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Collecting International Merchant Seafarer Oral Histories: Experiences And Reflections, Tom Matyók

The Qualitative Report

Investigating highly mobile labor populations presents researchers with unique challenges and opportunities. In this paper, I share my experiences and reflections in collecting international merchant seafarers' oral histories and propose to move the dialogue forward regarding the use of hybrid qualitative research practices. Seafarers are constantly moving, at sea and in port, and traditional research methodologies are inadequate in determining the nature of modern-day seafaring. I suggest how qualitative research methods must be flexible enough to accommodate researchers' needs in a chaotic global milieu. Investigators researching highly mobile labor populations, as well as mobile immigrant and refugee communities, can gain …

Methodological And Ethical Dilemmas Encountered During Field Research Of Family Violence Experienced By Adolescent Women In Buenos Aires, Natalia Luxardo, Graciela Colombo, Gabriela Iglesias

The Qualitative Report

The purpose of this article is to examine some obstacles and dilemmas related to methodological strategies and ethical considerations that arose during the fieldwork of research focused on family violence during the stages of pregnancy and childbirth in adolescent females in Buenos Aires during 2007. From this study, we are able to contribute some reflections in the arena of qualitative and mixed methods inquiries. Some of the problematic topics encountered were: institutional constraints, questionnaires with categories too abstract for the target population, lack of interest in participating, orthodox methods that did not work in the field and ethical protocols that …

Deafdigest: Blue Edition, July 3, 2011, Barry Strassler

DeafDigest Blue 2011

No abstract provided.

Male Offenders' Work Experiences Pre-Prison, In-Prison, And Upon Reentry: Interactions Between Work And Crime, Kerry L. Edwards

Sociology ETDs

This qualitative study explored offenders work experiences outside of prison and in-prison, and then compared these experiences to their post-release work experiences and outcomes. The subjects' criminal histories varied, but during the study's initial interview all were incarcerated at lower security level facilities in a western state. Several different types of in-prison employment were compared; these differences included the type of task, the skill level, the work-site, and the beneficiary of the labor. Outcomes were classified according to work measures, and whether the subjects had been reincarcerated within six months of their release. The pre-prison findings suggested that the skill …

Reducing Math Anxiety: Findings From Incorporating Service Learning Into A Quantitative Reasoning Course At Seattle University, Allison Henrich, Kristi Lee

Numeracy

How might one teach mathematics to math-anxious students and at the same time reduce their math anxiety? This paper describes what we found when we incorporated a service learning component into a quantitative reasoning course at Seattle University in Fall 2010 (20 students) and Spring 2011 (28 students). The course is taken primarily by humanities majors, many of whom would not take a course in math if they didn’t need to satisfy the university’s core requirement. For the service learning component, each student met with and tutored children at local schools for 1-2 hours per week (total about 15 service …

Lindenwood University Strategic Plan, Fiscal 2012, Lindenwood University

Strategic Plans

Lindenwood University Strategic Plan, Fiscal 2012

E-Pulse, 2011-Summer, College Of Health And Human Services

E-Pulse

An online news publication of the College of Health and Human Services at Governors State University.

E-Pulse, 2011-07, College Of Health And Human Services

E-Pulse

An online news publication of the College of Health and Human Services at Governors State University.

Annual Report Of The Wally Cordes Teaching And Faculty Support Center For The Year Ended…, 2011, University Of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Wally Cordes Teaching And Faculty Support Center

Wally Cordes Teaching and Faculty Support Center Annual Report

No abstract provided.

Correctional Managed Health Care (Cmhc) Annual Report July 2010 - June 2011, Robert L. Trestman

Annual Reports - Patient Care

Correctional Managed Health Care (CMHC) provides global medical, mental health, pharmacy, and dental services at 16 CDOC facilities statewide clustered into ten functional units, at 42 CDOC-contracted halfway houses and at JDH. As of June, 2011, services were provided by 714 full-time equivalent staff (a total of 813 individuals) to a population of 18,700 individuals (17,584 incarcerated and 1,116 in halfway houses). We provide this care under a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) with the Connecticut Department of Correction (CDOC) since November 1997.

Law Library Annual Report 2010-2011, Georgia State University Law Library

Law Library Annual Reports

No abstract provided.

Pepperdine Magazine - Vol. 3, Iss. 2 (Summer 2011), Office Of Public Affairs, Pepperdine University

Pepperdine Magazine

Megan Huard, editor.

Near & Far, Christine Yackel

Syracuse University Magazine

No abstract provided.

Volume 5, 2011, Csusb

Scholarship in Action newsletter

What to look for in this issue...

• New Location and One-Stop-Shop p.1
• Map to New Office p.3
• Meet the Team! p.4
• Awards p.5
• Did you know? p.7
• Presentations, Publications, Exhibitions and Performances p.8
• Upcoming Workshops p.15
• New Office of Student Research p.16
• Contact Information p.16

Scholarworks Statistics - July 2011, Scholarworks

ScholarWorks Reports

For the month of July 2011, ScholarWorks recorded a total of 12,075 full-text downloads and 8,389 page views.

Liberalis, Summer 2011, Utah State University

Liberalis

Freedom to Think, Discover, and Create. The alumni magazine for the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at Utah State University.

Ua68/8 History Alumni Newsletter, Wku History

WKU Administration Documents

WKU History Department alumni newsletter reporting activities of the department, faculty, staff and students.

