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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Racial and ethnic minorities"”.
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Social distances of white Americans to racial and ethnic minorities
… examines social distances of white Americans to racial and ethnic minority groups by investigating how whites feel toward African Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans. Three questions guide the study: (1) What is the relative order of whites' social distances to major racial and …
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Organizational cultural competence and the availability of outreach services for racial and ethnic minorities in university counseling centers
Outreach is recommended as an intervention for racial and ethnic minorities who underutilize traditional mental health services (e.g., Brinson & Kottler, 1995). Yet, the availability of outreach services at university counseling centers for students of color has not been studied. In addition, no …
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The impact of Covid-19 and Covid-19 stressors on intimate partner violence in racial and ethnic minorities
… looking at IPV that has helped researchers and mental health providers better understand IPV and help inform treatments and services for IPV. However, most research on IPV focuses on White individuals. This focus on White individuals in IPV is detrimental to racial and ethnic minorities …
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ASSURING HEALTH FOR ALL: AN EMPIRICAL CASE STUDY OF THE KANSAS CITY-CHRONIC DISEASE COALITION'S EFFORTS TO REDUCE RISK FOR HEALTH DISPARITIES AMONG RACIAL AND ETHNIC MINORITIES
… disparities related to cardiovascular disease and diabetes experienced by African Americans and Latinos. This study relied on two measurement sources: the use of a documentation system to record instances of environmental change and a self-report behavioral survey. Between 10/01 and 9/07, the …
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Tomorrow's Women and Yesterday's Men: Junior Novels and Social Change, 1946-1964
"In their treatment of racial and ethnic minorities, the books were liberal. Although two of them contained portrayals of African-Americans tainted by racism, they generally espoused an antiprejudice message. Only in dealing with issues of class were the books conservative. Given these findings, …
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The Color of Marginalization: Painting the Picture of Race and Public Policy in American States
Building on the conceptual lens of Hero and Tolbert (1999), this study examines differences between policy restrictiveness in states with high minority populations and states with low minority populations for three policies areas: felony voting policies, Unemployment Insurance (UI) and the State …
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THE CLINICAL GAZE AND THE BODY IN ILLNESS: ADDRESSING HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES THROUGH AN INTEGRATIVE APPROACH OF PHENOMENOLOGY AND SHARED DECISION-MAKING IN MEDICINE
… questions of how to integrate the context and values of patient perspectives with general conceptions of illness and treatment. With medicine increasingly focused on patient-centered and individualized care, approaches to medicine must find ways to gain access to and understand the patient …
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Perceived Discrimination Within The Patient-Provider Relationship And Its Impact On Help-Seeking Behaviors
<p>Racial and ethnic minorities have faced discrimination for hundreds of years. When patients experience discrimination in healthcare settings, help-seeking behaviors decrease. Many patients choose to refrain from seeking treatment until their psychological or physical health issues are …
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Race, Social Disorganization and Delinquency
<p>The overrepresentation of racial and ethnic minorities in crime has been an issue of debate. Some evidence, however, has shown that racial differences in offending are largely accounted for by economic disadvantage. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (<em>n</em> …
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Diversity and Democracy at War: Analyzing Race and Ethnicity in Squad Films from 1940-1960
<p>Both the Second World War and the Korean War presented Hollywood with the opportunity to produce combat films that roused patriotic spirit amongst the American people. The obvious choice was to continue making the popular squad films that portrayed a group of soldiers working together to …
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Impact of COVID-19 on Latinx and Black Communities
… explored the impact of COVID-19 on Latinx and Black communities. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of September 28, 2022, around 16% of COVID-19 cases in the United States were among Latinx people, and 14% of cases were among Black people (Centers for Disease …
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Comunidades remanescentes de quilombos em Macapá : mapeamento dos resultados da Política de Assistência Social
… a solid foundation in civil rights, political and social, marking a greatly expanded role of collective rights: rights relating to gender, racial and ethnic minorities. Among the new collective subjects of rights affirmed in the Magna Carta, the Provisions Act (ADCT) makes reference to the …
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The Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease and Associated Risk Factors among Sexual and Gender Minorities in Texas: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System 2015, 2017, and 2019
Sexual and Gender Minorities (SGM’s), commonly referred to as the LGBTQ+ community, have a higher prevalence of cardiovascular disease than their cisgender heterosexual peers in the United States. In addition, there is mounting evidence that suggests SGM adults have an increased exposure to …
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A Comparison of School Suspension Rates and Number of Days Suspended between African-American and Caucasian Males
<p>Racial discrimination plays a major role in out-of-school suspensions. Research shows that when students are suspended, they are removed from their learning environment, which can lead to poor academic achievement, lower graduation rates, and higher delinquency. The distribution of racial and …
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RACIAL CONCORDANCE, AUTONOMY, AND JUSTICE: EVIDENCE FOR THE ETHICAL NEED OF DIVERSITY IN MEDICINE
Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States experience health disparities and poor health outcomes at a disproportionate rate in comparison to other groups. One of the many social determinants of health that contributes to these poor health outcomes is mistrust in the medical community. …
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Health Hub Program Evaluation
<p>This paper examines and evaluates the work of LIFT-Levántate a non-profit organization in San Rafael, California on their school-based nutritional education “health hub,” through health promotion interventions with adolescents. The James B. Davidson Middle School health hub educates students on …
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Political Disasters: The Politics of U.S. Disaster Relief, 1927-2005
This study combines the fields of political and environmental history to understand the evolution of federal disaster relief policy in the United States from 1927-2005, specifically the development of US federal natural disaster relief as a component of the welfare state. The institutionalization …
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Cup of salvation : race, religion, and anti-prohibition in Texas, 1885-1935.
… attention for its wide-ranging impact on culture and politics. Prohibitionist "drys" overcame anti-prohibitionists "wets" to ratify the Eighteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. This amendment banned the alcohol trade in the United States and took effect from 1920 until its repeal thirteen …
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Examining the Association Between Fictive Kin Care, Parental Attachment and Emotional Distress in College Students
<p>Having a supportive and secure relationship with parents can predict less emotional distress in college students. In addition to parental support, many families leverage fictive kin caregivers to provide support. This is especially true in communities of racial and ethnic minorities. The present …
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Black Women, Black Pride, and Mental Health: How Does the Power of an African American Woman’s Cultural Pride Influence her Perceived Barriers to Mental Health Care?
… the relationship between cultural pride and perceived barriers to mental health care among African American women in the United States. Though extensive research has highlighted the disparities in mental health service utilization among racial and ethnic minorities, few studies have …
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