Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of California, Los Angeles, 1989. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 64-72).

Thesis (Ed. D.)--Seton Hall University, 1989. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 126-144).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2004. / Supervisors: Wei-Na Lee and Marye C. Tharp. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 125-143). Also available from the World Wide Web.

Dissertations (Ed. D.)--Rowan University, 2008. / Typescript. "UMI Number: 3307259"--T.p. verso. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2005. / Title from title screen. Gabriel Kuperminc, committee chair; Julia Perilla, Rod Watts, committee members. Electronic text (42 p. : ill.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed June 12, 2007. Includes bibliographical references (p. 33-36).

Thesis (D. Ed.)--University of Oregon, 2006. / Typescript. Includes vita and abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 153-160). Also available for download via the World Wide Web; free to University of Oregon users.

Thesis (M.A.) University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006. / The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (June 25, 2007) Includes bibliographical references.

<p> Hispanic patients in the United States had increased incidence of cardiovascular disease as compared to non-Hispanic whites. The purpose of this project was to implement an evidence-based educational program to improve the health knowledge of adult Hispanic patients who have had percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) living in a community in the desert southwest. An educational improvement program on medication comprehension was in need to improve the healthcare continuum for adult Hispanics at risk post-PCI. Non-adherence to dual anti-platelet therapy (DAPT) could have resulted in stent thrombosis, a potentially fatal event. The human caring theory and the cultural care theory were the theoretical frameworks for this project. Adult Hispanic patients at a cardiac catheterization lab in the southern United States near the border were screened and 12 out of 33 eligible patients were enrolled. The questionnaires were conducted pre-procedure, followed by an investigator administered educational program. The same questionnaire was given to post-PCI patients prior to discharge to measure improvement in knowledge post-education. There was a statistically significant difference in the pre-/post-education scores following the education program with a <i> p</i>-value of &lt; 0.05. This improved understanding could increase medication adherence to DAPT medication for post-PCI patients, thereby reducing morbidity and mortality for these patients by reducing stent thrombosis rates. Inexpensive and highly efficacious, education should be emphasized as part of any procedural preparation. </p><p>

<p> The current doctoral dissertation project was conceived in response to the unmet need for moral injury research in minority populations. As a result, the specific aims were to (1) collect high-quality, in-depth information on the wartime experiences of recently separated Latino combat veterans, and (2) conduct a focused, systematic investigation of the emerging moral injury construct as revealed in Latino veterans&rsquo; combat narratives. Twenty-one (<i>N</i> = 21) Latino combat veterans were interviewed regarding potentially morally injurious events (PMIEs) that they may have experienced during military training or while on a combat deployment. The findings suggest that PMIEs may encompass a wider range of experiences than previously thought, and that ordinary combat experiences may occasion moral conflicts that develop into chronic moral injuries. Such experiences include being fired upon by an enemy combatant; learning about injuries or deaths of comrades, including suicides and suicide attempts; and seeing the remains of dead enemy combatants. The current findings also suggest that experiences of perceived ethnic or racial discrimination occurring during combat deployments may be experienced by Latino service members as moral injury events. Finally, the current findings suggest that PMIEs may also occur during military training and that such events may occasion lasting moral conflicts or deleterious psychological effects. Further research is needed to extend these findings to additional veteran groups, including female veterans and other ethnic minorities. Future research should also investigate the conditions, including state and trait characteristics, under which PMIEs are likely to occasion long-term negative consequences.</p><p>

<p> On September 26, 2014, forty-three teacher students from Ayotzinapa, an indigenous rural area in Guerrero, Mexico, disappeared at the hands of the government in an attempt to silence a civic protest. This crime, representing a legacy of political corruption and impunity, &ldquo;crossed the border&rdquo; and became present in the interest of Chicana activists in the United States who displayed their outrage through protests, community organizing, and information shared. The purpose of this thesis is to explore Chicana participation in the Ayotzinapa case to examine how activism directed towards social injustices across borders affects Chicana&rsquo;s construction of racial/ethnic identity and political consciousness. I argue that Chicanas who engage in activism on behalf of the Ayotzinapa victims represent what Anzald&uacute;a (2015) refers to as &ldquo;Nepantleras,&rdquo; using their subjective positions as oppressed women of color to communicate across differences of gender, ethnicity, and geopolitical territories to create social change. To support my claim, I describe responses and interpretations of the case using qualitative data from interviews with three self-identified Chicanas. In my analysis, I draw from Gloria Anzald&uacute;a&rsquo;s (2015) epistemological theory of &ldquo;spiritual activism&rdquo; and Chela Sandoval&rsquo;s (2000) &ldquo;differential consciousness&rdquo; as frameworks to investigate transnational activism between the U.S. and Mexico. The women in this study challenged borderlands across and within geographical territories. First, Chicanas transcended geopolitical territories by engaging in activism in the U.S. that called for a change in Mexico. Second, they unraveled limitations of the self by developing a Chicana consciousness that is more inclusive to the struggles of all oppressed people. Third, they crossed gendered borderlands by responding to a case centered around forty-three male victims. And, lastly, they reshaped intra-ethnic relationships by nurturing national and transnational alliances that fight for all social injustices. This study is an invitation for the reconceptualization of borderlands, where the U.S.-Mexico border territories are understood as transnational, alive, and dynamic spaces with an ample room for reexamining identities through solidarities. </p><p>