Disability and the Black Community

Sheila D Miller

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2013
• Print ISBN: 9780789020765
• eBook ISBN: 9781135793432
• Topic: Medicine
• Subtopic: Anesthesiology & Pain Management

Increase your awareness of the concerns facing the black disabled community!

Disability and the Black Community addresses physical, mental, and learning disabilities experienced across age, gender, and ethics groups by the black race in the United States. This unique book works to increase understanding and awareness of those working with the disabled by mobilizing advocates, providing alternatives for successful intervention and planning, and encouraging research in disability and rehabilitation. A distinguished panel of researchers and practitioners provide commentary on topics that include selected physical disabilities, disabled children learning and program concerns, welfare reform, public housing issues, domestic violence, and disability curriculum contentall in accordance with the broadening of the definition of disability as supported by the American Disabilities Act.

Disability and the Black Community raises the level of understanding and awareness of the complex and diverse concerns facing the disabled and their families in the community and the workplace. The book is at once motivational, influential, and empowering, examining social and political issues that compound the ordeals confronting the black disabled. Topics addressed include:

• learning disabilities, academic achievements, and mental health issues of children
• health disparities and access to care
• welfare reform, disability, and race
• practice, program, and curriculum models
• and much more!

Disability and the Black Community is an essential resource for health professionals and advocates who work with the black disabled. The book keeps practitioners up to date on what is needed in terms of funding, facilities, and resources in order to keep the larger society and significant resource systems appraised of the needs of the disabled.

Index

Numbers followed by “f” indicate figures; “t” following a page number indicates tabular material.

Academic achievement, of African American adolescent males, parent-adolescent interaction and, 125–137. See also Parent-adolescent interaction

ACF. See U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), prevention of, help-seeking and risk-taking behavior among black street youth and, 21–32. See also Black street youth

ADA. See Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)

Adams, G.R., 129

Adnopoz, J., 117

Adolescent(s)

African American males, academic achievement of, parent-adolescent interaction influence on, 125–137. See also Parent-adolescent interaction

black, help-seeking and risk-taking behavior among, implications for HIV/AIDS prevention and social policy, 21–32

black, help-seeking and risk-taking behavior among, implications for HIV/AIDS prevention and social policy. See also Black street youth, help-seeking and risk-taking behavior among

mental health services for

an examination of programs, practices, and policies, 139–153 See also Mental health services, for adolescents; Mental health services, for children

barriers to, 143–144

Adolescent-parent interaction, influence on academic achievement on African American adolescent males, 125–137. See also Parent-adolescent interaction

Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS), 88, 196

Adult(s), resident services and programs for, in public housing accommodations, 102–103

Adult Medical Day Care, 102–103

Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations, 6

AFCARS. See Adoption and Foster Care Analysis and Reporting System (AFCARS)

AFDC. See Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)

African American. See also under Black

African centered family healing, 185–193

introduction to, 186

mental disorders and, 186–187

paradigm of, 188–190

social workers to social healers in, 187–188

Africentric philosophy, to foster care system, 200

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 72

Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) entitlement program, 57

AIDS. See Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (A...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Full Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Editor
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• A Study to Assess Patient Satisfaction of Transitioning from Medicaid to Managed Care by Sickle Cell Patients in Hampton Roads, Virginia
• Help-Seeking and Risk-Taking Behavior Among Black Street Youth: Implications for HIV/AIDS Prevention and Social Policy
• Arthritis and the Role of the Physician in Nonmalignant Pain and Disability
• The Context of Religiosity, Social Support and Health Locus of Control: Implications for the Health-Related Quality of Life of African-American Hemodialysis Patients
• Motivated but Fearful: Welfare Reform, Disability, and Race
• Predicting Weekly Earning for Consumers with Severe Disabilities: Implications for Welfare Reform and Vocational Rehabilitation
• Foster Care Children with Disabilities
• Public Housing Accommodations for Individuals with Disabilities
• Addressing Students' Social and Emotional Needs: The Role of Mental Health Teams in Schools
• Parent-Adolescent Interaction: Influence on the Academic Achievement of African American Adolescent Males
• The State of Mental Health Services for Children and Adolescents: An Examination of Programs, Practices and Policies
• 100% Access, Zero Health Disparities, and GIS: An Improved Methodology for Designating Health Professions Shortage Areas
• A Study of the Influence of Protective Factors as a Resource to African American Males in Traditional Batterer's Interventions.
• African Centered Family Healing: An Alternative Paradigm
• A Model Program for African American Children in the Foster Care System
• Missed Opportunities and Unlimited Possibilities: Teaching Disability Content in Schools of Social Work
• Epilogue
• Index