July 2009
Volume 54, Number 3
Pages 193–288

Social Work
Special Issue on Practice Perspectives with Racial and Ethnic Minorities

Table of Contents

Guest Editorial
195   Racial Minorities Then and Now: The Continuing Significance of Race
Jerome H. Schiele and June Gary Hopps

Articles

201   What African American Male Adolescents Are Telling Us about HIV Infection among Their Peers: Cultural Approaches for HIV Prevention
Dexter R. Voisin and Jason D. P. Bird

211  Moving from Colonization toward Balance and Harmony: A Native American Perspective on Wellness
David R. Hodge, Gordon E. Limb, and Terry L. Cross

220  Fundamental Contradictions in Cultural Competence
Yvonne M. Johnson and Shari Munch

232   Mexican American Women’s Adherence to Hemodialysis Treatment: A Social Constructivist Perspective
Mary S. Tijerina

243  Advancing the Africentric Paradigm Shift Discourse: Building toward Evidence-Based Africentric Interventions in Social Work Practice with African Americans
Dorie J. Gilbert, Aminifu R. Harvey, and Faye Z. Belgrave

253  Adversity and Resiliency in the Lives of Native Hawaiian Elders
Colette V. Browne, Noreen Mokuau, and Kathryn L. Braun

262  A Black Experience–Based Approach to Gender-Based Violence
Tricia B. Bent-Goodley 

270  Segmented Assimilation Theory and the Life Model: An Integrated Approach to Understanding Immigrants and Their Children
Lissette M. Piedra and David W. Engstrom

278  Building on Strengths: Intergenerational Practice with African American Families
Cheryl Waites