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Showing 1 to 20 of 38 for “"Sense of Empowerment"”.
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The health-related uses and gratifications of YouTube: Motive, cognitive involvement, online activity, and sense of empowerment
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships among motives for health-related YouTube use, cognitive involvement with health information on YouTube, post-exposure online activity, and sense of empowerment regarding health and health care. As a result of the analysis of data from 263 …
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Girls' Schooling in Africa and the Dilemma of Reproductive Health Care Among Sub -Saharan African Women in the United States
… acquired in schools in Africa, including the sense of empowerment, have played key roles in promoting positive reproductive health behaviors for sub-Saharan African women. The women also attributed a significant part of their knowledge of sexuality to informal networks and relations. Basic …
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The Effects of Brief Psychoeducation on Adolescents' Depressive Symptoms and Perceptions of Parenting
… and involves chronic and persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest in usual activities, as well as a broad range of additional physical and emotional symptoms. These maladaptive symptoms have repercussions across all areas of adolescents' functioning. One area that is affected when …
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The Effects of Brief Psychoeducation on Adolescents' Depressive Symptoms and Perceptions of Parenting
… and involves chronic and persistent feelings of sadness and loss of interest in usual activities, as well as a broad range of additional physical and emotional symptoms. These maladaptive symptoms have repercussions across all areas of adolescents' functioning. One area that is affected when …
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Empowerment as a Dynamic of the Leadership Relationship: A Study of Two Local Governmental Organizations
The purpose of this study is to develop a better understanding of the empowerment processes operating within organizations and to theorize about the relationship between empowerment and leadership. The study focuses on empowerment in two local governmental organizations--the City of Carlsbad, …
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Fostering Advocacy, Communication, Empowerment, and Support (FACES) for African American families of children with autism: a pilot study
… spectrum disorder (ASD) and their families often face challenges with accessing early intervention and related services. African American children face additional challenges due to disparities in diagnoses and access to services. These disparities present a great need for parent advocacy …
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Designing for Racial Justice: AI, Data Visualization, and Mitigating Social Harm during Racial Discourse
<p>This study investigates the role of artificial intelligence (AI) and data visualization in mitigating social harm during racial discourse. The study employed Design Science Research along with several theories, including Postcolonial, Critical Data Studies, Behavioral Change, Intersectionality, …
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Maori stereotypes, governmental policies and Maori art in museums today : a case study of the museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa
… extinct. This promoted the vigorous collection of various samples of Maori material culture. Museums were then established to store these artefacts. Governmental policies dating back to the turn of the century, gradually influenced the ways in which museums dealt with these Maori holdings. The …
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The Project Shop
… those who participate. The strategic culmination of research, marketing, and graphic design generated during the creation of this brand is intended to attract a target demographic of 18-24 year olds. This target market is identified as a transient population often typified by being civic-minded …
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Decolonize Your Diet
<p>With the industrialization of the food system in past decades, convenience foods have become the cornerstone of the standard American diet. This spike in obesity rates has been more impactful for some populations than for others. In low-income communities of color, fast and processed foods are …
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Low-income communities : technological strategies for nurturing community, empowerment and self-sufficiency at a low-income housing development
There are a number of historically familiar and unfamiliar forces at work in low-income communities in the United States. Recurrent forces include rapidly changing economic and demographic trends, Welfare Reform, and the increasing demand for affordable housing and a living wage. This thesis, …
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The Educational Dimensions of Filipina Migrant Workers’ Activist Identities
… workers worldwide, with the large majority of Filipina migrants working in traditional gendered labor such as domestic work, care giving, nursing, teaching, and factory work (Ruiz, 2013). Because of the private nature of household work, Filipina migrants are vulnerable to mental and physical …
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Co-Designing Children’s Playspaces: Evaluating Participant Priorities and Outcomes
… researchers in participatory methods as a means of embedding user expertise in decision-making (Robertson & Simonsen, 2012; Sanders, 2002). Engaging children as co-designers may be a valuable pathway for capturing the voices of this underrepresented user group. However, despite an increase in the …
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The evaluation of relationship mapping as a tool for understanding the experience of change
… was conducted at the Western Cape site of a national manufacturing organisation in the food and beverages industry. The study set out to attain two primary goals. The first was to examine the effectiveness of relationship mapping (a method for graphically depicting mental models) as a …
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Exploring the relationship between women’s empowerment and the internet in China: potentials and constraints
This thesis reports on an exploratory study of the relationship between the Internet and women’s empowerment in China. The theoretical framework of the study combines feminist theorisations of power – the core concept of empowerment – with insights from sociological perspectives on power and …
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Teachers' Perspectives from within a School Leadership Team: A Phenomenological Study
This qualitative study explored a different type of leadership by investigating leadership among peers in a California School Leadership Team (SLT). Using a phenomenological approach, the researcher asked ten teachers to describe their experience as members and as leaders in a schoolwide change …
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Gudharraa ngalgarra yarringan Shining a light on urbanised disenfranchisement: Exploring the impacts of the Yes I Can Aboriginal adult literacy campaign in an urban setting
… programs assume a deficit position in terms of people ‘lacking’ literacy, the Literacy for Life Foundation (LFLF) program takes a critical pedagogical approach with an emancipatory aim. While LFLF programs have been funded for non-urban Aboriginal communities, urban Aboriginal communities …
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Marks on paper : exploring literacy through theatre - impact of performing on literacy and upgrading students
… and an increased awareness about illiteracy. Often this translated into a sense of empowerment resulting in transformations in perspectives and actions for the students. The research design was a historical case study of "Marks on Paper." The play experienced three phases in its history: …
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Victims' Perspectives on the Process of Seeking a Protective Order: Predictors of Perceived Empowerment
This study examined victims' perceived sense of empowerment during the process of seeking a Preliminary Protective Order. A cross sectional survey design with stratified sampling was used to gather information from women seeking Preliminary Protective Orders in Richmond City, Virginia. During a six …
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Beholding the Beauty of Self: The Psychological Integration of the Afrocentric-Self among African-American Females Socialized in a Eurocentric Aesthetic
… In Euro-American culture, media images of femininity and physical attractiveness reinforce generally held perceptions of the idealized female beauty as tall, white, slender, and often blond and blue eyed. The physical morphology of African-American women does not genetically "fit" this …
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