Browsing by Department "Community Research and Action"
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(2015-07-14)Department: Community Research and ActionAs conflicts surrounding the global Muslim community and other religious divisions continue to capture the attention of the media and public audiences, scholars and community practitioners increasingly extol the benefits ...
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(2009-04-08)Department: Community Research and ActionMuch ink has been spilled over the question of whether or not there is a “culture war” going on in the United States between religious conservatives and liberals (Hunter, 1991). This thesis examines the possibility of ...
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(2017-03-24)Department: Community Research and ActionResearch suggests that adolescent recovery from substance use disorders is a complex and dynamic process requiring multiple resources at intersecting ecological levels. The recovery capital framework is one model that ...
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(2004-07-29)Department: Community Research and ActionCollaborations are increasingly looked to for the resolution of social problems, in the establishment of market dominance on local and global levels, and within organizations as a method for increasing efficacy. Generally ...
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(2013-05-28)Department: Community Research and ActionDespite myriad well-funded local and national initiatives to achieve health equity in the U.S., significant disparities in health between racial groups persist. Local health departments (LHDs) are one of the most salient ...
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(2016-07-26)Department: Community Research and ActionThe association between neighborhood-level racial segregation and low birth weight among Black infants was systematically reviewed and meta-analyzed. Seven major databases (e.g., PubMed, PsycINFO) were searched, and ten ...
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(2011-12-10)Department: Community Research and ActionAs systems of care become more prevalent for children and adolescents with mental health needs, there are an increasing number of peer support programs available for their family caregivers. Though these programs have shown ...
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(2012-08-06)Department: Community Research and ActionThis paper provides an examination of the foreclosure crisis from the perspective of community-based organizations (CBOs), aspiring low-income homeowners, and very low-income households. It looks backward to examine the ...
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(2010-04-16)Department: Community Research and ActionFaith-based community organizing groups (FBCOs) have a well-established record of engaging citizens on issues of local concern. These groups increasingly recognize the need to engage with political structures beyond the ...
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(2007-09-19)Department: Community Research and ActionThis thesis examines the case of New Community Church, a digital film made by the author, from the perspective of ethnographic research. The case study shows how ethnographic process involves movement from a formative ...
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(2008-08-04)Department: Community Research and ActionCaregiver strain is a complex phenomenon with the potential to have a deleterious effect on caregivers’ ability to perform their caregiving duties. Previous research has suggests that differences in race influence caregivers’ ...
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(2010-04-15)Department: Community Research and ActionHow are characteristics of communities associated with the degree to which systems of care (SOC) are implemented within them? This study uses multiple regression with a stratified random sample (n=225) of U.S. counties to ...
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(2018-10-18)Department: Community Research and ActionIn the broad field of community research (CR), epistemic justice is often considered to be an issue at the community level. That is, the more empowering methodologies are used, the more CR should contribute to epistemic ...
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(2008-09-19)Department: Community Research and ActionThis study is a response to the recent global re-framing of domestic violence as a preventable social problem, calling for prevention-oriented efforts throughout the different levels of our societies, or social ecology. ...
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(2014-04-11)Department: Community Research and ActionScholars have called for a paradigmatic shift away from acculturation models contingent upon oversimplified binaries that associate individuals with their culture of origin or the culture(s) associated with their resettlement ...
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(2017-11-21)Department: Community Research and ActionRecent research has suggested that a social justice education (SJE) increases students’ awareness of social issues affecting communities, while simultaneously equipping students with skills they can apply in a real-world ...
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(2009-04-20)Department: Community Research and ActionAdolescent substance abuse continues to be a public health concern. Certain vulnerable populations, including racial/ethnic minorities, females, and rural residents, still contend with disparities in access to health care. ...
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(2012-12-14)Department: Community Research and ActionThis dissertation explores three broad questions related to data, theory, and policy on medical migration from Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) to the United States. How many SSA-born and SSA-trained physicians are currently ...
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(2010-12-10)Department: Community Research and ActionEmpirical investigations that examine mortgage default tend to frame studies with theory that emphasizes individual financial factors and minimizes ecological factors, which may influence defaulters' opinions of their homes ...
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(2017-04-10)Department: Community Research and ActionAttending and graduating from college has become an essential tool for social mobility over the last several decades. However, despite efforts to expand opportunities to increase college access for all students, there is ...