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Showing 1 to 20 of 309 for “"African American Women"”.
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African-American Women and Welfare: A Qualitative Study of African-American Women Receiving Public Assistance
… obtained from interviews of a sample of fifteen African-American women from two counties in a border state, the overall perceptions of women receiving public assistance and the labels and stigmas (i.e., welfare checks, food stamps, and medical cards) associated with receiving public assistance …
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Successful Reentry of African American Women
<p>African American women have a history of being overlooked in the criminal justice system. Despite this, they are disproportionately represented within prisons in the United States. By acknowledging the disadvantages that African American women face, being at the intersectionality of race and …
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African American women and HIV prevention
… The purpose of this study was to examine African American females and their HIV prevention methods, as well as to identify factors that may lead to the non-use of condoms. Seventy-one participants were recruited from Planned Parenthood in Detroit. The instrumentation used for this research …
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Mammography Utilization in African American Women
… cancer presents differently among women causing breast cancer health disparities with women of color disproportionally shouldering later-stage screening, incidence, and treatment, and greater mortality. This study assessed 10 predictors and rates of recent and long-term mammography …
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The Experiences of Young African American Women Principals
… designed to gain an understanding of how young African American women principals experience the principalship. Three research questions were explored in this study: (a.) What are the pathways to the principalship for young African American women? (b.) How do African American women experience the …
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African American women superintendents: Their point of exit
… recently have scholars paid attention to the African American woman superintendent who is an anomaly in this powerful leadership position in public education. Additionally, only a few academicians have asked why talented African American women who successfully obtain the superintendency exit …
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Improving Higher Education Attainment Among African American Women
African American women enroll and persist in post-secondary education at higher rates than African American males yet there is little research on the factors that contribute their disproportionate college persistence in comparison with their White female counterparts. While this study reviewed …
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Experiences in the Principalship for African American Women
… study was to identify the perceptions African American female principals hold regarding the challenges and opportunities they experienced when seeking and holding administrative positions in a K-12 public school setting. The interview protocol contained open-ended questions and was used …
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Factors Affecting Pregnancy Weight Gain In African American Women
<p><em>Introduction:</em> African American women, who have high rates of overweight and obesity, are also more susceptible to weight retention due to pregnancy than women of other races, leading to increased risk of health problems for mother and child. However, research into physical activity and …
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Educational gerontology: Health behavior of elderly African-American women
… health behavior and educational needs of elderly African American women.
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Experiences of African-American women enrolled in doctoral programs
… factors affecting the continued participation of African-American women in doctoral programs. The major focus for this study was to identify and examine the factors that African-American women believed influenced their continued participation in doctoral programs. The population for the study …
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Social Capital, Health and Mental Health in African American Women
… factors are related to the functioning of African Americans. The current research considered whether interdependence is especially salient for African American women since women and African Americans tend to define themselves within the context of social relationships. The study outlines …
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From Crisis to Empowerment: African American Women in Community Colleges
<p>Social challenges tear at the fabric of the African American family, revealing complexities that identify a de facto leader, the African American woman. She exists in a chasm of overt circumstances which heavily influences her successes. The purpose of this study is to identify factors that …
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African American Women Attaining and Maintaining the Position of Superintendent
… <p>There is an underrepresentation of African American women in the position of school district superintendent. The purpose of this research was to uncover the barriers and challenges African American women face both as aspiring and sitting superintendents. To gain a lived experience …
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Body Objectification and Elective Cosmetic Procedures in African American Women
… psychological factors for ethnic minorities. African American women have historically fallen outside of Euro-centric beauty norms and have been subjected to objectification in media and interpersonal interactions. First, this study investigated the differences between African American women …
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Herstory: intergenerational transformational learning in upwardly mobile African American women
… realities of adversity-and anticipations of African American women greatly inhibit many of them from reaching their potential. Despite the adverse experiences, African American women have succeeded in achieving socioeconomic upward mobility. Their ability to defeat the odds has drawn …
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Sleep Homeodynamics And Wellbeing In Asymptomatic Hiv-Seropositive African American Women
… AND WELLBEING IN ASYMPTOMATIC HIV–SEROPOSITIVE AFRICAN AMERICAN WOMEN</p> <p>by</p> <p>TABETHA LYNN GAYTON</p> <p>December 2013 </p> <p>Advisor: Hossein N. Yarandi, PhD</p> <p>Major: Nursing (Urban Health)</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>BACKGROUND: HIV–related sleep disruption is a …
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Addiction and Recovery Experiences of African American Women: A Phenomenological Study
… abuse research has for the most part excluded African American women. The small body of existing substance abuse research regarding African American women does not examine gender and socio-cultural issues from African American women's perspectives. The purpose of this phenomenological study is …
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