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Impacts Of Mental Health First Aid On Mental Health Literacy And Stigma, Junseon Hwang
Impacts Of Mental Health First Aid On Mental Health Literacy And Stigma, Junseon Hwang
Student Theses
Mental Health First Aid has been developed to train the general public to give initial support to those in mental health crisis and development. The effectiveness of Mental Health First Aid has been questioned due to its relatively short history of the course. Mental Health First Aid was recently widely-disseminated in New York City as part of the ThriveNYC initiative. While most studies were supportive of the training, there has been no study that specifically examines New York residents. We recruited 328 New York residents who self-reported whether or not they have participated in Mental Health First Aid via Amazon …
Truth Telling: Exploring Sexuality In Widowed And Single Older Black Women, Margaret A. Salisu
Truth Telling: Exploring Sexuality In Widowed And Single Older Black Women, Margaret A. Salisu
Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects
Interest in older adults’ sexuality is reflected in the significant growth of literature on sexuality and aging, especially in the last few decades, and in growing media interest in this topic. Clinicians, researchers, educators, journalists, policymakers, and other stakeholders continue to highlight the importance of sexuality and sexual health in the older population. However, available studies in this area pertain to older married people almost exclusively and the few available studies on widows focus exclusively on White women. To address this gap in knowledge, this study focused on older widowed and single Black women aged 65 to 75 years. Feminist …