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231	The relationships between collectivist orientation, perception of practice environment, organizational commitment, and intention to leave current job among Asian nurses working in the U.S. Liou, Shwu-ru, 1963- 28 August 2008 (has links) Estimates indicate that Asian nurses have become the majority of international registered nurses (RNs) working in U.S. Studies have shown that differences in values exist between members of collectivistic cultures, such as those in Asian countries, and members of individualistic cultures, such as those in most Western countries. The purpose of this study was to understand factors related to turnover among Asian RNs working in the U.S.: level of collectivist orientation; perception of practice environment; degree of organizational commitment, and intention to leave current job. The research design was cross-sectional, correlational, and descriptive. A temporally ordered model was developed using the research literature and well-established instruments measured Asian RNs' level of collectivist orientation (Collectivist Orientation Scale), perception of practice environment (Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index), organizational commitment (Organizational Commitment Questionnaire), and intention to leave current job (Anticipated Turnover Scale). A snowball of 120 RNs was obtained. Descriptive, Pearson correlation, hierarchical regression, and the Sobel test were used to analyze data. Results showed that Asian nurses were highly collectivist-oriented. Generally, they had high levels of satisfaction with their practice environment and organizational commitment, but had low intention to leave their current jobs. Collectivist orientation, perception of practice environment, and organizational commitment were significantly and positively correlated to each other, but were significantly and negatively associated with intention to leave. The strongest predictor of intention to leave was organizational commitment. Organizational commitment mediated the relationship between perception of practice environment and intention to leave. It is important for administrators to understand characteristics of members of collectivist cultures and their organizational commitment. This may be crucial for administrators to lower the rate of turnover among Asian RNs. Future research should focus on longitudinal and controlled interventional studies to understand Asian nurses' satisfaction with their practice environment and their organizational commitment. Nurses--Job satisfaction--United States Nurses--United States--Psychology Employee retention--United States Work environment--United States
232	The Identity Formation of South Asians: A Phenomenological Study Shaheen, Shabana 01 January 2017 (has links) This research explores the lived experiences of South Asians college students. This research, through a qualitative study that is rooted in the philosophy of phenomenology, explores the essence South Asians’ identity formation. Qualitative data was collected through semi-structured interviews with South Asian college students. The data analysis was under a phenomenological lens that centered the lived experiences and the essence of these experiences in the results. Seven themes emerged from this phenomenological study: negotiating bicultural identity, model minority expectations, meaningful impact of religious spaces, understandings of intra-community tensions, racialization of Islamophobia, understandings of South Asian identity and efficacy of Asian American identity. This study’s findings provide a foundation to build a more expansive framework for understanding the identity formation of South Asians. identity formation south asians racialization phenomenology asian americans islamophobia Asian American Studies Demography, Population, and Ecology Ethnic Studies Inequality and Stratification Politics and Social Change Race and Ethnicity Sociology
233	Nutrition education for English learning in the prison context Kim, Jeanie Jinwee 01 January 2003 (has links) This project addresses the need for English as a second language nutrition instruction for patients in a forensic mental institution. It incorporates concepts of motivation, situated learning, prison education, English for specific purposes, and content-based instruction into a model which guides the design of a nutrition curriculum, consisting of five lesson plans about the Food Guide Pyramid. Social Work
234	The Role of Psycho-Sociocultural Factors in Suicide Risk Among Mong/Hmong Youth Vang, TangJudy 05 June 2013 (has links) This study examined psychological, social, and cultural factors that can affect suicide risk among Mong/Hmong youth between the ages of 18 and 25. Emerging evidence suggests that Mong/Hmong youth are at an increased risk for suicide (Huang, Lee, & Arganza, 2004; Jesilow & Xiong, 2007). Additionally, initial findings and theories have suggested potential associations between Mong/Hmong youth suicide risk and intergenerational family conflict, ethnic identity, acculturation, depression, and spirituality. The seriousness of suicide risk among Mong/Hmong youth in this country has been overlooked for decades; therefore, the purpose of this study was to examine these associations with the hope that the findings would be beneficial in future efforts to reduce suicide risk among Mong/Hmong youth. This research was a cross-sectional exploratory study that used a purposive sampling method in addition to snowball sampling. The sample consisted of 165 Mong/Hmong youth between the ages of 18 and 25 from three