Foreword / Norge W. Jerome
Pt. I. Health Care, Knowledge Building, and Consciousness Raising from an Empowerment Perspective: Issues and Prospects
Ch. 1. Empowerment and Health Prevention Framework for Understanding and Transforming the Health Care Outcomes of African Americans / Sadye L. Logan and Edith M. Freeman
Pt. II. Skill Development and Health Care Issues in the Black Community: Empowerment Opportunities
Ch. 2. Strengthening Black Families by Building Social Competence / George L. Jones
Ch. 3. Copology: A Contemporary Model Useful for Coping with Violence and the Related Stress in Black Families / Eugene Hughley, Jr.
Ch. 4. Early Parenthood Among African Americans: Support and Personal Growth Strategies / Regina K. Tenney and M. Jenise Comer
Ch. 5. Promoting Health Prevention Programs and Medical Compliance: An Expanded Conceptual Model / Lloyd W. Whyte
Ch. 6. Impact of Infertility in the Black Community / Valerie Montgomery-Rice and Gloria Richard-Davis
Ch. 7. Health Care Needs of the Black Elderly: From Well to Frail / Brenda F. McGadney-Douglass
Pt. III. Self-Healing, Collectivism, and Social Action in the Black Community: Formal and Informal Helping
Ch. 8. African-Centered Reality Therapy: Intervention and Prevention / Elijah Mickel
Ch. 9. Reclaiming the Inner Strength: An Expanded Perspective for Working with Inner-City Families / Sadye L. Logan
Ch. 10. Black Women and HIV/AIDS: Culturally Sensitive Family Health Care / Johnetta Miner
Ch. 11. Black Church Response to the Mental Health Needs of the Elderly / Freda Brashears
Ch. 12. Augmenting Traditional Health Care Through Mutual Assistance Groups for Families / Edna Comer, Kathryn Kramer and Kermit B. Nash
Ch. 13. African-Centered Community Building: Implications for Political Action and Systems Change / Edith M. Freeman
Ch. 14. View Toward the Future: Implications for Empowerment Practice, Research, and Policy Development in the Black Community / Edith M. Freeman and Sadye L. Logan.
