As the most prevalent chronic health condition in children under the age of 18, asthma is a disease for which significant health disparities exist. Current literature has established that ethnic minorities, families living in poverty, and families living in urban environments are at higher risk for worse morbidity. In recent years, studies focusing distinctly on Latino families, with emphasis on Puerto Rican families, have emerged. As a singular group, Puerto Rican children have demonstrated the worst outcomes and a significantly greater use of emergency room (ER) services, often related to poor adherence to adequate asthma care regimens. Guided by the biopsychosocial approach, this study sought to examine cultural and family variables and their relationship to pediatric asthma morbidity. Data from a sample of 639 children and their families from the Rhode Island region and Puerto Rico participated in this study. The data derived from the Rhode Island/Puerto Rico Asthma Center (RIPRAC) study and collected between 2002 and 2007. Bivariate analyses investigated correlations among familism and morbidity variables. Group comparisons were conducted between mainland Puerto Ricans living in the Rhode Island region and island Puerto Ricans and between Latino and non-Latino White families living in mainland United States. Confirmatory factor analysis using Mplus software evaluated a measurement model of familism and morbidity, followed by invariance testing in multiple group analyses by asthma severity and ethnicity. Lastly, structural equation modeling investigated a predictive relationship between the latent variables of familism and morbidity and meditational relationships through balanced integration. A secondary analysis for families who endorsed alternate child caregivers investigated a meditational relationship between familism and morbidity through involvement in asthma management by alternate caregivers. Significant correlations and group differences on mediator variables and observed familism variables and morbidity variables were found. Although a significant relationship between familism and morbidity was not found, significant relationships between familism and balanced integration and between balanced integration and morbidity were identified. This study contributes to emerging research on family variables as potential protective factors in pediatric asthma by focusing on familism as a primary concept amongst biological and psychosocial variables.

The United States Latino population has experienced unprecedented growth in the past several decades. Despite these growing numbers there has been relatively little research that explores how exposure to negative life events and chronic strains affects the physical health outcomes of Latinos. This thesis examines the extent to which traumatic life events and chronic strains affect the physical health outcomes of foreign-born and native-born Mexican-origin individuals (age 45 an older) residing along the U.S./Mexico border. Results from the multivariate analysis show that there is no direct association between traumatic life events and self-reported health. However, chronic strains were found to negatively impact the well-being of both foreign-born and native-born groups. Finally, the hypothesis suggesting that foreign-born respondents would fare better in terms of health (Latino/Hispanic paradox) compared to their native-born counterparts is not supported, with the results shown to be consistently in the opposite direction. Future research is needed on the interplay between different types of stressors and physical health outcomes among Mexican-origin individuals.

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Thesis Ph. D.--Comparative literature--Seattle--University of Washington, 1997. Titre de soutenance : Words of deliverance: The (re)constitution of the disenfranchised feminine subject in selected works of West African and Latin American women writers. / Bibliogr. p. 153-166.

Caregiving for a close family member with Alzheimer’s disease is a stressful situation to be in, that often leads to high levels of caregiver burden and subsequent stress and depressive symptoms, and while there are numerous community and government resources available to caregivers, there are aspects of Hispanic cultures that may lead Hispanic caregivers to have higher levels of caregiver burden and depressive symptoms than White caregivers. 80 Hispanic caregivers and 80 White caregivers, with 40 males and 40 females within each group, will be recruited to participate in this study. Scales will be administered to both Hispanic and White caregivers in order to assess levels of caregiver burden, depressive symptoms, familism values, gender role beliefs, acculturation levels, and knowledge, comfort, and use of community resources. Hispanic caregivers will have higher levels of caregiver burden and depressive symptom scores than White caregivers, while women will have higher scores overall than men overall. Hispanic caregivers will have less knowledge, comfort, and use of community resources than White caregivers, while gender role views, familism values, and acculturation levels will be mediating factors of these relationships. Cultural differences in caregiver burden need to be assessed further, so that clinical and practical implications for community and government resources can be discussed.

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Orientador: Antonio Roberto Esteves / Banca: Tieko Yamaguchi Miyazaki / Banca: Silvia Inês Carcamo de Arcuri / Banca: Alai Garcia Diniz / Banca: Maria de Fátima Alves de Oliveira Marcari / Resumo: Este trabalho tem por objetivo demonstrar como a literatura articulada com a historiografia e a memória pode contribuir para a reelaboração da escrita da história. A partir da leitura crítica da trilogia do escritor Augusto Roa Bastos (1917-2005) - Hijo de hombre (1960), Yo el Supremo (1974) e El fiscal (1993) - este trabalho discute a questão do exílio e suas implicações na vida dos intelectuais, especialmente no século XX. Os textos são analisados à luz de referencial teórico que trata das relações entre história, memória, intelectual, poder e exílio. Os conceitos são abordados sob a perspectiva da literatura, literatura comparada e estudos históricos e culturais. Os personagens históricos envolvidos nas tramas do paraguaio Roa Bastos permitem revisitar a história de seu país, e contribuem para o estudo de sua identidade nacional. Os fatos históricos e os textos memorialísticos ficcionalizados permitem ao autor abordar questões como a relação entre história, memória e esquecimento, memória coletiva e poder / Abstract: This work aims to demonstrate how literature, combined with historiography and memory, can contribute to reworking history writing. From the critical reading of the trilogy written by Augusto Roa Bastos (1917-2005) - Hijo de hombre (1960), Yo el supremo (1974) and El fiscal (1993) - this research discusses the question of exile and its implications for the life of intellectuals, especially in the twentieth century. The texts are analyzed in the light of theoretical references that deal with relations between history, memory, intellectual, power and exile. The concepts are discussed from the perspective of literature, comparative literature and historical and cultural studies. The historical characters involved in Roa Bastos' plot allow revisiting the history of his country, and contribute to the study of national identity. The historical facts and the fictionalized memorialistic texts allow the author to discuss issues such as the relation between history, memory and forgetfulness, collective and power / Doutor

