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Showing 1 to 20 of 39 for “"South Asian women"”.
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Pregnancy outcome in South Asian women: Factors affecting diet and nutrition
Infants born to women of South Asian origin in England have a lower birth weight than the UK general population (1) and the cause is yet largely unknown but as maternal nutrition can account for up to 5.0% variance in birth weight further investigation is required (2). Social and cultural norms and …
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South Asian women in Canada and media discourse : a feminist collaborative analysis
… in the representations of the lives of Canadian women of South Asian origin in the Vancouver Sun. The strategy adopted consists in presenting first, the views of three South Asian women activists who acted as collaborators and analyzed the constituted sample of articles; second, feminist …
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The experiences of African, Caribbean and South Asian women in initial teacher education
… views and experiences of a group of black women student teachers. It is through the women's own voices that an insight is given into the experience of teacher training for black women. The women's motivations to enter initial teacher education (ITE), their perceptions of ITE, their …
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South Asian Women Together in a Health Initiative (SATHI): A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Background. Canadian South Asian women have high rates of cardiovascular disease and low rates of physical activity. The primary objective of this study was to assess feasibility (recruitment, retention, engagement, acceptability) of the South Asian women Together in a Health Initiative (SATHI) …
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Bridging the Gap: Exploring the Experiences of South Asian Women Immigrant Teachers in Toronto
In this dissertation, I share the voices of South Asian women immigrant school teachers living in Toronto. In this era of global mass migration and the increasing number of women immigrants, I argue that it is important to examine how gender and race affect racialized immigrant women’s working …
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Segregation and Resistance Against South Asian Women with Disabilities in Ontario's Post-Secondary Education System
… and resistance on the academic achievement of South Asian women in post-secondary education with a disability based on race, gender, disability, and culture. This thesis is on students who have undertaken postsecondary education. As this thesis aims to provide a comprehensive portrait of how …
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Subject positions of British South Asian women with inflammatory bowel disease: a Foucauldian discourse analysis
… inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) among British South Asians (BSA) is increasing. Evidence suggests that people of BSA background are more likely to develop IBD than white Europeans. Research on women with IBD is primarily focused on reproduction, which limits our understanding of their IBD …
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The social meanings and implications of the Beta-thalassaemia trait among South Asian women in England.
The AIMS of this study are to: (1) To explore how South Asian women (those who have ethnic origins in India, Pakistan or Bangladesh) make sense of the beta-thalassaemia trait in the context of their everyday experiences and, in turn, how these experiences impact their identities. (2) To ascertain …
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Exploring factors influencing the expression of sexuality in UK-born South Asian women: A phenomenological approach
Belonging to a South Asian family in Britain does not come without struggles. One theme that has dominated the literature on South Asian families is the amalgamation of two cultural value systems between the East and the West: Two cultural scripts, prescribing contradictory lifestyles - …
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Negotiating Gender Identity, Motherhood and Consumption: Examining the Experiences of South Asian Women in the UK
… aims to understand the role of consumption for South Asian mothers living in the UK as they incorporate motherhood into their gender identities. Consumer research on motherhood suggests mothers’ consumption practices are intertwined with the dominant norms of good mothering that pervade many …
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Navigating cultural contexts: exploring the experience of cultural difference for South Asian women in psychological therapy
… the experience of cultural difference for South Asian women in psychological therapy. Specifically, it was to explore the contextual experience of having therapy derived from a western, individualistic discipline and navigating this with the interplay of South Asian women’s everyday …
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An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the experience of forced marriage for diasporic south Asian women who have left
… of FM with interagency protocols to protect women involving healthcare and other professionals as victims of FM may not get another opportunity to tell someone what is happening to them. The “one chance rule” guidelines stress the importance of acting swiftly to secure endangered individual’s …
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Developing an understanding of the experiences of south Asian women with gestational diabetes mellitus living in the UK
… diagnosis and management of diabetes mellitus of South Asian people living in the UK. The review attempts to determine how culturally specific experiences may impact on illness perceptions for this population, links to theory and clinical implications are then discussed.Part two is an empirical …
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Imperial wards: South Asian women doctors and the networking of medical institutions in the late-Victorian British Empire
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-05-01
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Love Letter : A study of South Asian Women, and their relationships with Māori and other racialised Women in Aotearoa
This project records the experiences of South Asian women in Aotearoa, New Zealand, and what those experiences reveal about the possibilities and limits of solidarity with Māori and other racialised women under conditions of settler colonialism and white supremacy. This work is a response to my own …
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Is fair lovely?: A cross-cultural comparison of the impact of colorism on mental health in South Asian women
… and how it affects the mental well-being of South Asian women in the U.S. and South Asia. Using Objectification Theory (Fredrickson & Roberts, 1997), I hypothesized that these messages are associated with self-objectification processes (e.g., skin tone surveillance, skin color satisfaction, …
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Comparing diabetes self-care activities and health promotion lifestyles among South Asian women with new and established Type 2 Diabetes diagnoses
Abstract The South Asian population is one of the fastest growing minority groups in the US, has a high prevalence of diabetes mellitus and the highest rate of cardiovascular disease in the world. Although men and women are equally affected, women tend to have poorer outcomes. Yet little is known …
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Conspiracy of silence: Cultural dissonance as a risk factor for the development of eating disorders in second generation South Asian women.
… exploratory study examines whether traditional South Asian cultural practices, norms and values influence body image and body dissatisfaction in Canadian South Asian women, and whether these factors are involved in the development of eating disorders in this ethno-racial group. Eight second …
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Exploring the mental health help-seeking experiences of British South Asian women and using these findings in the development of an intervention
Research has shown that a high number of South Asian people suffer with mental health problems and that South Asian women specifically, are at high risk of attempting self -harm or suicide. However, there seems to be a low uptake of the mainstream services offered by the South Asian community as a …
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