Health Care in the Black Community

Contents

• About the Editors
• Contributors
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Part I. Health Care, Knowledge Building, and Consciousness Raising from an Empowerment Perspective: Issues & Prospects
• Chapter 1. An Empowerment and Health Prevention Framework for Understanding and Transforming the Health Care Outcomes of African Americans
• Health Status of Blacks
• The Proposed Framework
• Community-Building Initiatives
• Conclusion
• Part II. Skill Development and Health Care Issues in the Black Community: Empowerment Opportunities
• Chapter 2. Strengthening Black Families by Building Social Competence
• Historical Influences
• The Adequacy Model: One Approach to Competence Development
• Summary and Conclusion
• Chapter 3. Copology: A Contemporary Model Useful for Coping with Violence and the Related Stress in Black Families
• Introduction
• An Overview of Black Family Violence
• Traditional Helping Approaches Available to Black Families
• Copology: A Paradigm Shift in Addressing the Issue of Violence in Black Families
• Summary
• Conclusion
• Chapter 4. Early Parenthood Among African Americans: Support and Personal Growth Strategies
• Introduction: Current Status of Early Pregnancy and Parenthood
• Consequences/Barriers of Early Parenthood
• Summary and Conclusion
• Chapter 5. Promoting Health Prevention Programs and Medical Compliance: An Expanded Conceptual Model
• Overview of the Compliance Problem
• Are We Missing the Mark?
• A Conceptual Model to Increase Medical Compliance and promote Health Prevention Programs
• Summary and Conclusion
• Chapter 6. The Impact of Infertility in the Black Community
• Introduction
• Epidemiology
• Etiology
• Evaluation
• Female Factors
• Male Factors
• Other Factors
• Conclusion
• Chapter 7. The Health Care Needs of the Black Elderly: From Well to Frail
• Introduction
• Chronic Health Profile of Black American Elders
• Collectivism and Black Health Care Practices
• Overview of Interventions with the Elderly
• Gerontological Social Work Interventive Roles
• Barriers
• Conclusion
• Part III. Self-Healing, Collectivism, and Social Action in the Black Community: Formal and Informal Helping
• Chapter 8. African-Centered Reality Therapy: Intervention and Prevention
• Introduction
• Purpose
• Choice Theory and African-Centered Reality Therapy
• Conclusion
• Chapter 9. Reclaiming the Inner Strength: An Expanded Perspective for Working with Inner City Families
• Philosophical and Practice Experiences
• Holistic Healing As a Theoretical Construct
• Conclusion
• Chapter 10. Black Women and HIV/AIDS: Culturally Sensitive Family Health Care
• Health Care Needs of African-American Women with HIV/AIDS
• Family and Gender Stressors and Supports
• ACTP: A Culturally Sensitive Approach to Working with HIV-Positive African-American Women
• Conclusion
• Chapter 11. The Black Church Response to the Mental Health Needs of the Elderly
• History of the African-American Church
• The Role of the Church in African-American Culture
• Conclusion
• Chapter 12. Augmenting Traditional Health Care Through Mutual Assistance Groups for Families
• Introduction
• What Is a Mutual Assistance Group?
• Methods
• Results
• Summary
• Conclusion
• Chapter 13. African-Centered Community Building: Implications for Political Action and System Change
• Community Practice Approaches and Health Promotion
• An African-Centered Community-Building Framework
• An Afrocentric Community-Building Health Promotion Example
• Implications for Future Practice with This Framework
• Conclusion
• Part IV. Epilogue
• Chapter 14. A View Toward the Future: Implications for Empowerment Practice, Research, and Policy Development in the Black Community
• Potential Opportunities and Ris