@article{ref1,
title="Implications of National Suicide Trends for Social Work Practice with Black Youth",
journal="Child and adolescent social work journal",
year="2006",
author="Joe, Sean",
volume="23",
number="4",
pages="458-471",
abstract="Although homicide is the leading cause of death for African-Americans aged 15-24, suicide is silently claiming the lives of many African-American youth, males in particular. Given the disproportionate number of African-American adolescents in many of the primary human service institutions, it is important to increase social workers' understanding of the nature and trends in self-destructive behaviors of this population. This paper presents the descriptive epidemiological trend data on African-American adolescent suicide completion and parasuicidal behavior, reviews current explanatory hypotheses, highlights important risk and protective factors, and outlines several culturally-congruent practice guidelines for working with suicidal African-Americans adolescents.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0738-0151",
doi="10.1007/s10560-006-0064-7",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10560-006-0064-7"
}