abstract: ABSTRACT The purpose of this research is to provide insight into immigrant Latino parents' perspectives on parental involvement in elementary school settings as influenced by the Title I Family Literacy Program (TFLP). A comparison is made of Latino parents who have been participating in the TFLP for more than one year, participants new to the program and Latino parents who chose not to participate in the TFLP. Both quantitative and qualitative data were collected via a survey and individual interviews of randomly selected members of each comparison group. All research participants were immigrant Latino parents with children at one of ten Title I elementary schools operating a TFLP. The schools are part of a large, urban school district in the Southwest. Findings indicate the TFLP has a positive effect on parental involvement practices of immigrant Latino parents. Participating parents showed increased confidence in their ability to support their children's education and program participants are more engaged in school activities. The results of this study imply participation in the program for one year or more has the most impact on families. Parents who participated for more than one year communicated a high sense of responsibility toward their influence on their child's education and upbringing and an understanding of strategies needed to effectively support their children. This research also identifies barriers parents face to participation in the TFLP and parental involvement in general. Implementation of family literacy programs in other districts would need to follow guidelines similar to this TFLP to achieve comparable results. More research is needed on the effects of this program on parents, children, and school staff. / Dissertation/Thesis / Ed.D. Educational Administration and Supervision 2012

L’hypothèse qui oriente ce travail se fonde sur la lecture de plusieurs ouvrages présentant un caractère hybride. Nous postulons l’existence d’une fonction textuelle, spécifique à ce genre de texte, nommée « sujet articulateur ». L’objectif de ce travail est donc de confirmer l’existence de cette fonction textuelle distincte du narrateur et de la fonction d’auteur. Il s’agit d’un sujet textuel engendré par la disparition de l’auteur, ne pouvant être pris pour le narrateur puisqu’il exerce des fonctions différentes. Afin d’étudier cette fonction, nous avons choisi deux textes latino-américains d’auteurs très connus et qui contiennent une variété importante de matériel interdisciplinaire : El beso de la mujer araña de Manoel Puig et La ley del amor de Laura Esquivel. L’analyse a montré que le texte de Laura Esquivel appartient à la paralittérautre, et dans ce sens le rapprochement entre les deux ouvrages a constitué un défi très intéressant. Pour atteindre l’objectif proposé, nous avons étudié l’intersection entre les textes : l’examen de l’idéologie véhiculée par le sujet articulateur, à travers les différents matériels interdisciplinaires et intertextuels composant l’hybride. Après l’examen du corpus, nous avons pu affirmer l’existence de cette fonction, qui a pour attribution de choisir et d’ordonner les différents matériels qui intègrent ce genre de texte mais aussi de véhiculer l’idéologie, en établissant la pré-linéarité inhérente à ces récits. L’analyse a démontré que, selon le genre de texte, prédomine soit la fonction esthétique, soit la fonction idéologique, ou les deux. Nous avons aussi été amenée à changer notre conception sur les rôles du lecteur. Il se libère d’une position passive pour devenir actif – acteur à part entière de la construction de l’ouvrage. De lui dépend également l’établissement complet de la linéarité narrative. Ce travail contribue à l’établissement d’une nouvelle perspective de lecture et d’analyse d’ouvrages hybrides. Il offre aux théoriciens un autre point de vue pour analyser la question des processus d’hybridation, car, selon Néstor García Canclini, c’est la principale tâche de l’hybridisme culturel. / A hipótese que norteia o presente estudo está alicerçada na leitura de diversas obras de caráter híbrido. Postulo a existência de uma função textual, própria desse tipo de texto, que denominei “sujeito articulador”. O objetivo do trabalho é comprovar a existência dessa função textual diferente do narrador e da função autor. Trata-se de um sujeito textual que tem origem no desaparecimento do autor e não pode ser arrolado como narrador, pois exerce funções diferenciadas deste. Para estudar essa função, escolhi dois textos latino-americanos de escritores consagrados, os quais encerram uma boa variedade de material interdisciplinar: El beso de la mujer araña e La ley del amor, respectivamente de Manoel Puig e Laura Esquivel. A investigação demonstrou que o texto de Laura Esquivel pertence à Paraliteratura, o que tornou a aproximação entre as duas obras um desafio bastante estimulante. Para poder atingir o objetivo proposto, a linha de análise possível foi a intersecção entre os textos: o exame da ideologia veículada pelo sujeito articulador, através dos diferentes materiais interdisciplinares e intertextuais que compõem o híbrido. Após o exame do corpus, pôde-se afirmar a existência dessa função, cujas atribuições são as seguintes: escolher e ordenar os diferentes materiais que integram esse tipo de texto; e veicular ideologia e estabelecer a pré-linearidade inerente a essas narrativas. A investigação demonstrou que, dependendo do tipo de texto, predomina por vezes a função estética, por vezes a ideológica, podendo ainda ocorrer ambas. Outra descoberta relevante nesse estudo foi a mudança de concepção acerca de quais sejam os papéis do leitor. Ele se liberta de uma posição passiva para tornar-se ativo – pleno participante na construção da obra. Dele depende também o estabelecimento completo da linearidade narrativa. Este trabalho contribui com a abertura de uma nova perspectiva de leitura e análise de obras híbridas. Proporciona aos estudiosos um outro prisma para ponderar sobre a questão dos processos de hibridação, pois, conforme apontado por Néstor García Canclini, essa é a principal tarefa que se impõe ao hibridismo cultural.