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Showing 1 to 20 of 31 for “"African immigrant"”.
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A family affair: African immigrant families conceptualizing and navigating college choice
… and access strategies of sub-Saharan African immigrant families in the United States. This study generates knowledge around how 1.5- and second-generation African immigrant college going students and their first-generation immigrant parents conceptualize and navigate the college choice …
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Parables of the Prodigal: Engaging the African Immigrant Nurse in Homeland Health
… I examine the potential agency of African immigrant nurses (AINs) in contributing to health development in their sub-Saharan African homelands. Scholarship and policy discourses on diaspora engagement often position AINs within broader health diaspora groups, and primarily emphasize …
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An Exploratory Analysis of Conflict in African Immigrant and African American Marriages
… has been a high level of marital conflict in immigrant families from patriarchal cultures. There are negative attitudes toward women that contribute to couple conflict. Coupled with this are issues relating to immigration challenges that confront marriage stability among immigrant couples in …
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Characteristics and operational strategies of African immigrant owned SMME'S in Thulamela Local Municipality
The South African government acknowledges the contribution of entrepreneurship as a means to invigorate the country’s economy and development. It extensively encourages and supports entrepreneurial activities amongst its citizens by emphasising the importance of establishing Small, Medium and Micro …
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Aspiring to Citizenship: African Immigrant Youth and Civic Engagement in Cape Town, South Africa
… this dissertation addresses the question how do African immigrant youth experience life and live as ‘citizens 'in Cape Town? African immigrant youth straddle multiple positions, localities and identities: insider, outsider, victim, perpetrator, dependent, independent, child, adult. This …
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The discursive scaling of Black womanhood: Experiences of African immigrant women in the African diaspora
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2025-12-01
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Negotiating and Constructing Place: African Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Experiences Seeking Reproductive Health Information, Services and Support
African immigrant women and refugee women face disproportionate reproductive health risks and adverse outcomes compared with the Canadian population. The diversity of African women and complexity of the migration process suggest the need for contextualized knowledge to better understand these …
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Understanding African Immigrant Health in the United States: An Exploratory Study of the Nigerian Immigrant Healthcare Experience
… is very little knowledge about the health of African immigrants. Although their population exceeds 2 million and still on the rise exponentially, a big gap exists regarding knowledge about health care access and outcomes for this population. Before relocating to the US, many African immigrants …
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An African feminist analysis on the experiences of black African immigrant men in Cape Town, South Africa
… and essentialist notions of researching immigrants as ungendered subjects. It positions the importance of utilizing Decolonial African Feminist theorizations in migration studies towards rendering visible men and masculinities in research on African mobilities. This research study focuses …
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Exploring sub-Saharan African immigrant males’ experiences of gender roles and IPV in the US: A critical qualitative inquiry
… the perceptions and reactions of male immigrants from sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to intimate partner violence (IPV) committed by female partners, as well as their help-seeking behavior in the US, with an emphasis on gender dynamics and relationship conflict. Male SSA immigrants struggle …
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Patterns and Challenges of Parenting School-Age Children Among Selected Sub-Saharan African Immigrant Parents in Southwest Michigan: a Multiple-Case Study
<p>Problem. Parenting among immigrants presents unique challenges to parents whose cultural orientation is different from the host culture. Because of the meager research literature on immigrant families in the USA, little is known about the phenomenon of parenting among sub-Saharan African …
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Understanding African Refugee/Migrant Educational Transitions from Country of Origin to Refugee Camp to the US: Using Life Story Narratives to Compare Educational Experiences
… the assets and barriers of Sub-Saharan African immigrant children who arrive in the US. Many arrive in the United States with an educational gap that is difficult to overcome. The first study interviewed 12 former Sub-Saharan African immigrant students utilizing phenomenological lived …
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Culturally Responsive Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Service Needs Among African Immigrant Women: Examining the Impact of Cultural Norms and Psychosocial Barriers on Safety Perceptions and Help-Seeking Behaviors
… health and social justice issue globally, with African immigrant women in the United States facing compounded challenges as they navigate cultural, structural, and systemic barriers, including migration-related vulnerabilities and attachment to cultural values that shape their decisions and …
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Exploring perceptions, barriers, and facilitators of access to primary health services among African immigrant women in the U.S. : a study of Ethiopian immigrant women
… public health concern in the United States and immigrants are disproportionately affected by low rates of health insurance coverage and poor access to healthcare services. It is reported that 23 percent of lawfully present immigrants and 45 percent of undocumented immigrants are uninsured as …
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Barriers and Facilitators to the uptake of healthy eating messages by Black African Immigrant pregnant women living in the UK: Perspectives of women and midwives
… and offer of healthy eating messages by Black African immigrant pregnant women in the UK and midwives who provide their care. Methods Using the methodological principles of the Constructivist Grounded Theory (CGT), twenty-six semi-structured interviews were conducted with pregnant women and …
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Exploring Immigrant Farming Programs and Social Capital: A Mixed Method Approach to Program Evaluation
African immigrants in the United States (U.S.) experience immense challenges in the form of poverty, unemployment, and underemployment. One strategy used by community development organizations to address these challenges is the development of farm entry programs that assist immigrants in beginning …
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Identifying the socio-economic impacts of the 2019-2020 refugee occupation and COVID-19 related restrictions on immigrant-owned businesses in the urban informal sector of Greenmarket Square, Cape Town
… and the pandemic related restrictions - on African immigrant-owned businesses in the informal craft market of Greenmarket Square (GMS). This research explored this impact using a qualitative approach. Participants were selected using a non-probability purposive sampling approach to include …
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Bwana asifiwe in the USA : language and identity in East African Christian fellowships in the United States
… the sociolinguistic knowledge regarding the East African diaspora, this dissertation investigates the linguistic repertoires and language attitudes of transnational populations from Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, who have established Kiswahili-language churches and Christian fellowships across the …
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