for people to come together and take a break from the routines of daily life. They are a vital aspect of city life and are increasingly popular as an urban development strategy. Celebrating Urban Community Life is a comprehensive guide to understanding and enhancing communal celebrations as a source of community capital. Drawing on case studies from New York, San Francisco, and Toronto, Melvin Delgado discusses the many ways in which fairs, festivals, and parades can enhance communal life. Providing a framework... Communal celebrations bring out the best in us, offering a place for people to come together and take a break from the routines of daily life. They... |
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364,74 zł |
Community Practice and Urban Youth: Social Justice Service-Learning and Civic Engagement
ISBN: 9781138925953 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Community Practice and Urban Youth is for graduate level students in fields that offer youth studies and community practice courses. Practitioners in these fields, too, will find the book particularly useful in furthering the integration of social justice as a conceptual and philosophical foundation. The use of food, environmental justice, and immigrant-rights and the book's focus on service-learning and civic engagement involving these three topics offers an innovative approach for courses. Community Practice and Urban Youth is for graduate level students in fields that offer youth studies and community practice courses. Practi... |
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770,57 zł |
Latino Small Businesses and the American Dream: Community Social Work Practice and Economic and Social Development
ISBN: 9780231150880 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Latino small businesses provide social, economic, and cultural comfort to their communities. They are also excellent facilitators of community capacity--a major component of effective social work practice. Social work practitioners have a vested interest in seeing such businesses grow, not only among Latinos but all communities of color. Reviewing the latest research on formal and informal economies within urban communities of color, Melvin Delgado lays out the demographic foundations for a richer collaboration between theory and practice. Delgado deploys numerous case studies to cement...
Latino small businesses provide social, economic, and cultural comfort to their communities. They are also excellent facilitators of community capacit...
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540,75 zł |