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Sandra Taylor
Bio: Sandra Taylor is an academic researcher from Clark Atlanta University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) & Condom. The author has an hindex of 8, co-authored 15 publications receiving 915 citations.
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TL;DR: Gross as mentioned in this paper argues that the modern plunderers are not anomalies but are the legitimate descendants of the financiers who organized Lowell and the Boott and turns a study of a defunct textile corporation into a condemnation of economic practices and theories that are widely accepted today and are inherent in the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Abstract: parative advantage. The work would also be stronger if the author could provide more detail as to how profitable the Boott was and where the profits were re-invested; Gross makes it clear that profits were not plowed back into the mill. It is probable that the figures are simply not available but, if they could be presented, they would make a strong case even more convincing. In his postscript Gross draws parallels between modern entrepreneurs, who are often criticized for \"being devoted to the production of profits, not of goods\" (p. 242), and the owners of the Boott. He argues that the modern \"plunderers\" are not anomalies but are the legitimate descendants of the financiers who organized Lowell and the Boott. In short, Gross turns a study of a defunct textile corporation into a condemnation of economic practices and theories that are widely accepted today and are inherent in the North American Free Trade Agreement. How his thesis will be received and incorporated into the interpretation of Lowell is an interesting question.
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01 Jan 1992
TL;DR: A detailed look at how health risks such as AIDS, chemical depAndency, cancer, violence, sickle-cell anemia, infant mortality, and lead poisoning are affecting the black community offers health professionals helpful strategies for providing improved health care and disease prevention efforts.
Abstract: Health Concerns of Black Americans"This is an important book--a vital source for policy makers and for all citizens concerned with issues of importance to the nation and to the black community."--John E. Jacob, president and CEO, National Urban League, Inc.A detailed look at how health risks such as AIDS, chemical depAndency, cancer, violence, sickle-cell anemia, infant mortality, and lead poisoning are affecting the black community. It offers health professionals helpful strategies for providing improved health care and disease prevention efforts to this population.
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01 Sep 1991
TL;DR: In this article, the authors make the texts: the cultural construction of femininity - gender relations, schooling and popular culture theorizing culture gender and culture schooling and the reproduction of gender relations the pedagogical construction of the textuality and classroom sexism in the classroom teaching about texts working with texts.
Abstract: Part 1 Making the texts: the cultural construction of femininity - gender relations, schooling and popular culture theorizing culture gender and culture schooling and the reproduction of gender relations the pedagogical construction of femininity - textuality and the classroom sexism in the classroom teaching about texts working with texts. Part 2 Reading the texts: days of their lives - watching the soaps never-ending stories girls and television girls watch the soaps soap operas and femininity romancing the girl - fiction, fantasy and femininity the popularity of romance fiction fashioning the feminine through romance fiction the world of "Dolly" fiction reading the romance dear diary - girls and writing girls' writing - boys' writing writing tasks and topics - the potential for misogyny writing against the grain - resistance and re-writing. Part 3 Rewriting the texts feminist classroom practice - the possibilities for challenge and change the curriculum and change subjectivity and change refashioning the feminine.
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01 Jan 1994TL;DR: It is argued for the utility of a community organization approach for achieving health empowerment, and subsequently decreasing the excess deaths in communities of colour.
Abstract: The purpose of this article is to address pertinent issues relative to the association between community organization and health empowerment methods in ethnic communities of colour. It seeks to address these issues by utilizing ethnographic procedures for documenting community health concerns and by advocating for empowerment for people of colour and their participation in coalition partnerships. Increasingly the importance of citizen participation in the planning, assessment, and implementation of community-based health initiatives has been identified as essential for effective health promotion and disease prevention programs. This article argues for the utility of a community organization approach for achieving health empowerment, and subsequently decreasing the excess deaths in communities of colour. The interface of ethnographic procedures, community organization, and development of community-owned action plans for programming health interventions is discussed.
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TL;DR: The author contend that an increased understanding of the relationships that many AA young adults have with hip-hop music may be used by disease prevention personnel to educate these populations about protective factors for HIV.
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TL;DR: The authors review the available empirical evidence and indicates that discrimination is associated with multiple indicators of poorer physical and, especially, mental health status, but the extant research does not adequately address whether and how exposure to discrimination leads to increased risk of disease.
Abstract: The authors review the available empirical evidence from population-based studies of the association between perceptions of racial/ethnic discrimination and health. This research indicates that discrimination is associated with multiple indicators of poorer physical and, especially, mental health status. However, the extant research does not adequately address whether and how exposure to discrimination leads to increased risk of disease. Gaps in the literature include limitations linked to measurement of discrimination, research designs, and inattention to the way in which the association between discrimination and health unfolds over the life course. Research on stress points to important directions for the future assessment of discrimination and the testing of the underlying processes and mechanisms by which discrimination can lead to changes in health. (Am J Public Health. 2003;93:200-208)
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TL;DR: The evidence for both a widening SES differential in health status and an increasing racial gap in health between blacks and whites due, in part, to the worsening health status of the African American population is described.
Abstract: This chapter reviews recent studies of socioeconomic status (SES) and racial differences in health. It traces patterns of the social distribution of disease over time and describes the evidence for both a widening SES differential in health status and an increasing racial gap in health between blacks and whites due, in part, to the worsening health status of the African American population. We also describe variations in health status within and between other racial populations. The interactions between SES and race are examined, and we explore the link between health inequalities and socioeconomic ineqality both by examing the nature of the SES gradient and by identifying the determinants of the magnitude of SES disparities over time. We consider the ways in which major social structures and processes such as racism, acculturation, work, migration, and childhood SES produce inequalities in health. We also attend to the ways in which other intervening factors and resources are constrained by social structure. Measurement issues are addressed, and implications for health policy and future research are described.
