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Showing 1 to 20 of 120 for “"Latinas"”.
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Migrating Latinas and the Grief Process
This qualitative study examines the migratory experience of immigrant Latina married women. It looks at their experience from both an individual and a systemic perspective. It compares their experience to that of grief due to bereavement using Parkes' theory of the grief process. This research also …
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Latinas in Higher Education: Paving & Weaving Wholeheartedly
<p>The deficit model in research has often framed Latinas in higher education through a lens of barriers and challenges, reinforcing stereotypes that depict them as unlikely to succeed in academic spaces. However, Latinas are actively resisting these narratives, weaving their resilience into their …
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Latinas Coping with the Deportation of their Partners
In recent years, Latinos in the U.S. have been significantly impacted by increasing deportation rates. This study aimed to explore the experiences of Latina women whose partners were deported and how women managed these events guided by the Double ABCX Model of Family Stress. Qualitative …
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Powerful Latinas' Process of Becoming: A Transformative Steadfast Journey
It is understood that Latinas who sustain a leadership position in PK–12 education have the shared experience of enduring systems of power and oppression, though the challenging pathways they endure in their journey to educational leadership are still not fully explored. As a Latina leader, I …
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Latinas in telecommunications: intersectional experiences in the Bell system
… people. With this suit and settlement, Latinas began lifelong careers as information workers, operating information technologies on a daily basis. This study provides insight into the critical histories of Latina information workers in telecommunications in the Los Angeles region. This …
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The social media practices and politics of queer Latinas
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2027-08-01
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The experience of Latinas navigating school choice using GOCPS
Made available in DSpace on 2022-01-12T22:35:21Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 JIMENEZ-THESIS-2021.pdf: 570026 bytes, checksum: 7891f6ee21287cf21a0a4c8129f77d62 (MD5) LICENSE.txt: 4212 bytes, checksum: 1170a865154c6b33d1069eaa44872ef9 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2021-07-23
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Self-rated health, depression, and anxiety among perinatal Latinas
… the importance of understanding the health of Latinas and their risk for depression and anxiety during the perinatal period, which can have implications for clinical care.
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Latinas and The Traditional Genetic Counseling Model: A Qualitative Study
… study was to explore the perceptions of pregnant Latinas on the benefits and limitations of the traditional prenatal genetic counseling model and to determine the specific preferences for receiving prenatal genetic counseling. Data were collected through focus groups and one-on-one, …
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Latinas Leading with Latinidad: Incorporating the Latina Identity into Leadership
… by two research questions: In what ways do Latinas, in higher education leadership positions incorporate Latinidad into their leadership identity and style? What factors (if any) support or challenge Latinas leading in culturally authentic ways in higher education? This study employs …
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How Latinas Come to Know about AIDS and AIDS Prevention
… and a focus group discussion with five Latinas. Results indicated that knowing about AIDS for the Latina is more than defining a disease. It involves an interweaving of socialization patterns, relationships with men, and interpretations of television reports and gossip. Knowing about …
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Latinas Talk Back: The Latina Body, Citizenship, and Popular Culture
… U.S. and Latina/o popular culture and how do Latinas engage with these representations of their bodies? Within the last ten years, mainstream popular culture has represented and circulated Latina imagery that foregrounds the hypervisibility of both spectacular bodies, such as Jennifer Lopez, …
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The Process of Ending Domestic Violence among Latinas: Aguantando No Mas
… process of ending an abusive relationship among Latinas. Dimensional analysis was the method employed for the development of a grounded theory. Aguantando or enduring emerged from this study as pivotal in gaining an understanding of the process of ending an abusive relationship for Latinas. …
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Familias Latinas Unidas: Intervention to Increase Hispanic Enrollment in Higher Education
<p>Familias Latinas Unidas (FLU) is a 12-week psychotherapy program designed for Hispanic high school students and their parents. It especially targets students between the ages of 15 and 18 who would be the first in their family to attend college. FLU addresses cultural stressors that are known to …
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Mentoring Latinas on Doctoral Journeys: Testimonios of Cultural and Gender Identity
<p>In the United States, Latinas are underrepresented in obtaining PhDs that lead to high level professional careers and academia. This may be due, in part, to patriarchal academic institutions and approaches that have historically devalued the cultural experiences and identities of marginalized …
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Latinas Negotiating Borders in Formal Education: A Deeper Spectrum Understanding of the Mestiza
… and analyze the generational differences among Latinas within one family––my family––to understand the influence of formal education systems on our cultural affiliation and ethnic identity. The study design included data collection through informed consent, group pláticas, individual pláticas, …
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Exploring Experiences & Expectations of Prenatal Healthcare and Genetic Counseling/Testing In Immigrant Latinas
… A total of 20 Spanish-speaking, pregnant Latinas from various Latin American countries were interviewed after completing a prenatal genetic counseling session. The semi-structured phone interview included questions about the participants’ experiences with genetic counseling/testing, …
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