SERVICES NEEDS AND USE AMONG A POPULATION OF SINGLE BLACK MEN AND WOMEN (SELF-HELP, MUTUAL AID GROUP).
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Title
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SERVICES NEEDS AND USE AMONG A POPULATION OF SINGLE BLACK MEN AND WOMEN (SELF-HELP, MUTUAL AID GROUP).
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Identifier
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AAI8614703
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identifier
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8614703
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Creator
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SINDOS, LOUISE KING.
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Contributor
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Michael Smith
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Date
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1986
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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Sociology, Public and Social Welfare
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Abstract
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Black persons in this society have felt alienated and antagonized by the delivery of social services by the formal system. This is reflected in the lack of use and the underutilization of those services.;This study sought to determine, in potential users' own words, their perceptions of problems and needs and their reasons for lack of use of the social service system.;The project was an exploratory and descriptive study of a cohort of members of a mutual support group of Black persons. The research method used was participant observation and questionnaires.;Findings of the study indicated needs that were affective in nature--relationships, feelings and emotions. Perceptions were of problematic male-female relationships among Blacks which were resulted in high divorce rate, broken homes and poorly supported families.;Housing, finances and health issues were less of a concern. Alienation was found to be a feeling of Blacks along ethnic rather than socio-economic lines.;The program had only a moderate influence on service use with outside resources. The majority of the members tended to wish to use the group for its autonomous purposes.;Recommendations were: further exploratory research on perceptions and needs of Black clients, recognition in literature and programs of Black middle class as potential needers and users of social services, more closed self help groups based on issues common only to Blacks and use of processes from the Black Church in designing programs to serve Black people.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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D.S.W.
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Program
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Social Welfare
