Understanding Latino families : scholarship, policy and practice / Ruth E. Zambrana, editor.

"A fresh approach to the study of Latino families is offered in this volume which focuses on the strengths of Latino//Hispanic groups, the structural processes that impede their progress and the cultural and familial processes that enhance their intergenerational adaptation and resilience. The...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Zambrana, Ruth E. (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, [1995]
Series:Understanding families ; v. 2.
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Table of Contents:
  • The study of Latino families: a point of departure / William A. Vega
  • The diversity of Latino families / Vilma Ortiz
  • Variations, combinations, and evolutions: Latino families in the United States / Aida Hurtado
  • The status of Latino children and youth: challenges and prospects / Julie Solis
  • Including Latino fathers in parent education and support programs: development of a program model / Douglas R. Powell
  • Central American refugees in Los Angeles: adjustment of children and families / Claudia Dorrington
  • Latino youth and families as active participants in planning change: a community-university partnership / Marilyn Aguirre-Molina and Pilar A. Parra
  • Family and child health: a neglected vision / Ruth E. Zambrana, Claudia Dorrington, and David Hayes-Bautista
  • Social science theorizing for Latino families in the age of diversity / Maxine Baca Zinn
  • Contemporary issues in Latino families: future directions for research, policy, and practice / Douglas S. Massey, Ruth E. Zambrana, and Sally Alonzo Bell.