Issues in African-American Family Preservation.

Gray, Sylvia Sims; Nybell, Lynn M.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Issues in African-American Family Preservation.

Gray, Sylvia Sims; Nybell, Lynn M.

Child Welfare, v69 n6 p513-23 Nov-Dec 1990

Discusses an 18-month effort by Homes for Black Children and the Wayne County (Detroit) Department of Social Services to train child welfare workers concerning the extended kinship network of the African-American family; the role of African-American men in the family and child welfare; and African-American child rearing methods, language and expressive behaviors, and community resources. (BG)

Descriptors: Black Culture, Black Dialects, Black Family, Blacks, Child Welfare, Community Resources, Cultural Awareness, Extended Family, Family Characteristics, Fathers, Kinship, Males, Parent Role, Training

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Opinion Papers; Reports - Descriptive

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Michigan (Detroit)

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