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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Indian women"”.
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Acculturation, Parental Control, and Adjustment among Asian Indian Women
… among adult first and second-generation Asian Indian women who have immigrated, or whose parents have immigrated to the United States, from the Indian state of Kerala. Data from 73 participants indicate second-generation immigrants report poorer psychological adjustment than do their …
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Barriers to Prevetative Health Care fo Indian Women Immigrants
… it is more difficult for South Asian immigrant women to seek preventive health care and what health care professionals can do to minimize this.</p> <p><strong>Design</strong>: This is a descriptive survey research study to obtain the information needed to understand immigrant Indian women's …
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Anglo-Indian women in Western Australia: Past, present and future identities
The Anglo-Indian community and Anglo-Indian women in particular have been described as 'mixed-race' and 'hybrid'. This study seeks to explore the identity of Anglo-Indian women through the process of migration and settlement in Australia, by following the lives of twenty-six women. Twenty of these …
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Enabling the enablers : transforming the lives of middle-aged Indian women
… why? In India, out of 220 million middle-aged women, 77 million of them in spite of living in urban areas have still been unable to follow their dreams and live a truly passionate life. Government, NGOs, startups and awareness camps are all in place for the younger female population, but have …
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Exploring the Relationship between Physical Activity and Acculturation in U.S. Asian Indian Women
Asian Indian immigrants are at greater risk for morbidity and mortality from coronary heart disease and diabetes compared to Caucasians and other immigrant groups in the U.S., and have been shown to have lower levels of physical activity. Acculturation has been associated with increased risk for …
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Understandings of integration amongst highly educated Indian women migrants living in the UK
… been given to the same with respect to migrant women (e.g. EAVES 2015), and more specifically highly educated migrant women (from more privileged backgrounds). Studying their approaches to integration is highly relevant, the more so as the highly educated are increasingly present amongst …
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Activism via Social Networking: A case study of Urban Indian Women Facebook Users
… appeared worldwide which specifically address women’s issues. These instances point to the fact that women are active on the Internet and use SNSs (such as Facebook) to promote causes and garner support for issues as varied as feminine sexuality, health and social agency. SNS, perhaps for the …
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Ahimsa: Indian women's experience of a narrative intervention using art and writing
… the narrative therapy approach used with Asian Indian women. Few empirical studies of the narrative approach to therapy exist. This study is unique in its focus on a cross-cultural application and its emphasis on the experience of participants. Seven Indian women who are international students …
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The Power and Postcolonial Meanings of Lingerie for Urban Professional Indian Women Living In India
… and postcolonial meanings of lingerie for urban Indian professional women (UIPW) living in India to better understand the consumer behaviour of lingerie consumption. This critical marketing studies thesis adds to the existing studies of lingerie to argue that little is understood about the social …
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AN EXPLORATION OF SKIN TONE RELATED BELIEFS AND ATTITUDES AMONG ASIAN INDIAN WOMEN IN URBAN INDIA
… (d) use of skin-lightening products among Asian Indian women. Exploratory analyses with demographic variables such as age, education, and marital status were also examined. Cross-cultural issues in conducting research with Asian Indian women using U.S. American standardized measures of skin tone …
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From reserves to cities (and back) : the significance of reserves in Registered Indian women's migration
The migration of Registered Indian people to and from their reserves has attracted much scholarly attention over the decades. A significant theme in early literature suggested Indian people migrated back and forth between their rural homes and urban destinations because they could not cope with …
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Empowerment As Lived Experience: A Social Psychological Study of Empowerment Among Indian Women in a Development Context
The empowerment of women has become one of the cornerstones of contemporary development discourse. However, the frequency with which commitments to empowering women have been stated in international development policies and agendas has not been matched by adequate social psychological theorisation. …
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Gated Entry and Code: A Critical Feminist Inquiry Into English as Gendered Symbolic Power Amongst Multilingual Indian Women
… as a gendered form of symbolic power from women’s unique perspectives. This qualitative research sheds light on the aforementioned by focusing on the relationship between language, gender, and power for a select sample of English-speaking multilingual Indian women.</p> <p>Using a grounded …
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Secondary Analysis of Diabetes and Psychological Distress in American Indian Women from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS).
… arrived to the United States (U.S.), American Indians (AI) have been separate and unequal members of society. After a long history of discrimination, ethnocide, genocide, and distrust, the AI have become a population with severe disparities, having the highest rates of diabetes, depression, …
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A Machine Learning Approach to Predicting the Onset of Type II Diabetes in a Sample of Pima Indian Women
… and classifications of Type II diabetes in women. By identifying these indicators, women will be able to take the necessary actions to prevent the onset of Type II diabetes. <em>To apply these ML techniques</em>,the <em> Pima Indian Women Diabetes dataset was downloaded from the Kaggle …
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Health care experiences of low-income South Indian women: using social relationships to negotiate physical, financial and informational constraints
… and maternity assistance benefits for low-income women have become a model for the country. Despite improvement on key maternal health indicators over recent years, these health outcomes still lag behind those of more developed nations. In light of this maternal health outcome disparity, it is …
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