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151	An investigation into social factors influencing poor uptake of HIV counselling and testing (HCT) services by middle-aged black men (35- 49 years of age) in Pimville, Soweto Mdunge, Nomsombuluko Sybil 11 1900 (has links) This study investigated the social factors influencing the poor uptake of HIV Testing and Counselling (HCT) services by middle-aged black men in Pimville, Soweto. A qualitative research approach was used for this study in which ten men and two key informants were interviewed. Themes explored were the participants’ biographical characteristics, knowledge of HIV and AIDS, health-seeking behaviours, understanding of multiple sexual partnerships, male circumcision, and challenges in using HCT services. Various social behaviour change theories formed the theoretical framework guiding this study. It was found that fear, stigma and cultural factors are major reasons for the poor HCT uptake. Despite the men’s high HIV risk perceptions, behaviour change lags behind. Greater efforts to establish a men’s forum to discuss sexual health matters in Pimville are recommended. / Sociology / M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS) Male circumcision and HIV Men’s sexual health Multiple sexual partnerships 362.196979200968221
152	First strike : the effect of the prison regime upon public education and black masculinity in Los Angeles County, California Schnyder, Damien Michael 16 October 2012 (has links) My dissertation is an ethnographic analysis of a public high school in Southeast Los Angeles County. My research analyzes three issues that make major contributions to issues of race and gender within anthropology. First, my ethnography examines the linkages between the prison and public education systems. Second, I argue that as a means to control the movement of black bodies on campus, the public education system denies black students access to traditional spaces of black cultural autonomy. Third, I address the manner in which the public education system constructs and reinforces a particular type of deviant black masculinity with respect to black male youth. Building upon the school-to-prison pipeline scholarship, my dissertation examines the micro-processes by which public education as a state structure facilitates the movement of black male bodies into the labyrinth of the prison system. However, departing from the body of literature, I detail how the public education structure is an ideological and pragmatic extension of the organizational logic of prison. / text African American prisoners Prisons--Social aspects
153	An investigation into social factors influencing poor uptake of HIV counselling and testing (HCT) services by middle-aged black men (35- 49 years of age) in Pimville, Soweto Mdunge, Nomsombuluko Sybil 11 1900 (has links) This study investigated the social factors influencing the poor uptake of HIV Testing and Counselling (HCT) services by middle-aged black men in Pimville, Soweto. A qualitative research approach was used for this study in which ten men and two key informants were interviewed. Themes explored were the participants’ biographical characteristics, knowledge of HIV and AIDS, health-seeking behaviours, understanding of multiple sexual partnerships, male circumcision, and challenges in using HCT services. Various social behaviour change theories formed the theoretical framework guiding this study. It was found that fear, stigma and cultural factors are major reasons for the poor HCT uptake. Despite the men’s high HIV risk perceptions, behaviour change lags behind. Greater efforts to establish a men’s forum to discuss sexual health matters in Pimville are recommended. / Sociology / M.A. (Social Behaviour Studies in HIV/AIDS) Male circumcision and HIV Men’s sexual health Multiple sexual partnerships 362.196979200968221
154	Quality of Life in Older African American Men Living with HIV/AIDS: A Structural Equation Analysis St. Pierre, Valessa 03 October 2011 (has links) No description available. African Americans African American Studies Aging Behavioral Psychology Behavioral Sciences Behaviorial Sciences Black Studies Clinical Psychology Counseling Education Counseling Psychology Cultural Anthropology Ethnic Studies Health Health Care Health Sci Quality of life General Well-Being Satisfaction with Life Structural equation modeling African American men Caucasian men HIV/AIDS HIV-positive Older Aging
155	Homeless in Indianapolis: Characteristics of the Sheltered and Long-Term Homeless Barnes, Brian David 25 February 2014 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Virtually every society can, at some point, be affected by homelessness. In recent years in the United States, homeless rates have hovered around three percent of the entire population. Although this marginalized population has been studied before, little is known regarding the possible characteristics that can keep an individual in homelessness or affect their living conditions while being homeless. This thesis provides an in-depth look at specific characteristics that could be factors in the length of the homeless experience, as well as how these same characteristics could impact the shelter status while an individual is homeless. The study reveals that homelessness in Indianapolis was mostly experienced by those who were male, African-American, and between the ages of 31-50. Furthermore, the majority were found to live in shelters and be homeless for twelve months or less. Homeless Homelessness Indianapolis Homelessness -- Indiana -- Indianapolis Unemployment -- Indiana -- Indianapolis Stigma (Social psychology)

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