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Showing 1 to 20 of 71 for “"Minority ethnic groups"”.
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Non-participation in public engagement with science: A study of four socio-economically disadvantaged, minority ethnic groups
… of people from socio-economically disadvantaged, minority ethnic groups, who are underrepresented in PES audiences. The original contribution to knowledge of this thesis is an empirically based analysis of why participants from such backgrounds do not participate in PES, an understanding of which …
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Exploring Irish Nursing Careers in the British National Health Service.
… Health Service. Background: The experiences of minority ethnic groups working in the NHS have been explored from a perspective of race ideas, primarily colour. Little is known about Irish nurses as a key group of actors and agents who have played a significant role in the reserve army of labour …
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The Destruction of a Society: A Qualitative Examination of the Use of Rape as a Military Tool
… into the strategy of military or paramilitary groups during periods of conflict. I examine three societies, Rwanda , the former Yugoslavia , and Cambodia in a comparative analysis. To determine what characteristics make societies more likely to engage in rape as a military tool, I look at the …
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Contesting identities: a study of the nexus between double-consciousness and belonging in Angie Thomas’ The Hate U Give (2017); Samira Ahmed’s Love, Hate & Other Filters (2018) and Gloria Chao’s American Panda (2018)
… belonging and identity among minority ethnic groups in the modern American society. The study also analyses how those Americans who are not predominantly white Americans and have ethnic origins in some parts of the world like Asian and African continents, seem to live less …
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THE OLD CITY OF KASHGAR: LOSS OF WORLD HERITAGE IN TIMES OF RAPID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIOCULTURAL CHANGE
… one of China’s fifty-five officially recognized minority ethnic groups, with respect to the demolition of the old district of the city of Kashgar. Although the western-based media describes the old city as being the heritage of the Uyghur people, through its ethno-historical development, the term …
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THE OLD CITY OF KASHGAR: LOSS OF WORLD HERITAGE IN TIMES OF RAPID ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND SOCIOCULTURAL CHANGE
… one of China’s fifty-five officially recognized minority ethnic groups, with respect to the demolition of the old district of the city of Kashgar. Although the western-based media describes the old city as being the heritage of the Uyghur people, through its ethno-historical development, the term …
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Body composition measurement in African and Caribbean children and its relationship with morbidity
… across the UK population, with those from minority ethnic groups particularly affected. Effective paediatric epidemiological monitoring and clinical referral requires improved tools for assessing body fatness, and other body composition measures related to metabolic disease are needed. …
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The Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) and the Niger Delta: analysing the role of local communities in the programme between 1999 and 2017
… faced protracted unrest due to tensions between minority ethnic groups, the government, and multinational oil companies (MNOCs) operating in the area. In 2009, the government implemented the PAP centred on the Disarmament, Demobilisation and Reintegration (DDR) of militants. However, the …
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The Effect of Discrimination on Mental Health after Adverse Childhood Experiences
… there have been mixed results regarding whether ethnicity moderates these health effects, there is evidence that Caribbean and African American ethnic groups may respond to ACEs differently than other ethnic groups. Discrimination may explain this effect moderation, as it has been consistently …
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Power in Transition: The Spatial Variation of Territorial Cohesion in Kazakhstan
… expenditures, clan politics, and policies toward minority ethnic groups. I examine territorial cohesion in Kazakhstan, focusing on territorial efficiency, quality, and identity to evaluate how government policies play out across the country. Analysis of official statistics shows that there is …
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The unrecognised : a study of how some black and minority ethnic student teachers face the challenges of initial teacher education in England
… its effects on student teachers, from Black and Minority Ethnic groups, are real and troubling. This Study asserts that they face multiple challenges in the Initial Teacher Education process which has implications for the teaching workforce and for pupils in schools. While national statistics for …
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Using the self-regulatory model to explore cultural understandings of dementia and inform a culturally sensitive intervention
… estimated, by the year 2025, 50,000 people from minority ethnic communities will be living with dementia. Focusing on people with dementia who have immigrated to the UK from Ireland and the Caribbean, the aim of this thesis was to explore how these families perceived and coped with dementia, to …
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Using the self-regulatory model to explore cultural understandings of dementia and inform a culturally sensitive intervention
… estimated, by the year 2025, 50,000 people from minority ethnic communities will be living with dementia. Focusing on people with dementia who have immigrated to the UK from Ireland and the Caribbean, the aim of this thesis was to explore how these families perceived and coped with dementia, to …
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The Bull and the Red Van: Pakistani-heritage young people in a small city explore the influences upon their educational progress
… inequalities in attainment among different minority-ethnic groups, from which the voices of the pupils themselves are almost entirely absent. In this study, young people offer their own, often competing, explanations of distinctive aspects within the GCSE attainment data, including their …
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Policing of ethnic minorities in Britain
… on how young people specifically, young black minority ethnic groups are shaped by government policies and its agents, the police. Published research supports the notion that Black young people continue to be affected by a lack of services such as education, employment as well as other social …
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Which women are at an increased risk of operative birth in the UK?
… possible. Findings Women who were older, of some minority ethnic groups, non-UK born and of lower socio-economic status were generally at a higher risk of operative birth. Women of shorter stature, who experienced complications in pregnancy and who were obese pre-pregnancy were also at greater …
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Negotiating Jewishness : identity and citizenship in the Leeds Jewish community
… and their impact on the integration of minority ethnic groups. This research into the history of Jewish integration into British society analyses the relationship between changing forms of British citizenship and the evolution of British Jewish identities. In so doing, it enhances our …
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Patterns of caring for older people: an ethnic dimension
… has neglected the circumstances of carers from minority ethnic groups. Hence, this research explores the caring situations and experiences of informal carers of older people from Gujarati, Punjabi and white indigenous communities. Semi-structured interview schedules were used to elicit both …
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An examination of the factors that inform Health Visitors’ effective identification and support of women experiencing domestic violence and abuse
… needed to support women of Black and Asian minority ethnic groups. The findings also showed that the confidentiality and the reliability of interpreter translations appeared to create a barrier for Health Visitors. The recommendations set out proposals for the education and training of both …
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A 'community criminology' : perceptions of crime and social control amongst Bradford Pakistanis
… crime' stream in criminology, knowledge held by minority ethnic groups on these matters is still much overlooked. It is this gap in the literature that this thesis begins to fill, based on both fieldwork and documentary research. The case-study through which the importance of minority ethnic …
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