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Risk And Protection For Hiv/Aids In Hispanic, Black, And White Adolescents, T. Robin Bartlett, Raymond Buck, Mona Shattell
Risk And Protection For Hiv/Aids In Hispanic, Black, And White Adolescents, T. Robin Bartlett, Raymond Buck, Mona Shattell
Mona Shattell
African Americans and Hispanics are disproportionately affected by HIV/AIDS in the US. HIV infection is often acquired during adolescence, a time when risky sexual behaviors are at their peak. This study explored relationships among selected risk factors, protective factors, and risky sexual behaviors among African American, Hispanic, and white adolescents, from a sample of adolescents from The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health. African Americans and Hispanics were more likely to have sexual intercourse without the use of birth control than whites. African Americans were more likely to have sexual behavior with multiple sexual partners than either Hispanics or whites. …
Mental Health Service Needs Of A Latino Population: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project, Mona Shattell, Desmina Hamilton, Sharon Starr, Courtney Jenkins, Norma Hinderliter
Mental Health Service Needs Of A Latino Population: A Community-Based Participatory Research Project, Mona Shattell, Desmina Hamilton, Sharon Starr, Courtney Jenkins, Norma Hinderliter
Mona Shattell
Community-based participatory research bridges the gap between academic researchers and the real-life issues of communities and offers promise for addressing racial and ethnic disparities in mental health care. The purpose of this community-based participatory research was to identify factors that affect access, use, and perception of mental health services by a Latino population at individual, organizational, and community levels. Individual level factors included health beliefs about mental illness and care, suspicions of providers, financial concerns, and culturally determined gender roles. Organizational factors included problems with access to care related to cost, lack of bilingual providers and culturally competent care; and …
Anti-Immigration Rhetoric In The United States: Veiled Racism?, Mona Shattell, Jose Villalba
Anti-Immigration Rhetoric In The United States: Veiled Racism?, Mona Shattell, Jose Villalba
Mona Shattell
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