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Showing 1 to 12 of 12 for “"Community-Engaged Research"”.
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SPATIALITY OF MEMORY: RECONSTRUCTING THE BAWEANESE PONTHUK
… histories of Singapore's Baweanese diasporic community. This study is centred on the “classes of memory”. It first investigates how 'discursive walking interviews' help recall "cognitive memories" and 'memory mapping' can translate them into digital reconstructions. It then examines recurring …
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The Price of Entry: How Online Harassment Influences Girls' Identity, Privacy and Speech
… Through a triangulation of historical analysis, community-engaged research and in-depth interviews, this dissertation explores the impact of online harassment on girls’ identity, privacy and speech. Its historical analysis explores discipline and resistance across institutions and eras, …
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Investing in the Civic Economy: Social Capital and Choice Neighborhoods
… to individual health outcomes and overall community health. Communities require assets and resources across multiple types of capital, and in particular social capital, in order to foster a thriving civic economy. The purpose of this research was to provide a foundation through the study of …
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Case Study on a Container Gardening Program: Can Home Food Production Impact Community Food Security in Rural Appalachia?
… in times of economic hardship. Qualitative research was used to investigate container gardening's potential to provide the impetus for further agricultural activities within low-income, low-food-access, rural Appalachian Virginia, thereby impacting community food security, food choices of …
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“We Are Not Disorderly Kids”: Young Adult, Family, and Social Work Perspectives on Disrupting System Failures that Funnel Child Welfare Involved Youth into the Juvenile Legal System
… by ecological systems theory and informed by community based participatory research (CBPR) principles, this community-engaged investigation utilized focus group and survey methodology to examine the ways in which child welfare and juvenile legal systems intersect to create inequities for …
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Compound Events and Exposure Science: Characterizing Mixtures and Assessing Cumulative Risks Using Participatory Research Methods
… analysis, climate-driven exposure pathways, and community-based research. Rather than focusing on a single pollutant, it examined metal(loid)s, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), and dioxins across soil, rooftop-harvested rainwater, settled dust, …
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Exploring Gaps in Understanding and Responding to Ageism: A Conceptual Model, Psychosocial Health, and Racialized Ageism
… second manuscript arose from a three-year, community-engaged research partnership with a local non-profit. This is a cross-sectional, quantitative study which tests whether internalized age stereotypes mediate the relationship between volunteering and social connectedness for adults 50+. …
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Analysis of the Stakeholder Derived Conceptual Models and Exploration of Lung Cancer Screening Barriers in a Medically Underserved Area
… screening for lung cancer. The SEED method is a community-engaged research approach to develop conceptual models and generate patient-centered research questions. This method has been used to engage community stakeholders of Martinsville, Virginia to develop conceptual models of the factors …
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A collaborative approach for disaster risk reduction: mapping social learning with Mistawasis Nêhiyawak
… in the literature. Yet, limited empirical research has hampered practical DRR applications. This thesis demonstrated social learning loops and their outcomes by reflecting on the case of 2011 flooding in Mistawasis Nêhiyawak. Using a mixed-methods research design, I explored the role of …
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Relations Between Trauma Exposure, Executive Functions, and Resilience among Resettled Refugee Parents and Children
… exposure has been a focus of ample previous research; however, little empirical research has been conducted to dyadically explore how members of the same family may contribute to each other’s functioning in light of the high levels of traumatic stress commonly experienced before and after …
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Using Fuzzy Cognitive Maps to Engage Stakeholders in the Search for Solutions to Emerging Environmental Challenges
… FCM analysis more straightforward and enable researchers and practitioners from a variety of backgrounds to use FCMs in support of stakeholder and community-engaged research.
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Science to support toxics governance : tracking mercury and other pollutants from policy to impacts
… and approaches-from atmospheric modelling to community engaged research-to better trace this path from policy to human impacts, in support of environmental decision-making at multiple levels of governance. Combining simulation modelling, statistical, and qualitative approaches, it considers …