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Showing 1 to 20 of 99 for “"Immigrant Women"”.
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Delivering culturally appropriate healthcare to Mexican immigrant women
… United States America nurses caring for Mexican immigrant women; it focused on the language and cultural barriers that appear to be critical factors in delivering culturally appropriate healthcare. The questions that guided the research were: What adjustment issues .related to providing …
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Italian immigrant women and literacy : a case study
… this qualitative study is to explore why Italian immigrant women enroll in a literacy program in a second language context, second, it presents the sociocultural and psychosocial effects of the course on the women; and finally it states the views of the instructor on issues pertaining to the …
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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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Transcultural Psychotherapy: Clinical Issues in Working with Korean Immigrant Women
… clinical issues relevant in working with Korean immigrant women through an analysis of two cases through in-depth case studies supplemented with secondary data. The sample cases for the study consisted of two Korean immigrant women who received psychological treatment from transcultural …
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Community influences on cancer screening behaviors among Mexican immigrant women
Traditionally, Latina immigrants have suffered a disproportionate burden of breast and cervical cancer due to lower mammography and Pap smear screening participation. However, a study of the screening rates of Mexican immigrants living in a Chicago neighborhood revealed that not all immigrant …
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Life under shadow: Chinese immigrant women in nineteenth- century America
… unusual disadvantaged conditions for Chinese immigrant women. As a weak minority in an alien and often hostile environment and as a subordinate sex in a sexist society, Chinese women suffered from double oppression of racism and sexism. In addition, the Chinese cultural values of women's …
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Temporary Employment Agencies in Ontario: Experiences of South Asian Immigrant Women
… examines the experiences of recent South Asian immigrant women working through temporary employment agencies in Ontario, paying particular attention to how social factors such as gender, race and immigrant status shape these experiences. As FPE pays attention to the interconnection between …
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Trade Winds: A Critical Narrative of 'Black' Caribbean Immigrant Women Teachers
… The characters are three 'black' Caribbean immigrant women elementary school teachers. The women's stories are used as a channel through which their worldviews and agency are explored. Specifically, this study explores these questions: How do 'black' Caribbean immigrant women teachers …
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Navigating the Change of Life: The Menopausal Transition of Thai Immigrant Women
Given that women continue to live more than three decades after menopause and their health and well-being in later life are determined by quality of health during the menopausal transition, menopause has become an important issue in the healthcare arena. The growing number of immigrant women in the …
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Literacy practices of Mexican and Ghanaian immigrant women with limited ESL literacy
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The Relationship Between Print Literacy, Acculturation And Acculturative Stress Among Mexican Immigrant Women
… AND ACCULTURATIVE STRESS AMONG MEXICAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN</p> <p>by</p> <p>ALEXANDER MODESTO CINTRON</p> <p>March 2013</p> <p>Advisor: Navaz Peshotan Bhavnagri</p> <p>Major: Curriculum and Instruction</p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>The purpose of this study was to examine print …
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The Social Context of Cervical Cancer Knowledge and Prevention Among Haitian Immigrant Women
… the primary cause of cancer deaths among Haitian women; however, the social context of cervical cancer among Haitian immigrant women has not been systematically examined. The ways in which women assign meaning to this disease, understand its causality and situate it within the broader context of …
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Depression and Nigerian-born immigrant women in the United States: A phenomenological study
… explored the perceptions of Nigerian-born immigrant women in the United States and their portrayal of depression. Through face-to-face, semi-structured, audiotaped interviews incorporating open-ended questions and probes to facilitate discussion, the study examined a purposive sample of 19 …
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Retelling an Old Wife’s Tale: Postpartum Care of Taiwanese and Chinese Immigrant Women
… in Taiwan, China, and among first generation immigrant women in the U.S. Women not only continue to perform <em>zuoyuezi</em> at home, many also rely on emerging forms of commodified <em></em>care. While immigrant women’s postpartum wellbeing and care has been the focus of scholarly research …
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Constrained Spaces of Prenatal Care: South Asian Immigrant Women in New York City
… to examine use of prenatal care by South Asian immigrant women in New York City, focusing not only on barriers to care but also women's reliance on multi-scalar, place-based social networks and resources. Recently, public health analysts have raised concern about low utilization of prenatal care …
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