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Dwivedi, Kedar N., Ed.; Varma, Ved P., Ed. – 1996
Contributions to this collection emphasize pragmatic approaches to community health problems and focus on the health needs of ethnic minority children. The following papers are included: (1) "Introduction" (Kedar Nath Dwivedi); (2) "Culture and Personality" (Kedar Nath Dwivedi); (3)"The Immigrant (West Indian) Child in School" (Waveney Bushell);…
Descriptors: Adoption, Child Health, Community Programs, Ethnic Groups
Peer reviewedNwadiora, Emeka – Western Journal of Black Studies, 1996
Informs helping professionals about the unique history and challenges of African families to guide them toward providing ethnically sensitive psychological services to African immigrant families in need. African families undergo great stress when faced with the alienation of being Black and African in a Euro-American culture. (SLD)
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), African Culture, Blacks, Ethnicity
Download full textBirch & Davis Associates, Inc., Silver Spring, MD. – 1998
This guideline summarizes state-of-the-art approaches and interventions designed to strengthen the role of families in substance abuse prevention. Topics discussed are: (1) "Why Use Family-Centered Approaches? Aren't Our School and Community Efforts Sufficient?"; (2) "How Big a Problem Is Substance Abuse Among Youth?"; (3)…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Family Needs, Family Problems
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Center for Substance Abuse Prevention. – 1998
This paper and community guide is based on the recommendations of a panel of nongovernmental experts who systematically reviewed the current research on the family's role in reducing substance abuse among youth. This booklet answers questions such as: (1) "Why focus on families?"; (2) "How big is the problem? What are the…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Children, Drug Abuse, Family Needs