Suburban Poverty: Barriers To Services And Injury Prevention Among Marginalized Women Who Use Methamphetamine, Miriam W. Boeri, Benjamin Tyndall, Denise R. Woodall

Faculty Articles

Objective: This paper aims to identify the needed healthcare and social services barriers for women living in suburban communities who are using or have used methamphetamine. Drug users are vulnerable to injury, violence and transmission of infectious diseases, and having access to healthcare has been shown to positively influence prevention and intervention among this population. Yet little is known regarding the social context of suburban drug users, their risks behaviors, and their access to healthcare.

Methods: The data collection involved participant observation in the field, face-to-face interviews and focus groups. Audio-recorded in-depth life histories, drug use histories, and resource needs …

Predictors Of Parenting And Infant Outcomes For Impoverished Adolescent Parents, Melissa L. Whitson, Andrew Martinez, Carmen Ayala, Joy S. Kaufman

Psychology Faculty Publications

Adolescent mothers and their children are at risk for a myriad of negative outcomes. This study examined risk and protective factors and their impact on a sample (N = 172) of impoverished adolescent mothers. Multiple regression analyses revealed that depressed adolescent mothers report higher levels of parenting stress and that their children are more at risk for maltreatment and are developmentally behind other babies. In addition, adolescent mothers with restricted social support have babies who are at higher risk for maltreatment. Finally, mothers who were older during pregnancy were more likely to stay in school. Implications for program development are …

Ghost Dancing And The Iron Horse: Surving Through Tradition And Technology, Alex K. Ruuska

Publication

This article explores how railroad technologies, so critical in constructing the imagined nation of the nineteenth-century United States, were simultaneously shaped by multiple social groups including the native communities of North America. This analysis demonstrates how Native Americans’ resistance to and use of railroad technologies contributed to the revitalization and construction of ritual practices and pan-Indian identities associated with the 1890s Ghost Dance. Using case studies of the Northern Paiutes of western Nevada and the Sioux nations of South Dakota, Native Americans’ utilization of railroad technologies are examined during two periods of encroachment, revealing shifting attitudes and practices towards Euroamerican …

Salud Y Saludos: The E-News Of The College Of Health Sciences, College Of Health Sciences

College of Health Sciences

Electronic newsletter of the UTEP College of Health Sciences.

Commonwealth Times 2011-07-01

Commonwealth Times, 1969-

No abstract provided.

The Pillar July 2011, College Of Education And Human Development

College of Education and Human Development News

No abstract provided.

Assessment Matters #13, July 2011, Assessment In Action Committee

Assessment Matters @ WMU

No abstract provided.

Sustainable Leadership: Creating Foundations For Lasting Change, Matthew Lynch

Academic Leadership: The Online Journal (2003-2012)

The change in the United States population and the pace of Internet technology-perhaps more dramatic than most universities may have forecasted-translates into more diverse prospective students with changing needs and interests in university education (Wilson & Meyer, 2009). Immigration and U.S. population growth patterns have converged into a new prospective student profile (Banks, 2008), such that between now and the year 2050, one in three U.S. residents will be Hispanic (U.S. Census, 2009). Similarly, African Americans and Black immigrants will increase to 15% of the U.S. population, and the Asian population will grow from 5.1% to 9.2%. People of two …

Family Affairs Newsletter 2011-07-01, Zack Paakkonen

Family Affairs newsletter (2004-2016)

FAMILY AFFAIRS was a free, twice-a-month, social activities newsletter for the GLBTQI (gay/lesbian/bisexual/trans/queer/intersex) community, sent out around the 1st and 15th of each month. It covered the State of Maine only. The list was begun and maintained for many years by Jean Vermette in Bangor, and later operated by Zack Paakkonen of Portland. Over the years it evolved from a social activities newsletter into a business directory, classified ad service, and community bulletin board.

Family Dynamics And Career Decision Self-Efficacy: A Study Of First Year Malaysian Undergraduates, M. Sumari

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

The study explores the relationship between family functioning and career decision making self-efficacy in a sample of 925 college students in Malaysia. The results indicate that the relationships between family functioning subscales and career decision making self-efficacy subscales were between small and moderate. The study also found that each family functioning subscale contributed less than 15% of the variance in career decision-making self-efficacy. The total variance accounted for by the six family functioning subscales was small (32%). Implications for career counseling and future studies are discussed.

Poverty As The Worse Form Of Violence, N.A. Ishak, M. Forstater, R.H. Zakaria

Research Publications (2011 to 2015)

Poverty and violence are difficult concepts to address from conceptual and definitional perspective, merely these two concepts receive appropriate attentions. Poverty can be the worse form of violence because it leaves effect until to the future generation. In other words poverty can lead to physically and mentally abuse to individual and their heirs. Thus, poverty as a form of violence must be seen as any act or condition that causes injury to health and well being of others. Thepurpose of this paper is to explore the concepts of poverty as a form of violence. This paper suggests, these two concepts …

Development Of A Proposed Community Action Plan For The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, Alicia Milla, Alexis Rodriguez

Community Engagement and Collaboration

The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) is a national organization that was started back in 1970 by two mothers of sons with type 1 diabetes. Since its founding, JDRF has awarded more than $1.5 billion to diabetes research around the world, including $9.9 million of research in San Diego. JDRF is a volunteer-driven organization with thousands of volunteers in locations worldwide. While JDRF is working hard to find a cure and improve the lives of those living with type 1 diabetes, it also has a goal of providing volunteer-led support programs to people with type 1 diabetes and their families. …

Utpa Commencement – Summer 2011, University Of Texas-Pan American

Edinburg Archives - Legacy Commencement Programs

No abstract provided.