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Showing 1 to 20 of 72 for “"Hispanic/Latino"”.
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Measuring Hispanic/Latino Satisfaction with Health Services in Chesterfield County, Virginia
… measure and describe the overall satisfaction of Hispanics/Latinos with services they receive from Chesterfield County's Health Department and compare it to that of African Americans and Caucasians. Also, the objectives were to analyze reasons for different levels of satisfaction, assess the …
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Their Story: College Persistence Of Hispanic/Latino Students At Predominantly White Institutions
… phenomenological qualitative study examined the Hispanic/Latino students’ college experiences at Predominantly White, 4-year institutions in an effort to better understand what these students perceived as contributing factors to their sense of belonging and persistence through their first year. …
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Political Identity Priming and Own-Race Bias in Caucasian and Hispanic/Latino College Students
… to members of one’s political in-group in Hispanic/Latino and White college students. In this study, participants completed a survey containing items assessing their political group identification. Following this, participants were shown a series of Hispanic/Latino and White faces labeled …
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Hispanic-Latino/a Youth Geographies of Commercial Space and Place in Wells Avenue, Reno, Nevada
… in Reno, Nevada, which has been home to many Hispanic-Latino/a communities since the 1990s (Berry, 2004), and is now experiencing substantial change through preservation, conservation, and commercial revitalization efforts (Majewski, 2015; Palma & Ocampo, 2021). Today, Wells Avenue is seen by …
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Unveiling the implicit message: A look at racial, Hispanic/Latino, and Mexican portrayals on "Sesame Street"
… study proposed to look at the portrayal of the Hispanic/Latino group and Mexican group; My findings revealed that the population on Sesame Street did not mirror the United States population distribution. Other results revealed the Hispanic/Latino group very rarely reflected their cultural …
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The Influence Of Fraternity Membership On The Leadership Identity Development Of Latino Men Attending Primarily White Institutions (PWIs)
<p>With the projected increase in the number of Hispanic/Latino students enrolling in postsecondary institutions, there has been an increase in studies on student success that have focused more on Hispanic/Latino students attending Predominantly White Institutions (PWIs). One of the key factors …
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Exploring Public School K-12 Educators’ Experiences With The Special Education Eligibility Process For African American/Black And Hispanic/Latino Students In Rural Communities
… process for African American/Black and Hispanic/Latino students in a rural community. Guided by the theories of intersectionality and systems view of school climate, and employing a phenomenological analysis, this study addressed the lack of professional development training programs …
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Examining Factors Related to Tobacco Treatment Engagement Among Tobacco Dependent Black/African American; Hispanic/Latino Cancer Patients: An Analysis of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center’s Tobacco Treatment Program
… cancer care, engaging Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino cancer patients in tobacco treatment programs can be challenging. Prior studies with the general adult population demonstrate that Black/African American and Hispanic/Latino smokers are referred to and accept tobacco cessation …
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National Child Maltreatment Response and Foster Care Entries: 2005-2010
… continued to be overrepresented. Correlatively, Hispanic/Latino children increased as a proportion of the total population involved in child welfare, although they continued to be slightly underrepresented. In addition, there was a large increase in Hispanic/Latino children with unsubstantiated …
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Associations of Persistent Organic Pollutants Exposure with Coronary Heart Disease and Hearing Loss
… with hearing loss and hearing thresholds among Hispanic/Latino adults. Data were obtained from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL) ancillary study, "Persistent Organic Pollutants, Endogenous Hormones, and Diabetes in Latinos," which included 2,333 participants aged …
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Pursuing Equity in Diabetes Population
… gender shows a significant disparity gap between Hispanics/Latino and Caucasian populations. The Pursuing IHI initiative is over a 2-year period completed at a microsystem that is focusing on health equity practices to reduce disparity gaps.</p> <p><strong>Project aim</strong></p> <p>KP Riverside, …
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Veterans, PTSD Severity, and Health Conditions Over Time
… CI [.35-8.6]). Participants who identified as Hispanic/Latino had lower odds of being diagnosed with overweight/obesity, neurological disorders, and musculoskeletal disorders compared to White/Caucasian participants (HR = .37, 95% CI [.19-.70], HR = .55, 95% CI [.35-8.6], HR = .48 95% CI …
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Exploring the Academic and Social Transititon Experiences of Ethnic Minority Graduate Students
… in transition by race (Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, American Indian/Alaskan Native), type of GSPP experience (no program, research-only program, graduate/professional school seminars only, holistic program), and duration of experience (less than six weeks during summer, 7-12 weeks …
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Adult Leader Qualities as Predictors of Adolescent Social Competence
… social competence in rural White/Anglo and Hispanic/Latino youth. Social competence was operationalized in terms of Community Involvement and Interpersonal Competence. Adolescents with adult leaders in grades 6, 7, and 8 were surveyed (n = 368). To accomplish the purpose of the study, a new …
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Understanding Transfer Student Pathways to Engineering Degrees: A Multi-Institutional Study Based in Texas
… include four of the top ten producers of U.S. Hispanic/Latino engineers; and the framework for transfer student capital was used to organize this study's data collection and analytical plan. Structured as a manuscript style dissertation, this investigation offers a synthesis of recent …
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Relationship of setting and internal attitudes on the positive and negative interactions between different race college students
… American/Black, Asian Pacific American, and Hispanic/Latino. Respondents completed the Miville-Guzman Universality-Diversity Scale-Short, excerpts from the Cultural Attitudes and Climate Questionnaire, and the author developed Cross Racial Interaction Scale to measure the quality of cross …
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Exploring Environmental Justice Issues in Latino communities in the Treasure Valley in Idaho
… thesis explores environmental justice issues in Latino communities in the Treasure Valley in Idaho. Given the little work focused on environmental justice issues of Latino communities, specifically in the Treasure Valley in Idaho. This thesis aims to, firstly determine whether environmental …
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Effects of emotional intelligence on academic achievement in the alternative high school classroom
… achievement in science class for White/non-Hispanic and Native American students, and between family background and academic achievement in science class for White/non-Hispanic, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American students. There was a positive relationship between emotional intelligence …
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