How do we understand the tendency for Latinos to underutilize certain social services and what types of outreach and intervention strategies are beginning to remedy this longstanding problem?
How are Latino psychosocial and health problems shaped by historical and current conditions of acculturation and adjustment, social stratification, ethnic/racial identity development, diversity within Latinos, and politics and social policy?
And what are the best and most promising practices for addressing Latino psychosocial and health problems and how could they be improved? The book responds to the increasing need to understand Latino positionality in the U.S. in order to effectively serve Latinos in ways responsive to the cultural and social realities of diverse Latino populations. Author Kurt C. Organista responds to the needs of social and human service providers to be more effective in their increasing practice with Latino clients, as well as to professional mandates to teach multicultural theory and practice throughout the social sciences.
Organista provides a comprehensive and up to date review and analysis of psychosocial and health problems over-affecting Latino populations in the United States, as well as their mitigation through evidence-based, culturally adapted, and community-based interventions, programs, and institutions. One of the first of its kind, this book integrates, critiques, and expands upon state of the art Latino-relevant social science theory, psychosocial and health research, practice intervention methods, and also applies a social justice lens to Latino-relevant social problems, including their political context, impacting Latino health and wellbeing.
By:
Kurt C. Organista ( University of California Berkeley)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:
Height: 163mm,
Width: 216mm,
Spine: 48mm
Weight: 1g
ISBN: 9780190059637
ISBN 10: 019005963X
Pages: 536
Publication Date: 28 January 2024
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Dedication Part I: Section I, Essential Social Science Theories, Frameworks, and Research to Enhance Sociocultural Sensitivity and Practice Chapter 1: Patterns of Acculturation and Social Positionality in the United States: Mexican, Puerto Rican and Cuban Americans Chapter 2: Patterns of Acculturation and Social Positionality in the United States: Central and Dominican Americans Chapter 3: The Social Stratification of Latino Ethnicity, Power, and Social Positionality in the United States Chapter 4: Latino Racial/Ethnic Identity Development: Psychological Impacts of Structured Inequality Chapter 5: Towards Latinx Intersectionality: From Single to Multiple Dimensional Analysis of Human Diversity Chapter 6: Sociocultural Practice Model for Latino Populations Part II: Selective Reviews of Psychosocial and Health Problems Over-affecting Latino Populations, and Socio-culturally Competent Practices Chapter 7: The Latino Family Chapter 8: Latinx Youth Chapter 9: Latino Mental Health Chapter 10: Latino Health Chapter 11: Latino Power Primer: Political Participation, Representation, & Policy Benefit Chapter 12: Latino Resistance, Activism & Social Movements Past, Present & Future Epilogue Author Index
Kurt C. Organista, PhD, is Professor, School of Social Welfare, at the University of California at Berkeley.
