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Showing 1 to 20 of 27 for “"Mexican American women"”.
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Coping strategies among Mexican American women living with HIV
… the disproportionate rate of HIV infection among women of color, mainly, African American women and Latinas. The current trend shows that the number of cases affecting these sub-populations will continue to increase. A gap exists in the literature in understanding the coping strategies of Mexican …
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Patterns of Health Care Utilization of Mexican American Women
… on the health care utilization patterns of Mexican Americans have traditionally focused on cultural differences and, at times, cost constraints to explain use. The type of health care services used (preventive, symptomatic, therapeutic) have seldom been differentiated. This study provides …
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Cultural and Personal Influences on Body Satisfaction in Mexican American Women
… possible mediating variables for a sample of Mexican American women. Specifically, the study examined the relationships among acculturation (ARSMA-II), acculturative stress related to racism and immigration (HWSSS), objectified body consciousness (OBCS), SES, age, BMI, and body …
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Las Otras Rosas: Mexican American Women Workers and World War II
… one of the most enduring symbols of patriotism, women's empowerment, and gender equality in the United States. Yet this iconic representation has obscured the experiences of many women whose wartime labor remains marginalized in both public memory and historical scholarship, particularly Mexican …
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Weighing Consequences: An Ethnographic Study of Mexican-American Women with Coronary Heart Disease
Weighing Consequences: An Ethnographic Study of Mexican-American Women with Coronary Heart Disease Publication No._____________ Rosemarie R. Garza, PhD The University of Texas Medical Branch, 2013 Supervisor: Elnora (Nonie) P. Mendias Coronary Heart Disease (CHD) is a major cause of death in U.S. …
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From the Border to the Boardroom: The Journey to the Community College Presidency for Mexican-American Women
… to examine the professional pathways of female Mexican-American community college presidents. The Hispanic/Latino population has grown immensely in the United States since 2000. The demographic profile for community colleges has evolved to reflect the population changes within the country. …
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Cultural Expressions, Meanings, Beliefs, and Practices of Mexican American Women During the Postpartum Period: An Ethnonursing Study
… practices, and experiences of postpartum Mexican American women living in a Passaic, New Jersey, community and to gain an understanding of any phenomena in the postpartum period. Leininger's culture care diversity and universality theory was utilized as the undergirding framework for this …
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(Ms.)Education in the borderlands of academia: gendered experiences of Mexican American women first generation college students
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Sufriendo y luchando por un milagro (Suffering and fighting for a miracle: The meaning of infertility for some Mexican and Mexican American women).
Eighteen women were interviewed using focused ethnography to discover what it meant to be infertile women of Mexican descent. Some women reported that the infertility experience and the physical diagnostic procedures and treatments for infertility resulted in physical and psychological suffering …
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Extraordinary Women in Texas: A Phenomenological Study of Mexican American Female Superintendents
Women remain underrepresented in the superintendency with even less Mexican American female representation. At the time of this study, there were 1, 144 superintendents in Texas, 911 were male, and 233 were female. Of the current 233 female superintendents only 14 were Mexican American. Research on …
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From 'Black-Eyed Girls' to the MMU (Mujeres Methotistas Unidas): Race, Religion and Gender in the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands
<p>This study places the stories of Mexican American Methodist women in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands within the context of the organizational history of the United Methodist Women of the Rio Grande Conference of the United Methodist Church: Mujeres Metodistas Unidas, or the MMU. It focuses on the …
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An exploration of the finding and seeking of meaning in the life and the Mexican-American nurse's mood state
… and the nurse's mood state. One hundred and four Mexican-American, women, registered nurses, from a metropolitan area with a resident population approaching one million, participated in the study. A mailed instrument was employed and participants were asked to respond to three scales: The Purpose …
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Exploring the Educational Paths of Mexicanas: Testimonios of Academic Success
… study explores the experiences of nine Mexican American women who share at least four past experiences in common: 1) immigration to the United States from México, 2) experience learning English as a new language, 3) attainment of a baccalaureate degree, and 4) enrollment in a …
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The Association Between Eating Habits and Hypertension Among African American Women Compared to Other Women
… is a major public health concern for African American women. Many studies have shown a greater prevalence of hypertension, as well as physical inactivity, excess weight, and diabetes, in African Americans. Objective: To determine if differences in eating patterns, as measured by Healthy Eating …
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Violence and depression among ethnically diverse, low income women: Mediating and moderating factors
… among ethnically diverse, low income, community women. The sample at Wave 1 consisted of 303 African American, 273 Euro-American, and 260 Mexican American women in long term relationships with a household income less that twice the poverty threshold. There were no ethnic differences on frequency …
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“This is our home!” Chicana Oral Histories: (Story)telling life, love and identity in the Midwest
Tracing the lives of eight Midwestern Mexican American women, my dissertation interrogates the role of stories and storytelling in familial relationships and community building. I engage with Chicana feminist understandings of identity through these Midwestern Chicanas' stories of growing up in the …
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Domestic Violence and Empire: Legacies of Conquest in Mexican American Writing
… relations as well as iniquitous US policy toward Mexican Americans. I use the term domestic violence because it most closely describes the double voiced discourse women engage to critique communities that condone violence against women as well as a country that perpetrates violence against Mexican …
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Cytomegalovirus Among Women Of Reproductive Age: Newborn Screening Acceptability, Seroprevalence, And Viral Shedding
… infected each year. This dissertation focused on women of reproductive age, considered here to be 18-44 years, as this is the population who may make decisions regarding newborn CMV screening, and who could potentially transmit CMV congenitally during a pregnancy. Methods: Data from two sources …
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The Associations of Chronic Stress, Social Support, Health Behaviors and Metabolic Syndrome among Hispanic Women
… Behaviors and Metabolic Syndrome Among Hispanic Women</strong></p> <p><strong></strong><strong>Background: </strong>Metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence is 25% among Mexican American women 30 – 49 years of age, compared to 22% among non-Hispanic Whites in the United States. Little is known about …
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