Perspectives on Social Work: 2011
This collection gathers content from the volume of Perspectives on Social Work published in 2011.
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Towards a Critical Understanding of Difference and Diversity
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2011)Difference is the defining character of our globalizing and postmodern times. Difference is also the basis of oppression. Social work practitioners need to be cognizant that the way difference is deployed in public discourses ... -
Integrating Diverse Theoretical Perspectives to Evaluate Potential Racial, Ethnic, and Socioeconomic Differences in Perinatal Depression
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2011)Perinatal depression is a prominent unwanted outcome associated with childbearing impacting approximately 14.5% of women during pregnancy and the postpartum period (Gaynes et al., 2005). Perinatal depression adversely ... -
Network Characteristics of a Social Support Organization for Gay Men in Southern California
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2011)Gay men are at risk for a range of negative health and mental health issues, including HIV and depression. The extant literature demonstrates the integral role that social support can play in improving health and well-being ... -
Asians Americans Living In the United States of America
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2011)Many Asian Americans come to the United States of America searching for a better life and for better opportunities that were not available in their native countries. However, this is not always the case for many Asian ... -
In Search of My ‘Real’ Self, My Ontological ‘I’, and ‘The Eastern Researcher’ Through Journeying with Berger and Luckmann’s “The Social Construction of Reality: A Treatise in the Sociology of Knowledge”
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2011)This article is a conscious reflection of my ‘Eastern’ and ‘Western’ selves engaged in research with new immigrants in Brantford and Brant-Haldimand-Norfolk counties, a mid-sized rural/urban town in Ontario that is now ... -
Perspectives on Social Work Volume 9 (Spring 2011)
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2011)This is the full-text volume of Perspectives on Social Work, vol. 9 (Spring 2011). -
Editorial from Perspectives on Social Work Volume 9 (Spring 2011)
(University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, 2011)Editorial for volume 9 of Perspectives on Social Work by the editorial board.
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