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Showing 1 to 20 of 50 for “"Minority Population"”.
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The utility of two autism screening instruments in an urban low-income minority population
… been tested in a predominantly urban low-income minority population with lower education levels and high immigrant/English as second language prevalence. Additionally, current research suggests that children with lower socioeconomic status and children in ethnic minority groups may be …
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Mentoring within the Minority Population: How to Retain and Matriculate Minorities in a College Setting
… component to aid in the development of students. Minority students, in particular, have shown a growing need to receive additional guidance outside of the traditional adherents (i.e., parents, personal ambition, educational advisors, etc). Historically, mentorship has been more prevalent in the …
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A Qualitative Analysis of School Leadership Behaviors and Levels of Representation of One Minority Population in Advanced Placement Courses in One Southeastern Virginia School District
… case study analyzes the underrepresentation of minority students in Advanced Placement (AP) courses in Virginia high schools and examines the influences that encourage school leaders to lessen the existing gaps at their assigned schools. Data from a division in southeastern Virginia summarizing …
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Zoning's Connection with Racial Distribution: A Case Study on the Washington, D.C. MSA
… to Census data, I analyzed correlations between minority populations and zoning district regulations. For all locations studied, I found that proportions of minority population generally increase as zoning districts permit higher-intensity residential uses. Minority populations often increased as …
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Closing the Gap: A First Year Student Retention Strategy for Historically Black Colleges and Universities in South Carolina
… gap that currently exists between majority and minority populations with college degrees. African Americans are the largest minority population with college degrees and the largest minority population currently enrolled in baccalaureate degree programs in the state. Forty-four percent of these …
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Language background and use among the German minority in Poland
The German minority in Poland has a special history that includes many changes, many difficulties, but also many victories. To further understand this group of people, their background, and their use of the German language, this study first examines the multiple population shifts among the German …
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THE EFFECT OF OWN RACE/ETHNICITY DENSITY ON INSURANCE TAKE-UP BY ASIAN AMERICANS
Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority population in the U.S. (Lopez et al., 2017). Since the implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Asian Americans have benefitted from insurance coverage increases but continue to experience disparities at the subgroup …
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Patient Activation and Self-Management of Hemoglobin A1C among Filipinos
… a different picture of patient activation in minority population. Extant research showed higher correlation of patient activation with Caucasian and lower correlation with minority population, which imply that the results of the study appears to be an outlier and may need longitudinal research …
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An investigation of the correlation between learning and student achievement of minority students
… of this study was to evaluate why the grades of minority students in the high school were not up to par with majority students using action research resulting in a description of patterns within the school. At this stage of the research, inequities were generally defined as unfair advantages or …
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Racial Threat, Black Empowerment, and Civilians Killed by Police: An Analysis of the Largest US Cities in 2015
… in society will impose social control upon the minority group when large minority populations are perceived as threatening to the dominant group’s status. However, if a minority population is large enough, they may be empowered to counter these attempts at social control. This study examines how …
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The Underrepresentation of Hispanic Female Educational Leaders and Their Perceived Barriers
… that of Hispanic students, the fastest growing minority population in the United States. The study incorporates the literature supporting the importance of diversity among women leaders in education. The pertinent literature identifies historical barriers to diverse representation among …
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Spatial analysis of poverty and prosperity in the U.S. counties
… lower income inequality, lower percent of minority population, higher percent of employed female population, higher civic agricultural activities, lower percent of people working in low paying service sectors, and more jobs in manufacturing sectors. A major contribution of this study to …
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The reimagined migrant portrait - exploring the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese minorities living in South Africa
… Africa in recent years has shone a light on this minority population group. However, much of what is known about them tends to be through forms of mass media which perpetuates stereotypical representations. This paper draws on various literature including acculturation, diasporic communities, …
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Guidelines for Culturally Informed Interventions: Culture, Attributions and Continuity of Care
… of interest through psychological processes in a minority population. Guided by Betancourt’s integrative model of culture, psychology, and behavior, the current project proposes guidelines to facilitate studies that are theoretically and methodologically sound in making unbiased discoveries and …
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Primary care behavioral health in the time of COVID-19
… and physical health needs of the United States population, especially for low income and racial and ethnic minority populations. However, there is little research on how this has impacted the presenting problems seen in IPC, or how IPC utilization may have been impacted. This study will examine …
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Investigating Metabolically Healthy Obesity In US Minority Populations: The IRAS Family Study
… of MHO, these studies have examined homogeneous populations consisting of primarily Northern European Caucasian participants. Recent epidemiologic evidence suggests that body fat distribution and several biochemical markers may distinguish the MHO from MAO. The goal of this study is to better …
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Queering Virtual Groups: Exploring Facebook Groups as a space for identity construction and social justice among the LGBTQ community in India
… can be used for identity construction for a minority population like the queer community, in a socio-cultural context like India.</p>
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The glass ceiling effect and its impact on mid-level female officer career progression in the United States Marine Corps and Air Force
Women in the military are considered a minority population. Recent numbers reflect a 16% representation by women in the total Armed Forces population, with the Air Force displaying the largest proportion (17%), while the Marine Corps has the smallest proportion (6%). Multiple Defense organizations …
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Educational journeys of Hispanic women in nursing
<p>Hispanics continue to be the fastest growing minority population in the Nation. According to U.S. Census Bureau (2011; 2008)., the Hispanic or Latino population was 16.3 percent in 2010 and is projected to be over 30 percent in 2050. However, only 3.6% of the RN population is Hispanic indicating …
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Representation and Equity Gaps in Higher Education: Conceptualizing Minority Representation in Graduate Programs at an MSI
<p>Racially minority students and faculty are disproportionately underrepresented nationally, particularly at Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs), which are meant to serve minority populations (Hurtado et al., 2008). As the number of minority students grows, the gap for representation grows wider, …
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