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Race and Ethnicity

California State University, San Bernardino

Theses/Dissertations

Social service and race relations

Publication Year

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Social Workers' Attitudes And Perceptions On Cultural Competence In Child Welfare, Monica Elaine Hicks Jan 2010

Social Workers' Attitudes And Perceptions On Cultural Competence In Child Welfare, Monica Elaine Hicks

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This study examined social workers' view on cultural competence and the disproportionate rates of African American children in foster care. This study seeks to explain how cultural biases affecting social workers' decisions contribute to the removal of children from their families based on social worker's inability to understand or recognize cultural differences in child rearing practices.


The Disproportionate Representation Of Blacks In The Child Welfare System Of The County Of Los Angeles And Decision-Making Practices Of Child Welfare Workers, Flora Mae Jones Jan 2007

The Disproportionate Representation Of Blacks In The Child Welfare System Of The County Of Los Angeles And Decision-Making Practices Of Child Welfare Workers, Flora Mae Jones

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The focus of this study is the significant and widespread overrepresentation of blacks in the child welfare system. The study specifically addresses the issue in the context of its association with decision-making practice of child welfare workers in the County of Los Angeles.


African-American Women's Perceptions Of Social Workers As Helpers, Adriene Lynn Anderson Jan 1994

African-American Women's Perceptions Of Social Workers As Helpers, Adriene Lynn Anderson

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No abstract provided.