Developing Methods to Empower Latinos

Gutiérrez, Lorraine; Ortega, Robert M.

doi:10.1300/j009v14n02_03

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“…Indeed, Thompson (2006) argues that successful empowerment practice involves intervening on the cultural and structural level and that empowerment cannot therefore be achieved while using exclusively a one-to-one intervention. This is echoed by Gutierrez and Ortega (1991) who argue that while empowerment is possible on an individual or personal level through oneto-one intervention, the impact of this intervention may not reach structural empowerment. Accordingly, while it may be possible to develop empowering work drawing from individual interventions, working toward cultural and structural empowerment may be more possible through group work and community work because structural and cultural oppression can be more easily challenged through people working together toward the same aim (Mullender et al, 2013).…”

Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

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The Experience of Parents Who Support Their Children's Gender Variance

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Robichaud

Dumais-Michaud

2015

Journal of LGBT Youth

101

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This article details the findings of a qualitative action research project with parents of gender-variant children in Montreal,Canada. Through a unique methodology, the project aimed at understanding the issues and challenges facing parents in the process of supporting their children, as well as offering them support and an empowering platform for effecting change around them. The article explores how parents understand their children's experiences, the various challenges they themselves cope with in supporting their children, and the solutions they believe would improve their lives and the lives of their offspring. Recommendations for practice conclude this article.Gender variance in children is receiving growing media attention, but little research is available on the experience of parents who are supportive of their gender-variant children. This article details the findings of a qualitative participatory action research project undertaken with parents of gendervariant children in Montreal, Canada. The article begins with a review of the literature, reports on the methodology, and offers an analysis of findings, drawing on queer and antioppressive theories to theorize the lack of visibility and recognition felt by participants. The article concludes by proposing

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Section: Theoretical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

The Experience of Parents Who Support Their Children's Gender Variance

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Robichaud

Dumais-Michaud

2015

Journal of LGBT Youth

101

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“…Social work has a specific commitment to challenge social injustice and to understand and promote empowerment and strength at both personal and political levels (Gutierrez & Ortega, 1991;Hartman, 1993;Lee, 1994;Saleebey, 1992;Simon, 1994;Weick & Saleebey, 1995). As a proactive response to personal and societal forces that oppress and restrict human potential and well-being, empowerment practice is aimed at assisting people who experience systematic forms of discrimination, harassment, and oppression.…”

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Ideology, Scientific Theory, and Social Work Practice

Robbins

Chatterjee

Canda

1999

Families in Society

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This article discusses the philosophical and ideological nature of theory and examines the ways ideology becomes infused into social work theory and practice. The use of critical thought and specific evaluation criteria based on consistency with social work values are proposed.IN RECENT TIMES, SOCIAL WORK and many of the helping professions have placed a heavy emphasis on practice that is based on scientifically derived theories and knowledge. The National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics explicitly mandates that professional practice include empirically based knowledge, the evaluation of programs and interventions, and that social workers "critically examine and keep current with emerging knowledge relevant to social work and fully use evaluation and research evidence in their professional practice" (NASW, 1996, p. 4) Thus, in our attempt to shape and mold professional practice, theories of causation, prevention, and intervention are expected to be empirically tested and verified, or, at the very least, lend themselves to empirical verification.With this in mind, it seems important to ask "What is the actual basis of our current professional knowledge?" This is not an insignificant question because, unlike other helping professions, social workers are expected to be experts on not only the biological, psychological, social, cultural, economic, and political aspects of human behavior, but experts on assessment, prevention, and intervention at all levels of social systems as well. It is this very complexity, however, and the mandate that social workers examine both the person and the environment, that contributes to the unique mission of social work practice. However, according to Kilty and Meenaghan (1995), the recent focus on empirical verification has, in part, contributed to an incomplete focus on better individual and family outcomes rather than an understanding of the larger issues and societal structures that contribute to risk and maintain social and economic inequality. Citing Abramovitz's (1983) concern about the narrowness of our conceptual frameworks, they propose that the selected use of scientifically based methods has unwittingly obscured the full range of value choices and research that the profession might pursue in its study of people and environments.There have been numerous debates in the professional literature about the nature of requisite knowledge for the profession (see, for example, Atherton, 1993;Fischer, 1981;Franklin, 1995;Fraser et al;Gibson & Nurius, 1992;Goldstein, 1992;Harrison, Hudson & Thyer, 1992;Hartman, 1990;Heineman, 1981;Herr, 1995;Hudson, 1982;Imre, 1984;Kirk, 1996;Klein & Bloom, 1995;Kondrat, 1995;Lindsey & Kirk, 1992;Minahan & Pincus, 1977;Reid, 1994;Rein & White, 1981;Rodwell, 1987;Sheldon, 1978;Staller & Kirk, 1998;Tucker, 1996;Weick, 1987;Witkin, 1991;. To date, apart from the general mandates of curricular policies set by the Council on Social Work Education, there is little consensus about essential knowledge for professional practice. In...

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“…This increased social capital can promote empowerment at the personal, interpersonal, and political levels (Gutiérrez & Ortega, 1991). This is more likely to reduce the elderly's propensity for isolation and depression, enhancing, in this way, cognitive abilities while limiting the need for pharmacological interventions.…”

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confidence: 99%

Promoting LatinX Generativity: Cultural Humility and Transformative Complicity Through Geriatric Teams

Duntley-Matos¹,

Shiery

Ortega

et al. 2017

SAGE Open

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This article highlights social work, critical thinking, and an ethic of care in geriatric teamwork to promote generativity and the well-being of LatinX elderly. We offer the tripartite paradigm of cultural humility, transformative complicity, and empowerment to reduce power imbalances between service providers, elderly persons, and their communities. A force field analysis considers the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC) and Accountable Care Organizations (ACO) to understand the restraining and driving forces affecting the institutionalization of inter/transdisciplinary teams. Effective evidence-based models that humanize geriatric services are offered to counter the current biomedical emphasis of Medicare/Medicaid policies and less-than-responsive geriatric institutional and educational systems. We highlight Bloom and Farragher’s Sanctuary Model of compassionate and democratic practices to address the negative effects of moral entrepreneurship and ageism. The case of Florence, an LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, and questioning) grandparent with multiple health issues, is analyzed from biomedical, person in the environment, and a strength-based perspective.

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Developing Methods to Empower Latinos

Cited by 110 publications

References 16 publications

The Experience of Parents Who Support Their Children's Gender Variance

The Experience of Parents Who Support Their Children's Gender Variance

Ideology, Scientific Theory, and Social Work Practice

Promoting LatinX Generativity: Cultural Humility and Transformative Complicity Through Geriatric Teams

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