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| Preface | |
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| The Context of Community-Based Health Care | |
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| The Revolution in Health Care Funding and Delivery | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Controlling Escalating Costs of Health Care | |
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| The Changing Structure of Health Care Delivery | |
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| The Changing Focus of Health Care Delivery | |
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| Changes in Government Funding for Faith-Based Organizations and Welfare | |
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| Ethical Considerations | |
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| The Influences of Managed Care on Practice | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities for Individuals and Small Groups | |
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| Glossary | |
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| The Health Care Consumer Population | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Increasing Longevity | |
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| The Diversification of Health Care Consumers | |
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| Chronic Illness | |
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| The Underinsured and the Uninsured | |
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| Health Conditions and Psychosocial Factors and Behaviors | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities for Individuals and Small Groups | |
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| Cultural Competence in Ambulatory Health Care Practice | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What Is Culturally Competent Practice? | |
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| What Are "Culture" and "Cultural Background"? | |
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| How Are Health Disparities Linked to Cultural Background? | |
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| A Framework for Understanding Cultural Background | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities for Individuals and Small Groups | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Social Work in Community-Based Health Care | |
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| Introduction | |
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| What Is Social Work in Community-Based Health Care? | |
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| Settings for Social Work Practice in Ambulatory Community Health Care | |
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| Advances in Communication Technology for Health Care Practice | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities for Individuals and Small Groups | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Culturally Responsive Practice in Ambulatory Health Care | |
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| Direct Practice in Community-Based Health Care | |
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| Introduction | |
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| A Conceptual Process and a Technique for Critical Thinking | |
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| Perspectives, Concepts, and Theories for Direct Practice | |
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| Culturally Responsive Practice | |
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| Culturally Responsive Assessment | |
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| Evidence-Based Interventions | |
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| Ethical Dilemmas in Direct Practice | |
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| Interdisciplinary Health Care Teams | |
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| Coordinating an Individual Consumer's Care | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities for Individuals and Small Groups | |
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| Practice on Behalf of Health Care Consumer Populations | |
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| What Is Practice on Behalf of Health Care Consumer Populations? | |
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| Concepts for Practice: Organizations, Communities, Health Care Populations, and Problems | |
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| Challenges in Interagency Practice on Behalf of Consumer Populations | |
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| Collaborations and Coalitions/Consortia | |
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| Health Promotion in Programs on Behalf of Consumer Groups | |
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| Leadership on Behalf of Consumer Groups: What Makes a Leader Effective? | |
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| Ethical Considerations | |
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| Applying the Concepts for Logic Modeling of a Community Program for Children with Asthma | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities for Individuals and Small Groups | |
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| Evaluating Practice and Programs in Ambulatory Health Care | |
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| Why Evaluate Social Work Practice? | |
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| How Is Direct Practice Evaluated? | |
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| How Are Programs in Community-Based Practice Evaluated? | |
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| How Are Data Analyzed? | |
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| Summary | |
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| Discussion Questions and Activities for Individuals and Small Groups | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Exemplars of Innovative Programs in Ambulatory Health Care | |
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| Background | |
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| Reaching Out to Latinas: Cultural Competence in an Ambulatory Health Care Program | |
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| Creatively Responding to the Needs of HIV/AIDS-Affected Children | |
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| Participatory Program Development in Perinatal Community Care | |
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| A Vision of Health Care for the Uninsured, Working Poor Made Manifest | |
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| Web Sites for Social Work in Community-Based Health Care | |
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| General Health Topics and Information | |
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| Specific Diseases or Health Conditions | |
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| Major Health Care Organizations | |
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| Health and Minority Populations | |
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| Genetics | |
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| Specifically for Social Workers | |
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| Assessment/Measurement Tools and Instruments | |
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| Culturally Related Assessment Topics and Questions | |
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| Spiritual Orientation | |
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| Health Beliefs | |
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| Family Structure, Authority, and Roles | |
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| Acculturation | |
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| Social Rules and Values | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |