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Toni Morrison: Biography, A Yęmisi Jimoh, Phd

A Yęmisi Jimoh

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Mikel Houston Thesis.Pdf, Mikel Houston

Mikel Houston

Understanding Academic Achievement Of African American Scholars- An Intrinsic Case Study Of An Urban High School By Cluny Lavache.Docx, Cluny Lavache

Cluny Lavache

The Nurse’S Role In Addressing Barriers To Cancer Screening Of African Americans: An Integrative Literature Review, Wendy Clayton, Joseph D. Tariman Phd

Joseph D Tariman PhD, RN, ANP-BC, FAAN

From Reconstruction To Deconstruction: Undermining Black Landownership, Political Independence, And Community Through Partition Sales Of Tenancies In Common, Thomas W. Mitchell

Thomas W. Mitchell

This article considers one of the primary ways in which African Americans have lost millions of acres of land that they were able to acquire in the latter part of the nineteenth century and the beginning part of the twentieth century and the sociopolitical implications of this land loss. Specifically, this article highlights the fact that forced partition sales of tenancy in common property, referred to more commonly as heirs' property, have been a major source of black land loss within the African American community. The article argues that involuntary black land loss has had a significant negative impact upon …

"Town Of God": Ota Benga, The Batetela Boys, And The Promise Of Black America, Karen Sotiropoulos

Karen Sotiropoulos

No abstract provided.

"Town Of God": Ota Benga, The Batetela Boys, And The Promise Of Black America, Karen Sotiropoulos

Karen Sotiropoulos

No abstract provided.

Identifying Disparities In Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates In Milwaukee-Based Academic And Non-Academic Clinics, Jasmine Wiley, Jonathan Blaza, Wilhelm Lehmann, Deborah Simpson, Jeffrey Stearns, S L. Pischke, T Greiten

Will Lehmann, MD

Conclusion: The African American/Black race per the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has the highest CRC death making early CRC screening an imperative. While the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality ranks Aurora Health Care as 8th out of 20 systems in Wisconsin (77.6% Q3 2014-Q2 2015) local data analysis identified age as the largest disparity gap. Analyzing local population data REAL/Gender provides key insights into support initiatives to reduce health disparity gaps and further our progress toward achieving the Triple Aim for health care.

Identifying Disparities In Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates In Milwaukee-Based Academic And Non-Academic Clinics, Jasmine Wiley, Jonathan Blaza, Wilhelm Lehmann, Deborah Simpson, Jeffrey Stearns, S L. Pischke, T Greiten

Jeffrey Stearns, MD

Conclusion: The African American/Black race per the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has the highest CRC death making early CRC screening an imperative. While the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality ranks Aurora Health Care as 8th out of 20 systems in Wisconsin (77.6% Q3 2014-Q2 2015) local data analysis identified age as the largest disparity gap. Analyzing local population data REAL/Gender provides key insights into support initiatives to reduce health disparity gaps and further our progress toward achieving the Triple Aim for health care.

Identifying Disparities In Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates In Milwaukee-Based Academic And Non-Academic Clinics, Jasmine Wiley, Jonathan Blaza, Wilhelm Lehmann, Deborah Simpson, Jeffrey Stearns, S L. Pischke, T Greiten

Deborah Simpson, PhD

Conclusion: The African American/Black race per the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has the highest CRC death making early CRC screening an imperative. While the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality ranks Aurora Health Care as 8th out of 20 systems in Wisconsin (77.6% Q3 2014-Q2 2015) local data analysis identified age as the largest disparity gap. Analyzing local population data REAL/Gender provides key insights into support initiatives to reduce health disparity gaps and further our progress toward achieving the Triple Aim for health care.

Identifying Disparities In Colorectal Cancer Screening Rates In Milwaukee-Based Academic And Non-Academic Clinics, Jasmine Wiley, Jonathan Blaza, Wilhelm Lehmann, Deborah Simpson, Jeffrey Stearns, S L. Pischke, T Greiten

Aurora Family Medicine Residents

Conclusion: The African American/Black race per the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has the highest CRC death making early CRC screening an imperative. While the Wisconsin Collaborative for Healthcare Quality ranks Aurora Health Care as 8th out of 20 systems in Wisconsin (77.6% Q3 2014-Q2 2015) local data analysis identified age as the largest disparity gap. Analyzing local population data REAL/Gender provides key insights into support initiatives to reduce health disparity gaps and further our progress toward achieving the Triple Aim for health care.

Racial Disparities In Graft Loss Following Kidney Transplantation - A Single Center Experience, Vani Nilakantan, Brittany S. Last, Maharaj Singh, Ahmed Dalmar, Yang Shi

Ahmed Dalmar, MD

Background/significance: Although national success rates in kidney transplantation are relatively high, the survival rate in African Americans (AA) drops progressively (1 year- 89.9%, 3 year-72.9%, 5 year-58.65%) compared to Caucasians (1 year-92.3%, 3 year-83.8%, 5 year-75.5%). Since 1998, Aurora St. Luke’s Medical Center (ASLMC) has performed 317 kidney transplantations, however the survival data and variables affecting graft outcomes across different racial groups is unclear.

Purpose: The goal of this study was to compare survival rates and graft function across different racial groups following kidney transplantation at ASLMC. Methods: This study was approved by the Aurora Institutional Review Board. A comprehensive …

Toward The Development Of The Stereotypical Roles Of Black Young Men Scale, Amber Hewitt

Amber A Hewitt

There is a significant amount of literature on identity development in general, but there is a dearth of research focusing on identity development in relation to how other processes and constructs influence the identity development of African American young men. One such construct is the presence of stereotypical roles. The primary purpose of this study was to create a reliable and valid measure of the stereotypical roles of African American young men. This study explored the relationship between the endorsement of stereotypical roles, stigma consciousness, and masculinity of African American young men. African American young men (n = 164) between …

Perceived Stress And Self‑Rated Health Of Haitian And African Americans With And Without Type 2 Diabetes, Fatma G. Huffman, Joan A. Vaccaro, Sahar Ajabshir, Gustavo G. Zarini, Joel C. Exebio, Zisca Dixon

Joan A. Vaccaro

Background: Blacks have a higher incidence of diabetes and its related complications. Self-rated health (SRH) and perceived stress indicators are associated with chronic diseases. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between SRH, perceived stress and diabetes status among two Black ethnicities.
Materials and Methods: The cross-sectional study included 258 Haitian Americans and 249 African Americans with (n = 240) and without type 2 diabetes (n = 267) (N = 507). Recruitment was performed by community outreach.
Results: Haitian-Americans were less likely to report ‘fair to poor’ health as compared to African Americans [OR=0.58 (95% CI: …

Effect Of Medical Advice For Diet On Diabetes Self-Management And Glycemic Control For Haitian And African Americans With Type 2 Diabetes, Fatma G. Huffman, Joel C. Exebio, Joan Vaccaro, Gustavo G. Zarini, Zisca Dixon

Joan A. Vaccaro

Adequate care of type 2 diabetes is reflected by the individual’s adherence to dietary guidance; yet, few patients are engaged in diabetes self-care at the recommended level, regardless of race/ethnicity. Few studies on the effect of dietary medical advice on diabetes self-management (DSM) and glycemic control have been conducted on Haitian and African American adults with type 2 diabetes. These relationships were assessed in total of 254 Blacks with type 2 diabetes (Haitian Americans = 129; African Americans = 125) recruited from Miami-Dade and Broward Counties, Florida by community outreach methods. Although dietary advice received was not significantly different between …

Hispanic Ancestry And Racial Self-Identity: Empirical Effects Of Social Norms, Patrick Leon Mason

Patrick L. Mason

This paper empirically examines the effects on own-group racial identity norms on individual Hispanic racial identification. The percentage of all regional Hispanics self-identifying as white is this study’s measure of the racial identity norm. The rise in the fraction of Hispanic population self-identifying as white discourages individual respondents from self-identifying as non-white. We also find that increases in a region’s white Hispanic identity norm decrease the probability of individual Hispanic self-identification as Latino and reduces the probability of self-identifying as black.

Alternative And Complementary Health Practices (Achp) Among Older Urban African Americans, Beverly Wolpert, Priscilla T. Ryder, Denise Orwig

Priscilla T. Ryder

Slides from presentation at: The 135th APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition (November 3-7, 2007) of APHA

Filling In The Gaps: Using Outreach Efforts To Acquire Documentation On The Black Campus Movement, 1965-1972, Lae'l Hughes-Watkins

Lae'l Hughes-Watkins

Immigrant Assimilation And Male Racial Labor Market Inequality, Patrick Leon Mason

Patrick L. Mason

At the height of the US civil rights movement in the mid-1960s foreign-born persons were less than 1 percent of the African American population (Kent, 2006). Today, 16 percent of America’s African Diaspora workforce consists of first or second generation immigrants and 4 percent are Hispanic. African American immigrants experience racialized labor market assimilation, with intergenerational improvement, education, and exogamous heritage being important paths of labor market assimilation. After living in the US for 9 – 15 years, first generation black immigrants will have wage and workhours penalties at least as large as native African Americans. The immigration process selects …

The Criminological Cultivation Of African American Municipal Police Officers: Sambo Or Sellout, Howard M. Henderson

