A macro-level practice issue impacting communities across national boundaries and/or cultural identities. . conduct a search of organizations working to address HIV/AIDS in an international (non-United States) practice setting. Discuss the extent to which the organization appears to be utilizing community development, social development, or another identifiable theoretical framework for addressing the issue. What are the major assumptions, ideologies and values guiding their approach? What intervening factors (i.e., cultural beliefs, power differences, biases and assumptions, socioeconomic inequalities) would the organization need to address? Finally, to what extent do the organization’s mission, goals, and objectives seem compatible with the ethics and principles of social work practice?

A macro-level practice issue impacting communities across national boundaries and/or cultural identities. . conduct a search of organizations working to address HIV/AIDS in an international (non-United States) practice setting. Discuss the extent to which the organization appears to be utilizing community development, social development, or another identifiable theoretical framework for addressing the issue. What are the major assumptions, ideologies and values guiding their approach? What intervening factors (i.e., cultural beliefs, power differences, biases and assumptions, socioeconomic inequalities) would the organization need to address? Finally, to what extent do the organization’s mission, goals, and objectives seem compatible with the ethics and principles of social work practice?