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Showing 1 to 8 of 8 for “"Korean-American women"”.
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Effects of Acculturation on Mammography Utilization among Korean American Women
… acculturation and mammography utilization among Korean American (KA) women. The specific aims of this study were to determine the differences in demographic characteristics, perceived health beliefs, self-efficacy, and knowledge of breast cancer, and mammogram history among the four cultural …
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Development of a Divorce Recovery Program for Korean American Women
… immigrant, separated and divorced Christian Korean-American women for the purpose of developing a divorce recovery program. A large number of divorced Korean-American women currently do not receive adequate support from their communities, whether from the church or from their social networks …
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The impact of breast cancer educational workshops on knowledge and breast self-examination practice among Korean-American women
<p>Among Korean-American women, breast cancer is the second leading cause of death. Although their incidence is lower than that of Caucasian women, Korean-American women are more likely to be diagnosed at more advanced stages of breast cancer. One of the suggested methods in breast cancer …
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Silence and Invisibility: A Feminist Case Study of Domestic Violence in the Lives of Five Korean-American Women
… the experiences of domestic violence in the women's lives. Moreover, the patriarchal structure within the institutions of the police, the government, the health care system, the legal system, and religious organizations also contributed to sustaining and perpetuating domestic violence. The …
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Here Be Dragons: The Barriers of Korean American Female Leaders in Secondary Schools
<p>In K-12 public schools, there is a shortage of Korean American women in school leadership roles at the secondary level. This phenomenological study explores the contributing factors to this lack of representation, how institutions can recruit and retain Korean American female leaders, and how …
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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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"""We are here because you were there"": Kinship and loss in 20th- and 21st-century Korean American Narratives"
… Kinship and Loss in 20th- and 21st-Century Korean American Narratives analyzes the significance of trauma and attachment in representations of family within contemporary Korean American literature and films. Situating these texts in relation to Asian American histories of warfare, migration, …
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The relationship between maternal stress and mothers' perceptions of their preschool children's social behaviors: A cross-cultural study of immigrant Korean mothers in the United States and Korean mothers in Korea.
… of their preschool children in both immigrant Korean families in the US and Korean families in Korea. The subjects included 49 immigrant Korean mothers in the US and 52 Korean mothers in Seoul, Korea. This study is relevant to current research because of the dramatically increasing Korean …