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Showing 1 to 20 of 57 for “"Social Barriers"”.
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Individual and Situational Factors Associated With Social Barriers for Persons With Mobility Impairment
Decades of research have examined factors involved in complex, and sometimes stressful, interpersonal interactions between individuals with and without disabilities. The present study applies structural equation modeling to test an integrative model of individual and situational factors affecting …
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Manipulating affordances in practice : a hermeneutic phenomenological study of mobility impairment and uses of digital technologies in work
… theory, hermeneutic phenomenology and the social barriers model of disability - through which to gain an understanding of how people with mobility impairments use digital technologies in their work practices. A hermeneutic phenomenological methodology is used to reveal the phenomena, then …
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RURAL ROOTS, ACADEMIC ROADS: EXPLORING COLLEGE PERSISTENCE AMONG RURAL STUDENTS
<p>This study examines the financial and social challenges faced by first-generation college students from rural backgrounds as they transition from K-12 to four-year regional institutions. Using quantitative analysis of secondary data from the class of 2024 at a selected institution, this study …
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The Lorca Woman
… journey through the obstacles of life and social barriers in order to gain acceptance from “the audience” and herself. This piece explores the ability of women to wear many faces, and to take up different roles depending on what the situation asks of them. This process explores both …
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Innovating the city : challenges and opportunities in establishing incubators and districts in Paris and Boston
… results highlight key institutional, policy and social barriers that have influenced how innovation places form. These insights are meant to provide policy makers and organizations a better understanding of the challenges and opportunities that face entrepreneurs and startup organizations. In …
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A Phenomenological Exploration of Saudi Women Employees’ Perception of Agency and Career Advancement
… Saudi women faced legal, cultural, and social barriers to employment and career advancement opportunities. This transcendental phenomenological study sought to describe the perception of promotability as it related to agency norms experienced by Saudi women with at least two years of …
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Investigating the extent to which students share tacit knowledge using moblie phones in group projects
… of workload, free riding, individual and social barriers, lack of team development, lack of social interaction, lack of motivation, inadequate rewards, skills and attitude problems or social loafing. The integration of the mobile context and technologies in group-learning can assist in …
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Bible Women: Evangelism and Cultural Transformation in the Early Korean Church
… that enlightened Korean women from an oppressive social structure that totally marginalized them. Through a detailed literature review, this dissertation examines the major religions actively being practiced during the Choson Dynasty and how they affected women. It details the challenges faced by …
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Lesbi Honest: Barriers to Identifying and Actualizing Sexuality as a "Later in Life Lesbian"
… until after age thirty-five, I examine the social barriers that impact these women's identity formation processes, and examine how sexual orientation identity development theories help us understand this process. My findings reveal that heteronormativity, compulsory heterosexuality, lack of …
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The role of parents in preventing substance use among adolescents at Elias Motsoaledi Municipality in the Sekhukhune District, Limpopo Province
… are often hindered by structural, cultural, and social barriers. The study concludes that empowering parents through education, support networks, and community collaboration can strengthen their capacity to prevent adolescent substance use. The results were disseminated through the University of …
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SOCIOECONOMIC BURDENS IN STROKE CARE AND MEASURES TO INCREASE AGENCY IN A REALM OF LIMITED AUTONOMY
… and exercise, among other things. As social determinants of health limit a patient’s ability to act on these recommendations, health care workers are forced to grapple with the question of how to best care for a patient with limited resources. Though some may label this patient as …
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Beyond policy: ethical considerations of immigration enforcement & policies
… a complex intersection of legal, structural, and social barriers. Due to exclusions from most options for health insurance, many undocumented immigrants have extremely limited options to receive healthcare. Emergency departments are the only legally protected location within the healthcare system; …
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Decolonize Your Diet
… health disparities are one example of the social barriers faced by predominately low-income people of color. </p> <p>The Decolonize Your Diet project channels principles of resistance into its mission to improve the health of people of color in Oakland, California. As a model for …
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The Freedom to Choose: The Aesthetics of Choice in Short Stories by Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, Amiri Baraka, and Toni Cade Bambara
… "choices" African Americans make in the face of social barriers? Addressing this question will help to better explain how characters, within specific short stories, make specific decisions to gain higher degrees of social agency and what authorial judgments black writers use to create varied …
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Abortion Beyond the Binary: Transgender people have historically been left out of abortion and reproductive health research. Now, two researchers are bringing their experiences to light.
… that, due to myriad legal, financial, and social barriers, trans people often struggle to obtain the healthcare services they need. In 2017, this knowledge gap spurred Heidi Moseson and Sachiko Ragosta, two public health researchers at Ibis Reproductive Health in Oakland, California, to …
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A Novel Model of “Remedy and Elimination of Tuberculosis”
… the year 2050. Measures might include addressing social barriers and improving implementation of tools which may increase the likelihood of achieving elimination. Looking at the high incidence rate of TB, this dissertation aims to research and find foundation for this disease in countries and …
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Bad girls in corsets: Women and the transgressive body in the nineteenth century
… against. The urge for women to break through social barriers and constraints binding them to the century created a divergence in thought from the traditional mores of the past, in turn affecting the ways in which womens’ bodies were portrayed, displayed and manipulated by the authors and …
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Food access in local food retail stores: a mixed method approach
… food offerings, store characteristics and social interactions between retail clerks and their customers. Results showed a dearth of fresh food offerings in corner stores and physical and social barriers between store owners and customers in some stores. Differences in food offerings and …
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Applying Durkheim’s Theory of Suicide: A Study of Altruism and Anomie Among Canadian Veterans of Afghanistan
… incurred on deployment. Discussions of difficult social transitions run parallel to this research on suicide. Research on Canadian Veterans in transition to civilian life highlights the negative effect of losing one’s tightly formed communal bonds when leaving the military (Black and Papile, …
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