Social Justice and Culturally Relevant Prevention

Elizabeth M. Vera, Maureen E. Kenny

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781483307619
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Ciencias sociales
• Subtopic: Trabajo social

The book presents concrete examples of programs that attempt to address issues of social injustice and cultural relevance. These examples are based on the authors' real world experiences engaging in culturally responsive prevention guided by a social justice agenda. The reader will have opportunities for conversation about some of the more challenging aspects of infusing social justice and cultural relevance into one's prevention efforts, and includes a series of learning exercises to promote these conversations.

Table of contents

• SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT PREVENTION-FRONT COVER
• SOCIAL JUSTICE AND CULTURALLY RELEVANT PREVENTION
• BRIEF CONTENTS
• DETAILED CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
• INTRODUCTION
• CHAPTER 1: THEORETICAL CONCEPTUALIZATIONS OF CULTURAL RELEVANCE AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
• CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH ON CULTURALLY RELEVANT, SOCIAL JUSTICE–ORIENTED PREVENTION EFFORTS DETERMINING CULTURAL RELEVANCY
• Program Evaluation and Social Justice
• CHAPTER 3: APPLICATION: MECHANISMS FOR CREATING CULTURALLY RELEVANT, SOCIAL JUSTICE–ORIENTED PREVENTION PROGRAMS
• Case Study 1
• Survey Results
• Prevention Opportunities
• Case Study 2
• School Context
• Collaboration in Program Design
• Collaboration in Program Implementation
• Collaboration in Evaluation
• Systemic Change
• Summary
• CHAPTER 4: LEARNING EXERCISES
• Learning Exercise 1: In the Name of Science
• Learning Exercise 2: Be Prepared
• Learning Exercise 3: Community Organizing?
• Learning Exercise 4: Person-Centered Versus Systemic Approach?
• Learning Exercise 5: Who Is Community?
• Learning Exercise 6: A Social Justice and Culturally Relevant Approach to Preventing Depression?
• Conclusion
• REFERENCES
• INDEX
• ABOUT THE AUTHORS