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Working With Specific Minority Groups
Resources on cultural factors in working with specific minority groups, including State and local examples.
Child Discipline and Physical Abuse in Immigrant Latino Families: Reducing Violence and Misunderstanding
Fontes
Journal of Counseling and Development, 80(1), 2002
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Identifies common areas of misunderstanding between child protection professionals and low-income Hispanic families and suggests culturally competent ways to work with Hispanic immigrants to eliminate violence toward children.
Explaining Black-White Disparity in Maltreatment: Poverty, Female-Headed Families, and Urbanization
Schuck
Journal of Marriage and Family, 67(3), 2005
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Assesses the effects of poverty, concentrated poverty, and female-headed families in poverty on African-American and White rates of child maltreatment.
The Factors of Child Physical Abuse in Korean Immigrant Families
Park
Child Abuse and Neglect, 25(7), 2001
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Explores Korean immigrant mothers' attitudes toward child physical abuse based on an ecological perspective.
The Relationship Between Familism and Child Maltreatment in Latino and Anglo Families
Coohey
Child Maltreatment, 6(2), 2001
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Defines each dimension of familism and clarifies its relationship to the broader literature on social networks, social support, and child maltreatment.
Understanding the Issues of Abuse and Neglect and Asian American Families (PDF - 92 KB)
Coalition for Asian American Children and Families (2001)
Reviews cultural differences in the Asian community that social workers should be aware of during investigations of suspected child maltreatment.
State and local examples
Characteristics of Child Abuse in Immigrant Korean Families and Correlates of Placement Decisions
Chang, Rhee, & Weaver
Child Abuse and Neglect: The International Journal, 30(8), 2006
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This study examined the characteristics and patterns of child abuse among immigrant Korean families in Los Angeles and critical variables that contribute to the type of placement made by the child protective services system.