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Showing 1 to 20 of 135 for “"marginalized communities"”.
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Combating HIV/AIDS in Marginalized Communities: Papua and West Papua Provinces, Indonesia
… tribal groups that are socioeconomically marginalized and most affected by the epidemic. My research investigates behavior change communication as a principal strategy undertaken by multiple organizations for HIV/AIDS prevention in this region. I take a qualitative approach by examining …
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Transformational leadership approach for encouraging historically marginalized communities to access admission to Naturopathic Medicine
… One potential reason is a lack of historically marginalized individuals applying to these medical schools. Attracting communities of colour to healthcare professions, like naturopathic medicine is important for improving healthcare access and delivery across all individuals within North America. …
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Spatial solutions for healing in marginalized communities: A case study on the Gullah/Geechee people
The enslavement of Africans in the Americas speaks to a terrible cruelty and greed that tarnishes the polished image the United States has long promulgated to itself and the international community. This experience also speaks to the endurance and innovation of Black Americans and their enslaved …
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Alcohol and substance use outcomes among emerging adults living in marginalized communities: A secondary data analysis
Submission original under an indefinite embargo labeled 'Open Access'. The submission was exported from vireo on 2023-04-12 without embargo terms
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How financial intermediation affects information asymmetry and the uptake of life insurance in marginalized communities in South Africa
… on the uptake of life insurance in low-income communities in South Africa. The study was motivated by the significantly high penetration of funeral cover in low-income communities with a relatively low adoption of life insurance in these same communities. The literature highlights, in …
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Equity-focused leadership: The leadership practices and beliefs of principals in academically successful schools serving students from marginalized communities
… thirteen schools where students of color from marginalized communities have academic outcomes beyond the average. This study is a phenomenological examination of six of the principals leading these schools. The phenomenological approach is appropriate in this case because it allows the …
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A comparative study of tools and processes of empowerment and inclusion of marginalized communities as under affirmative action and the EU framework. The case of the Roma of Hungary and the Dalits of India
… a socio-political reality and is visible amongst communities deemed marginalized according to accepted standards of social and economic exploitation. - Notwithstanding their geo-spatial and contextual differences such communities are widely spread. - Marginalization has for centuries been …
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Deconstructing the Teenage Pregnancy "Epidemic:" An Informed Approach to Caring for Marginalized Adolescents While Respecting Reproductive Autonomy
… Reversible Contraceptives (LARCs) to teens in marginalized communities. While these efforts are well-intentioned, they fail to recognize their perpetuation of histories of reproductive coercion of young women of color. This paper recommends ways in which the medical community can be better …
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White Memory and the (Counter)Stories We Might Tell
… tells stories about its relationships with marginalized communities. I ask what we should do with archives that exceed institutional progress narratives. Specifically, I foreground White memory, a process through which (mis)remembering public history creates a network of meaning-making …
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Good for Her: Catharsis and Empowerment in Contemporary Literature
… trend in readership within online discourse communities is the emergence of the genre called “Good for Her,” which contains themes of transgression beyond traditional expectations of socially acceptable feminine behavior by situating revenge arcs to celebrate actions that otherwise would have …
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A Methodological Framework for transnational Global Health workforce development as an intervention for health disparities utilizing the CDU GHL Zambia Program
… much needed diverse global health leaders from marginalized communities to meet the health challenges emerging in the Global South (WHO, 2016). According to the World Health Organization’s Global Strategy on human resources for health: Workforce 2030, (WHO, 2016) only a small percentage of the …
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A symphony of voices: digital and visual narratives of Japanese American incarceration
… historical writing, alter the ways histories of marginalized communities may be accessed and understood. The creative sections foreground the importance of the subject position as well as aesthetic experience in approaching such complex historical phenomena. To help scholars speak with rather …
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Aesthetics, Politics, and the Urban Space in Postcolonial British Literature
… and narrative interventions employed by marginalized and minority communities in Postcolonial Britain in the face of political and social dispossession. It looks at Buchi Emecheta’s Second-Class Citizen (1975), Salman Rushdie’s The Satanic Verses (1989), and Zadie Smith’s NW (2012), along …
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The Power Behind Postsecondary Attainment Goals: A Critical Policy Discourse Analysis
… supremacy by relying on the success of racially marginalized communities to meet postsecondary attainment goals. With philanthropic foundations playing an increased role in advancing an advocacy-focused agenda to increase postsecondary attainment across states, there was also a need to better …
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Equitable energy for Massachusetts : how can climate policy reduce inequality?
… gas emissions and has limited support for marginalized communities. The state's annual $730 million of investment in energy efficiency is governed by the Green Communities Act, which emphasizes cost-savings for consumers rather than environmental benefits or social equity. The state's …
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Roberto Clemente Community Academy: A Counter-Narrative on Chicago School Reform, 1988--1998
… dynamics inhibit democratic participation of marginalized communities who seek to reform schools."
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Allegories of Repair
… of Repair" explores the complex dynamics of marginalized communities, focusing on West Dallas. Embracing Donna Haraway's "situated knowledges," the thesis proposes a resilient methodology to understand the intertwined context. Utilizing storytelling tools, the narrative unfolds, depicting the …
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Understanding Digital Inequality and the Role of Cooperatives
… or high-tech services in disadvantaged communities, motivating further investigation of the role of cooperatives in providing high-quality services in marginalized communities. Chapter 3 examines the comparative advantage of cooperatives relative to investor-owned firms in Internet …
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SOCIAL DISPARITIES IN HEALTHCARE UTILIZATION FOR CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS WITH MIGRAINE DISEASE
… This disproportionately affects patients from marginalized communities who tend to visit the ED for chronic conditions. While prior research found disparities in migraine treatment, we suspect that these disparities might also involve migraine diagnosis. If so, the biases one aims to explore …
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New Media, new voices : supporting civic engagement in low-income communities of color
… access, new possibilities are emerging for marginalized communities to increase their say in public processes. Many across governmental, private and nonprofit sectors are starting to experiment with using new media tools as a means for civic engagement. However, will building new platforms …
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