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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"marginalized population"”.
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Unlocking Doors for the Locked-Out: How Can Community Colleges Help to Demolish Barriers, Build Bridges, and Transition Male Ex-Offenders into the Workforce
… colleges could provide in order to assist this marginalized population in overcoming these barriers. This qualitative case study was conducted at a community college offering programs that attracted a population of at least 50% male ex-offenders. Six male ex-offender students, four of the case …
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"Oye Mi Voz!" (Hear My Voice!): The Perceptions of Hispanic Boys Regarding their Literacy Experiences
… for future work when considering this specific population other supporting questions were added. These include: 1.) What have researchers reported about Hispanic boys in literacy situations? 2.) What is the role of masculinity (machismo) in the literacy lives of Hispanic boys? 3.) What teaching …
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POSSIBILITIES AND PERILS: EXAMINING THE EXPERIENCES OF NONTRADITIONAL STUDENTS IN COMMUNITY COLLEGES
… nontraditional student. This study enables this marginalized population to be heard through a phenomenological approach. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore the experiences of urban community college students and how they are able to navigate through trials/tribulations and …
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An Exploration of Dual Identity in Sandra Cisneros's The House on Mango Street
… of Esperanza, Cisneros tells stories about the marginalized population that are seldom told. She depicts poverty, racism, and gender imposed expectations through the observations Esperanza makes about her community on Mango Street. All these issues affect Esperanza’s dual identity because she …
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The White Men Are Coming! The White Men Are Coming!: Identifying Navajoness through Reservation Tourism in 30 Days, Jamie's American Road Trip, and Navajo Cops
Native Americans as a marginalized population within the United States are typically rendered invisible within contemporary culture and society. Often relegated to the past, within the American and global imagination, Natives are habitually characterized by homogenizing stereotypes, which only …
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Climate change impact on U.S. hurricane risk to residential buildings
… if the hurricane-prone regions are inhabited by marginalized population, then the overall hurricane risk in those regions would be even higher. Many studies have found that some population groups are more vulnerable to the hazard impact compared to others. In other words, the differences in …
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Latter-day Saint Undergraduate Students' Interfaith Engagement: A Post-Intentional Phenomenological Study
… of Latter-day Saints are a minoritized and marginalized population in the United States and on most college and university campuses (Rockenbach, Bowman, et al., 2017). Recent studies highlight the negative characteristics of campus environments that affect Latter-day Saint undergraduate …
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A quién le importa? Exploring Latina Women's Diabetes Experiences at a Community Care Center: A Community-Based Participatory Research Study
… the lack of representation for this particular marginalized population. While many studies focus on a general population, white male homogeneity is prevalent, drowning out female voices and most often communities of color. This study incorporates a CBPR (Community Based Participatory Research) …
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Mental Health Care at the Margins: A Critical Ethnography of Psychological Practice in an Inner City Mental Health Setting
… when it comes to mental health care services for marginalized populations. Various studies have addressed the issue of this "gap" in mental health care; however, most adhere to positivist assumptions regarding sociocultural aspects of experience, understanding culture and identity as immutable …
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A co-cultural communicative exploration of gay and lesbian transracial adoptive parenthood
… theory of communication to explore how the marginalized population of gay and lesbian transracial adoptive (TRA) parents communicated with the other culturally dominant members of their society. It then analyzed the communication behaviors found to see if any differences existed in their …
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“There is a human being there”: A critical pedagogic approach to shift perceptions of patient worthiness in South Africa
Socially marginalized individuals in South Africa may be deemed unworthy of scarce resources to promote health and treat illness. Perceptions of patients' relative worthiness impacts health seeking behaviour and outcomes: those deemed unworthy may receive inferior care or be denied health services …
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Freedom to Be One's Self: Appalachian Women's Perspectives on Empowerment
… affect empowerment, focusing on a frequently marginalized population, Appalachian women. The data were examined within an Eriksonian framework in relationship to how successful development through Erikson's psychosocial stages affects empowerment.Qualitative analysis of the results indicated …
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Social Vulnerability and Public Health: Developing A Metric For Medical Emergency Management In Florida
… medical conditions give rise to special needs populations that may require/necessitate additional resources in preparing for, responding to, and recovering from disasters. Emerging research in hazards and epidemiology has alluded to the inherent ties between indicators of social vulnerability …
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Rethinking the design paradigm for university technology projects in international development
… impactful interventions for the world's poor and marginalized population. Furthermore, these projects must be conducted responsibly, remotely, and in fulfillment of project sponsors. This thesis explores two projects to better understand such engineering for development initiatives. The first …
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The Lived Experiences of the Adolescent Father in Northern Virginia
… of the needs and perceptions of this marginalized group. A transformative process best described the lived experience of these adolescent fathers. Fatherhood was described as a life-changing event, as they traversed a range of negative behaviors to become actively involved fathers. An …
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Evaluation of knowledge transfer in an immersive virtual learning environment for the transportation community
… technology to positively affect the inclusion of marginalized populations into virtual learning environments. This research will establish a solid theoretical and evidence-based link between use of the virtual world learning environment and improved knowledge transfer and retention for that …
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Gifted or Disabled: An Oral Histories of African American Malesdefying Special Education Marginalization
<p>his dissertation examined a marginalized population of African American males who have defied labeling and placement into Special Education programs by productivity in adulthood. A Critical race theoretical framework was utilized and the writings of CRT theorists guided this research study …
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Capabilities eroded and childcare dilemmas: A phenomenological study of low-income single student mothers in higher education in the United States and Germany
… the macro-level. As single mothers represent a marginalized constituency, the capabilities approach in combination with the concept of defamilisation was used as an analytical framework that focused on their individual and social well-being. The objective of this cross-national study was to …
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ICTs and the reconfiguration of 'marginality' in Langa Township: A study of migration and belonging
… Africans, particularly the disadvantaged black population, reluctant to welcome African immigrants or 'outsiders' seeking to integrate. This poses considerable difficulties for many migrants attempting to negotiate acceptance. African migrants often end up living on the margins of South Africa, …
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Addiction and Recovery Experiences of African American Women: A Phenomenological Study
… of the experiences and perspectives of this marginalized population of women. The major goal of the study is to examine the perspectives of African American women about their substance abuse, treatment and recovery. The knowledge gained from this research with African American women regarding …
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