Sentences with phrase «american ethnic studies»

At Willamette, Emilio majored in history and American ethnic studies, and was a member of the Bearcat baseball team.

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The study reports that of the three ethnic groups compared - Caucasian, black and Mexican American - Caucasian children are overall the least active.

* And in the largest and possible most systematic study to date, conducted on five different ethnic groups from both Chicago and New York involving over 1,400 subjects Mosenkis (2000) found far more positive adult outcomes for individuals who coslept as a child, among almost all ethnic groups i.e. African Americans and Puerto Ricans in New York, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and Mexicans in Chicago than there were negative findings.

In addition, some studies have reported ethnic differences — that for African - American and Chinese - Americans, there is sometimes little or no difference in academic performance between kids from authoritarian and authoritative homes.

These studies, performed on cells from Caucasian Americans and African Americans, yielded similar results for both ethnic groups.

Contaminants affect the ability of tribes to live and raise children in their traditional ways, said Elizabeth Hoover, an assistant professor of ethnic and American studies at Brown University who has worked with the Anishinaabe and other tribes on environmental justice issues.

For his part, he says that studying H. pylori may allow scientists to circumvent mistrust of their research by certain ethnic groups, particularly Native Americans and Aborigines in Australia, who may be reluctant to provide blood or saliva samples.

Obesity raises the prevalence of high blood pressure among adolescents but the increase is particularly pronounced among Hispanics compared to white, African - American or Asian ethnic groups, according to a study by researchers at McGovern Medical School at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth).

Kye's study is one of the first to look at white Americans» response to the influx of suburban ethnic populations.

African American women were found to be twice as likely to be diagnosed with peripartum cardiomyopathy as compared to women of Caucasian, Hispanic / Latina, Asian, and other ethnic backgrounds, according to a new study — the largest of its kind — published today in JAMA Cardiology by researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

August 13, 2017 • After Arizona banned a Mexican - American studies curriculum in Tucson, Ariz., ethnic studies courses have taken root in districts across the country.

The study from the New York City - based Social Science Research Council also finds that females rate higher on the educational index than males, Asian - Americans are the highest - rated ethnic group, and New...

The American high school, once an austere brick building serving a few hundred children, mostly white boys, who studied reading, writing, and arithmetic, has grown into a sprawling mall complex for thousands of boys and girls, of various ethnic groups, offering something — from algebra to band and basketball — for everyone.

But now it will be called «Ethnic Studies: An Overview of Americans of Mexican Descent.»

This bill, supported in testimony by the California Teachers Association, if passed, would «require instruction (emphasis mine) in social sciences to also include a study of the role and contributions of Native Americans, African Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, Pacific Islanders, European Americans, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Americans, persons with disabilities, and other ethnic and cultural groups, to the development of California and the United States.»

Although study of clinical phenomena in individuals from different ethnic backgrounds has improved over the years, African American and Asian American individuals continue to be underrepresented in

Adrienne Keene is an Assistant Professor of American Studies and Ethnic Studies at Brown University.

Although efforts have been made to specifically improve graduation rates among subgroups that regularly have lower achievement, including English learners, those in the foster care system or low - income youth, the American Institutes» study released last week suggests districts should also target subgroups within racial and ethnic subgroups where significant cultural variety is common.

Kristen Elias Rowley is Editor - in - Chief and acquires American studies, race & ethnic studies, Latinx studies, and creative works.

The study compared the credit scores of members of each ethnic group, leading to data that shows Caucasians earning less than $ 25,000 per year were likely to have better credit scores than African - Americans earning between $ 65,000 and $ 75,000 per year.

This symposium celebrates the publication of Asian American Art: A History, 1850 — 1970 and is one of the events commemorating the 40th Anniversary of the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and other ethnic studies centers aStudies Center and other ethnic studies centers astudies centers at UCLA.

But, a more studied examination reveals the visages of Ben Stewart, George Murray, Bobby Seale and an unnamed observer at a press conference in Oakland, California on November 21, 1968 during the longest and most violent student - lead protest in American history — a protest which culminated in the establishment of the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University in 1969.

Her research areas include Critical Racial and Ethnic Studies, Feminist Theory, Critical Legal Theory, Political Theory, Moral Philosophy, Postcolonial Studies, and Latin American & Caribbean Studies.

Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services to Parents of Children Involved With Child Welfare: A Study of Racial and Ethnic Differences for American Indian Parents Libby, Orton, Barth, Webb, Burns, Wood, et al (2007) Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 32 (2) View Abstract Presents analysis of data from the National Study of Child and Adolescent Well - Being.

Despite the significant impact of maternal depression on mothers and children alike, maternal mental health needs are often neglected or undiagnosed.18 Prevalence rates of maternal depression are high among low - income women due to the greater challenges they may face related to financial hardships, low levels of community or familial support, and societal prejudice.19 In fact, the prevalence of maternal depression among low - income women in the United States is double the prevalence rate for all U.S. women.20 At the same time, these women are less likely to receive treatment or be screened for postpartum depression.21 Studies show there are clear racial and ethnic disparities in who accesses treatment in the United States, even among women of the same general socio - economic status: In a multiethnic cohort of lower - income Medicaid recipients, 9 percent of white women sought treatment, compared with 4 percent of African American women and 5 percent of Latinas.22

These differing beliefs about love and romance may explain why the African American men and women in this study (compared to those in the three other ethnic groups) were less likely to adopt an agapic orientation to love.

Limitations include a limited postintervention follow - up, no control group, high dropout rate for study participants, and minimal ethnic representation among Asians and Native Americans.

Participants indicated their racial / ethnic category as European American (65.5 %), African American (16.2 %), Hispanic (8.6 %), Multiracial (5.1 %), Asian / South Pacific Islander (2.5 %), Indigenous Peoples (2 %), and 60.4 % were in a romantic relationship at the time of the study.

Studies show that increased cultural sensitivity and an individualized perspective integrating racial and ethnic background is suggested to promote understanding of culturally specific underpinnings of violence and aggression; particularly in the African American and Latino communities.

To ensure that the study included a sizable proportion of racial / ethnic minorities and low - income respondents for more accurate subgroup analyses, there was also an oversampling of US telephone exchanges that had a population of 70 % or more of African American, Hispanic, or low - income households.

Studies of students in racial / ethnic minority groups suggest that parental expectations also appear to be related to academic self - efficacy among African American and Latino students.

Some parenting differences have been identified in specific racial / ethnic groups; for example, in a study of a large diverse population, Hispanic parents were significantly higher on adolescent reports of parental monitoring than White parents, and African American parents were lower than White parents on adolescent reports of warmth (Chao & Kanatsu, 2008).

Structural equation modeling was used to examine the effects of cultural factors (ethnic identity, perceived discrimination), family relations, and child problem type on mental health service utilization in a community sample of 1,480 adolescent girls (860 African American, 620 European American) between ages 15 and 17 years enrolled in the Pittsburgh Girls Study.

«I studied how they used them and recognized that many Americans may want open floor plans and large master suites, but other ethnic groups want bedrooms of a uniform size and to share bathrooms,» says Pages.