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Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African-American Perspective - Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African-American Perspective - Second Edition (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
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Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an African-American
Perspective, Second Edition is an updating of the classic text that
presents leading black scholars discussing complex human behavior
problems faced by African-Americans in today's society. This new
edition provides fresh theories and the latest practical
interventions not in the first edition that show, for example, how
to enhance a client's coping strategies and resilience by focusing
on their strengths rather than their weaknesses. This edition
includes a new foreword by former Surgeon General, Dr. Joycelyn
Elders. Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an
African-American Perspective, Second Edition acquaints
practitioners with the Black experience, and provides the latest
innovative methods of working with this diverse population. This
edition also offers new insights on evaluating practice
initiatives. Experts and scholars explore and interpret individual
and group behaviors, the strength and resilience of the black
family, the stresses and problems affecting children, the
significant problem of the affects of colorism, the self-esteem and
identity issues of biracial children, violence in the criminal
justice system, the HIV/AIDS pandemic, the stress and behaviors
resulting from belonging to the armed services, and other behavior
stemming from progression through the life cycle. Chapters include
charts and tables of data, extensive references, and study
questions for deeper study for students. Topics in Human Behavior
in the Social Environment from an African-American Perspective,
Second Edition include: the importance of the consideration of the
black experience in analyzing black behavior behavior as a response
to a hostile social system the black church's role in leading
African-Americans resiliency perspective as a positive force the
use of strength behaviors for socialization and survival strategies
to strengthen roles of fathers in African-American families
military culture as a microcosm of the wider society the
psychological effects of skin color on self-esteem the No Child
Left Behind Act of 2001 and its effects refreshing social work
practice to better meet the needs of African-American girls
examination of a study on the help-seeking behaviors of young
African-American males empirically based creative intervention
strategies to alleviate black-on-black crime analysis of street
gang behaviors with a program to address it influences of hip hop
culture strategies to lessen substance abuse in children practices
that help assist administrators and social workers to lessen school
violence Human Behavior in the Social Environment from an
African-American Perspective, Second Edition is a supplementary
text that is valuable for undergraduate and graduate students,
human service practitioners, mental health and medical counselors,
policymakers, school officials, and criminal justice personnel.
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