Howard M Henderson

African American municipal police officers have been historically underrepresented and often face a double marginalization, arguably due to fellow officer and public perceptions. This study represents a first-step criminological cultivation analysis of the quantity and quality of African American municipal police officer depictions in the core cop film genre (1971–2011). Utilizing the unified film population identification methodology, 112 films were identified and examined to determine the overarching messages conveyed through the genre. Findings revealed that White officers were depicted in the lead or joint leading role in 89% (n ¼ 100) and African Americans in 19% (n ¼ 21) of …

Immigration And African American Wages And Employment: Critically Appraising The Empirical Evidence, Patrick Leon Mason

Patrick L. Mason

This paper critically assesses the empirical evidence on the relationship between immigration and African American employment. Studies using various methodologies and data are reviewed: natural experiments, time series, and cross-sectional studies of local labor markets and intertemporal changes in the national labor market. We find that for African Americans as a whole, immigration may have little effect on mean wages and probability of employment. However, there is some evidence that immigration may have had an adverse impact on the labor market outcomes of African Americans belonging to low education-experience groups. However, even this modest conclusion must be qualified: the literature …

Women Of African Descent: Persistence In Completing A Doctorate, Vannetta L. Bailey-Iddrisu

Vannetta L. Bailey-Iddrisu

This study examines the educational persistence of women of African descent (WOAD) in pursuit of a doctorate degree at universities in the southeastern United States. WOAD are women of African ancestry born outside the African continent. These women are heirs to an inner dogged determination and spirit to survive despite all odds (Pulliam, 2003, p. 337).This study used Ellis’s (1997) Three Stages for Graduate Student Development as the conceptual framework to examine the persistent strategies used by these women to persist to the completion of their studies.

"People Want To See What Happened": Treme, Televisual Tourism, And The Racial Remapping Of Post-Katrina New Orleans, Lynnell Thomas

Lynnell Thomas

Occupying the space between cultural reproduction and theatrical production, the HBO series Treme offers an important vantage point from which to analyze the intersection of race, class, culture, and media representation animating New Orleans’s post-Katrina tourist identity. Treme illustrates the tension between the welcome recognition and celebration of New Orleans black expressive culture and its spectacularization and commodification. The resuscitation of tourist tropes and an emphasis on jazz and heritage music in the series often render the city’s history of racial conflict and injustice invisible or subordinate to new narratives of cross-racial unity among Katrina survivors and paternalistic actions by …

Spirituality And Academic Success: Perceptions Of Black Males In The Community College, J. Luke Wood

J. Luke Wood

This article presents findings from a qualitative study of academic success factors affecting African American male students in the community college. In-depth, semi-structured interviews were conducted with 28 African American male students at a Southwestern community college. Findings illustrated that spirituality was a positive factor affecting academic success for some participants. Students responses indicated several ways in which their academic success was supported: (1) spirituality served as a confidant, an entity with whom students could dialogue about issues; (2) spirituality served as inspiration for excellence, the pursuit of which was espoused as an important religious virtue; (3) spirituality provided life …

A Historic Context Statement For A World War Ii Era Black Officers' Club At Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, Steven D. Smith

Steven D. Smith

This report provides a historic context statement for Building 2101, a WWII period Black Officers' Club located at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, that is still in active use. The best historical evidence indicates that the building, a standard A-12 temporary classroom building, was designed as the club for black officers stationed at Fort Leonard Wood sometime between June 1942 and January 1943. Later in 1943, it was expanded with an addition. The building was built as part of Fort Leonard Wood's initial construction and used as a Personnel Adjutant's Office for the Engineer Replacement Training Center, 7th Training Group (Colored), …

Wade Hampton: Conflicted Leader Of The Conservative Democracy?, Fritz Hamer

Fritz Hamer

No abstract provided.

The Niqab In The Courtroom: Protecting Free Exercise Of Religion In A Post-Smith World, Adam Schwartzbaum

Adam Schwartzbaum

The niqab has become enmeshed in heated political controversy all across the world. In the United States, the situation of Ginnah Muhammad exemplifies the complex legal issues arising from conflicts between individuals whose religious beliefs compel this practice and the secular state. Muhammad, an African-American Muslim woman, was ejected from a Michigan small claims court for refusing to remove her veil while testifying. This Comment explores the constitutionality of this action, and a subsequent amendment to the Michigan Rules of Evidence passed in response to her case giving judges the power to “exercise reasonable control over parties and witnesses." Inevitably, …

Consumer Discrimination: The Limitations Of Federal Civil Rights Protection, Deseriee Kennedy

Deseriee A. Kennedy

No abstract provided.

Other Civil Rights Decisions In The October 2005 Term: Title Vii, Idea, And Section 1981(Eighteenth Annual Supreme Court Review), Eileen Kaufman

Eileen Kaufman

No abstract provided.

Black Male Collegians In Public Two-Year Colleges: Student Perspectives On The Effect Of Employment On Academic Success., J. Luke Wood, Phd

J. Luke Wood, PhD

No abstract provided.