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Showing 1 to 20 of 140 for “"Structural barriers."”.
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Structural barriers to Emiratisation : analysis and policy recommendations
Decades of rapid development on the Arabian Peninsula attracted numerous migrant workers who now dominate the labour markets. In the United Arab Emirates, expatriate workers take some 98 per cent of jobs in the private sector and 91 per cent in the public sector; Emirati nationals have the few …
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Schooling Black Males: Hegemonic Discourses, Structural Barriers, and Strategic Resistance
… research study was to understand how such barriers and discourses affected these students and how the students negotiated their experiences in school. This study was designed to describe the problem, its background and to discuss a relevant theoretical framework. This study examined the …
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Reducing Structural Barriers In The Pediatric Transplant Selection Process: Assessing And Intervening Using A Standardized Psychosocial Assessment Tool
… the opportunity for life saving treatment once structural barriers to care were addressed.</p>
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Perceptions of Help-Seeking Likelihood for Depression: Examining the Relative Predictive Value of Ethnicity and Barriers to Care
… Whites, suggesting these groups experience barriers in accessing care differently. This study sought to test the theoretical steps of help-seeking as informed by the Gaining Access and Treatment Equity model (GATE model; Bridges, 2018). According to the GATE model, successful help-seeking …
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Perceived Online Education Barriers Through The Voices Of Administrators And Faculty At a U.S. University In Lebanon
… of this study was to reveal the perceived barriers obstructing the implementation of online education by administrators and faculty at the School of Arts and Sciences at a U.S. university located in Lebanon using an online survey instrument. The aim of this study was to create a solution to …
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Advancing Equity in Financial Aid for Black Students: A Document Analysis Study of Student Equity Plans in California Community Colleges
… the study interrogated whether SEPs acknowledged structural barriers Black students faced and how financial aid strategies were constructed to address these inequities. Although many SEPs recognized that Black students experienced disproportionate impact (DI) in key metrics such as enrollment, …
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Cuban Americans and type 2 diabetes : describing self-management decision making using an empowerment framework
… to be important by the participants. Cost, time, structural barriers, social environment, symptoms, and medical information influenced self-management decisions. Challenges included negotiating social occasions, acknowledgement of friends and family, structural barriers, and available resources. …
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The Motherhood Contract: Mental Load, Moral Risk, and Gendered Care In Contemporary Parenting and Digital Culture
… of gender inequality shaped by cultural norms, structural barriers, and digital discourse. Despite increased awareness of shared parenting ideals, mothers predominantly bear the “mental load.” This study introduces the idea of a motherhood contract: implicit expectations that mothers are …
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Creating inclusive institutions : race-based affirmative action policies in higher education in the United States and Brazil
… policies that negate the need to correct for structural barriers African-Americans face in their pursuit for a postsecondary education. Race-based policies in the United States survive only because they increase levels of diversity, which have been shown to enhance the educational quality for …
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Dentists’ Perceptions of their Professional Roles in the context of Referral Decisions in Primary Dental Care in England
… patients but felt constrained from doing so by structural barriers. Conclusions This study adds to our understanding of why dentists make, accept or decline referrals within PDC in England. It suggests that failure to resolve structural barriers or to consider dentists’ values will hinder …
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Supporting the integration of refugee and asylum-seeking health professionals into the South African Health System
… the personal stories behind the systemic barriers to professional integration. This study is grounded in Bourdieu's theory of capital, examining how refugee and asylum seeker economic, social, cultural and symbolic capital is systematically devalued. It also incorporates critical …
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A qualitative case study to investigate the barriers to educational and professional development an aging workforce faces in an evolved digital workplace.
… to the company. Socioeconomic factors and structural barriers that can and do limit middle-aged workers' success in their careers are found in the literature. This qualitative single case study builds on prior knowledge and utilizes an a priori framework to delve deeper into the issue that …
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Exploring perceptions of help-seeking for mental health care among young adults in Maputo, Mozambique
… an understanding of the general perceptions, barriers, and facilitators to seeking mental health care among young adults in Maputo, Mozambique. In the context of the pandemic, semi-structured interviews were conducted using the voice note feature on the mobile application WhatsApp. …
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Parent Perceptions and Experiences in Child Custody Decision-Making
… into perspective their acts of resistance to structural barriers. These acts of resistance, I show, are avenues for change. Specifically for the findings in this study, these acts of resistance demonstrate a pathway for those with seemingly little power to challenge legislation.
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A qualitative case study of one Hispanic-serving community college’s use of the multicultural organizational design model to describe equity-centered services.
… costs of living, inflation, and persistent structural barriers increasingly threaten persistence and completion outcomes for CC students, many of whom balance academic demands with work, caregiving responsibilities, and unmet basic needs. As CCs serve increasingly diverse student …
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Becoming Somebody - Learning Identities and Trajectories for Students in a Protracted Refugee Situation
… situations (PRS) such as Malaysia. Although structural barriers to access, particularly for higher education, are well understood in PRS, these do not account for the low uptake of places on higher education programmes despite high demand. Taking access to higher education as a starting …
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An evaluation of the implementation of the 3-tiered ART monitoring system in South Africa
… elicited facility-level challenges as well as structural barriers to effective implementation. The study demonstrated that South Africa's introduction of the 3-Tiered Strategy for ART monitoring was championed by senior management in the NDOH who fostered a collaborative environment and …
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ENHANCING TRANSFORMATIVE LEARNING FOR MARGINALISED GIRLS: A CRITICAL ANALYSIS OF THE ROLE OF PEDAGOGICAL PROCESSES IN AN ACCELERATED EDUCATION PROGRAMME IN GHANA
… backgrounds, particularly girls, who face structural barriers related to poverty and restrictive cultural norms that reinforce their marginalisation. Transformative learning, which is concerned with empowering learners to overcome these barriers while fostering societal change, is …
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The Non-Recognition or Devaluation of Foreign Professional Immigrants Credentials in Canada: The Impact on the Receiving Country (Canada) and the Immigrants
… of these foreign professionals face systemic and structural barriers of not having their credentials recognized within the Canadian labor market, and as a result many are often forced into unskilled jobs to survive. The general aim of the thesis is to try and show that the non-recognition of …
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Temporary Employment Agencies in Ontario: Experiences of South Asian Immigrant Women
… funneled into agency work due to a variety of structural barriers, and that the lack of rights associated with agency work leaves them particularly vulnerable to exploitation and poverty. As such, it is proposed that changes must address a lack of security and enforcement of employment …
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