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TL;DR: An overview of the design of the NSAL, sample selection procedures, recruitment and training of the national interviewing team, and some of the special problems faced in interviewing ethnically and racially diverse national samples are provided.
Abstract: The objectives of the National Survey of American Life (NSAL) are to investigate the nature, severity, and impairment of mental disorders among national samples of the black and non-Hispanic white (n = 1,006) populations in the US. Special emphasis in the study is given to the nature of race and ethnicity within the black population by selecting and interviewing national samples of African-American (N = 3,570), and Afro-Caribbean (N = 1,623) immigrant and second and older generation populations. National multi-stage probability methods were used in generating the samples and race/ethnic matching of interviewers and respondents were used in the largely face-to-face interview, which lasted on average 2 hours and 20 minutes. The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) IV World Mental Health Composite Interview (WHO-CIDI) was used to assess a wide range of serious mental disorders, potential risk and resilience factors, and help seeking and service use patterns. This paper provides an overview of the design of the NSAL, sample selection procedures, recruitment and training of the national interviewing team, and some of the special problems faced in interviewing ethnically and racially diverse national samples. Unique features of sample design, including special screening and listing procedures, interviewer training and supervision, and response rate outcomes are described.
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15 Jan 2002
TL;DR: This work focuses on the development of a theory and application framework for community-based prevention marketing and its application to Health Promotion practice and research.
Abstract: Tables and Figures. Foreword. Acknowledgements. The Editors. The Contributors. Introduction. 1 Theory in health Promotion Practice and Research (Richard A. Crosby, Michelle C. Kegler, Ralph J. DiClemente). Part 1 Individual-level Approaches. 2 The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model of HIV Preventive Behavior (Jeffrey D. Fisher, William A. Fisher, Paul A. Shuper). 3 Social Influences: The Effects of Socialization, Selection, and Social Normative Processes on Health Behavior (Bruce G. Simons-Morton, Denise Haynie, Elizabeth Noelcke). 4 Self-esteem Enhancement Theory: Promoting Health across the Life-Span (David L. DuBois, Brian R. Flay, Michael C. Fagen). 5 Conservation of Resources Theory: Application to Public Health Promotion (Stevan E. Hobfoll, Jeremiah A. Schumm). 6 Self-Determination Theory: Process Models for Health Behavior Change (Michelle S. Fortier, Geoffrey C. Williams Shane N. Sweet, Heather Patrick). 7 The Elaboration Likelihood Model of Persuasion: Developing Health Promotions for Sustained Behavioral Change (Richard E. Petty, Jamie Barden, S. Christian Wheeler). 8 An Integrative Model for Behavioral Prediction and its Application to Health Promotion (Martin Fishbein). Part 2 Community-Based Approaches. 9 The Community Coalition Action Theory (Frances D. Butterfoss and Michelle C. Kegler). 10 Community Capacity: Theory and Application (Monica L. Wendel, James N. Burdine, Kenneth R. McLeroy, Angela Alaniz, Barbara L. Norton, Michael R.J. Felix). 11 Natural Helper Models to Enhance a Community's Health and Competence (Eugenia Eng, Scott D. Rhodes, Edith Parker). 12 Community-Based Prevention Marketing: A Hybrid Framework for Public Health Professionals (Carol A. Bryant, Kelli R. McCormack Brown, Rita D. Debate, Moya L. Alfonso, Julie A. Baldwin, Paul Monaghan, Leah M. Phillips). Part 3 Ecological Approaches. 13 Changing Our Unhealthy Ways: Emerging Perspectives from Social Action Theory (Craig K. Ewart). 14 The Theory of Gender and Power: Constructs, Variables, and Implications for Developing HIV Interventions for Women (Gina M. Wingood, Christian Camp, Kristin Dunkle, Hannah Cooper, Ralph J. DiClemente). 15 The Logical and Empirical Basis for the Behavioral Ecological Model (Mel Hovell, Dennis Wahlgren, Marc Adams). 16 The Theory of Triadic Influence (Brian R. Flay, Frank Snyder, John Petraitis). 17 The Interactive Domain Model Approach to Best Practices in Health Promotion (Barbara Kahan, David Groulx, Josephine Pui-Hing Wong). 18 COMBI - Communication-for-Behavioral-Impact: A WHO Approach to Social Mobilization in the Promotion of Health (Everold Hosein, Will Parks, Renata Schiavo). 19 Issues and Challenges in Applying Theory to Health Promotion Practice and Research (Ralph J. DiClemente, Michelle C. Kegler, Richard A. Crosby). References. Index.
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TL;DR: Evidence indicates that CBHP programs have produced significant impacts on a variety of health behaviors and a collaborative partnership approach utilizing principles of community-based participatory research, and involving churches in program design and delivery is essential for recruitment, participation, and sustainability.
Abstract: Church-based health promotion (CBHP) interventions can reach broad populations and have great potential for reducing health disparities. From a socioecological perspective, churches and other religious organizations can influence members' behaviors at multiple levels of change. Formative research is essential to determine appropriate strategies and messages for diverse groups and denominations. A collaborative partnership approach utilizing principles of community-based participatory research, and involving churches in program design and delivery, is essential for recruitment, participation, and sustainability. For African Americans, health interventions that incorporate spiritual and cultural contextualization have been effective. Evidence indicates that CBHP programs have produced significant impacts on a variety of health behaviors. Key elements of CBHP are described with illustrations from the authors' research projects.
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