California academic institutions. Results indicated that of 165 respondents, 59% (n=98) have had passing thoughts of suicide. There was a correlation between ethnic identity, intergenerational family conflict, depression, and spiritual beliefs. Furthermore, ethnic identity and intergenerational family conflict were significant predictors of depression. Lastly, depression and having a belief in Mong/Hmong traditional spiritual and healing practices were predictors of suicide risk among the sampled population. Two open-ended protective factor questions were explored to encourage participants to reflect on their resilience to suicide by sharing how they responded to thoughts of ending their life and what helped them to overcome those thoughts. Five themes were identified as protective factors: (1) having the cognitive ability to understand how death affects loved ones; (2) optimism and having a positive orientation toward the future; (3) connectedness with family, friends, and community; (4) having a sense of self-worth; and (5) a social life. Implications for social work practice and policy include the development, expansion and delivery of culturally appropriate mental health treatment services for young adults. This entails the incorporation of traditional Mong/Hmong mental health healing practices into western mental health treatment, ongoing clinical research to better understand the mental health needs of the Mong/Hmong young adult population, and educating and empowering the Mong/Hmong community to access the mental health system, thereby reducing the stigma associated with mental health and increasing access to treatment. Asian Americans -- Cultural assimilation Asian American Studies Asian Studies Race and Ethnicity
235	Yellow, in Peril: How public health discourse on tuberculosis (TB) reveals, refines, and reinforces the racial stigmatization of Asian Americans Dellplain, Laura January 2012 (has links) No description available. American History American Studies Asian American Studies Asian Studies Epidemiology Health Health Sciences Minority and Ethnic Groups Public Health Social Structure Tuberculosis TB Asian Americans immigrants public health discourse transnationalism racialization public health
236	Mentoring Women of Color for Leadership: Do Barriers Exist? Jeffcoat, Sandra Yvonne 08 September 2008 (has links) No description available. African Americans Business Community Hispanic Americans Management Minority and Ethnic Groups Native Americans Organizational Behavior Psychology Womens Studies working women women of color mentoring leadership minorities African Americans Hispanic Americans Native Americans Asian Americans factor analysis multiple regression analysis barriers
237	Function of Vascular Endothelial Cells in Aging and Hypothermia: Clinical Implications Osama, Mohammad January 2018 (has links) No description available. Aging Alternative Medicine Cellular Biology Chemistry Developmental Biology Endocrinology Environmental Science Environmental Studies Epidemiology Health Care Health Sciences Immunology Medicine Microbiology Molecular Biology Molecular Chemistry Molecules Nanoscience Nanotechnology Neurobiology Neurology Neurosciences Organic Chemistry Organismal Biology Oncology Pharmaceuticals Pharmacology Pharmacy Sciences Physiology Polymer Chemistry Sports Medicine Toxicology Therapy Zoology Aging, Therapeutic hypothermia Caucasian Americans African Americans Asian Americans Endothelial nitric oxide synthase NADPH ox Human umbilical vein endothelial cells VAS2870 PEG-SOD L-arginine Angiotensin II L-arginine Clinical implications
238	Spatio-temporal analyses of the distribution of alcohol outlets in California Li, Li January 2014 (has links) Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / The objective of this research is to examine the development of the California alcohol outlets over time and the relationship between neighborhood characteristics and densities of the alcohol outlets. Two types of advanced analyses were done after the usual preliminary description of data. Firstly, fixed and random effects linear regression were used for the county panel data across time (1945-2010) with a dummy variable added to capture the change in law regarding limitations on alcohol outlets density. Secondly, a Bayesian spatio-temporal Poisson regression of the census tract panel data was conducted to capture recent availability of population characteristics affecting outlet density. The spatial Conditional Autoregressive model was embedded in the Poisson regression to detect spatial dependency of unexplained variance of alcohol outlet density. The results show that the alcohol outlets density reduced under the limitation law over time. However, it was no more effective in reducing the growth of alcohol outlets after the limitation was modified to be more restrictive. Poorer, higher vacancy rate and lower percentage of Black neighborhoods tend to have higher alcohol outlet density (numbers of alcohol outlets to population ratio) for both on-sale general and off-sale general. Other characteristics like percentage of Hispanics, percentage of Asians, percentage of younger population and median income of adjacency neighbors were associated with densities of on-sale general and off sale general alcohol outlets. Some regions like the San Francisco Bay area and the Greater Los Angeles area have more alcohol outlets than the predictions of neighborhood characteristics included in the model. Liquor stores -- Location -- California Alcoholism and crime -- California Youth -- Alcohol use -- California

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