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Challenges to the Arab-American family and ACCEss
family and gender among american muslims : issues facing middle eastern immigrants and their descendants • Philadelphia • Published In 1996 • Pages: 223-240, 322
By: Aswad, Barbara C., Bilgé, Barbara.
Abstract
This article discusses the history of a local Arab-American community center in Dearborn, Michigan, called the Arab Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCEss). The 200,000 Arab Americans in the Detroit area make it the largest concentration of people of Arab origin outside of the Arab world. ACCEss was a grassroots organization formed in 1971 to assist Arab immigrant families with their needs and problems associated with acculturation. The center has grown from assisting 125 familes with daily problems and English instruction in it's first year, to serving 62, 415 people through 42 programs in 1993-1994. The mental-health component of the center has pioneered a multi-service, bilingual, and cultural approach to mental health care. The study discusses some of the major cases, which include maritaland parental problems.
- HRAF PubDate
- 1999
- Region
- North America
- Sub Region
- Regional, Ethnic and Diaspora Cultures
- Document Type
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard; 1998
- Field Date
- not specified
- Coverage Date
- 1971-1994
- Coverage Place
- Dearborn, Michigan, United States
- Notes
- Barbara C. Aswad and Nancy Adadow Gray
- Includes bibliographical references (p.238-240)
- LCCN
- 95054109
- LCSH
- Arab Americans