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Attitudes As Barriers In Breast Screening: A Prospective Study Among Singapore Women, Paulin Tay Straughan, Adeline Seow

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

Health care systems do not exist in isolation, but rather, as part of the larger social and cultural mosaic. In particular, perceived attitudes are major obstacles in health promotion exercises. This problem is especially true for non-white populations where little is known about the prevailing social and cultural perceptions towards western biomedical prescriptions. To further our understanding of Asian women's acceptance of mammograms, three attitudinal indexes are conceptualised, constructed and validated. Data fi om a prospective survey showed the significance of fatalistic attitudes, perceived barriers and perceived efficacy of early detection in predicting women's acceptance of a free mammogram at …

Coalition Formation: Governmental Practices To Resolve Social Issues, Delshanna Jones

UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones

Small groups have formed to resolve social issues since the beginning of time. It is the village concept where activists meet in the center of town to discuss a concern and together work toward a solution to a problem. This is represented in the town of Plato’s Republic and how they handled its dilemma with Socrates disrespect and disruptions to their way of ruling/ their culture. People met at a central location, discussed the issue, agreed on a solution and, together, enforced the resolution. Thus, first governments used groups to find solutions to community problems (Bell and Smith, p.1). Citizens …

Mexican American Baptists' Dependency On Anglo Baptist Institutions In South Texas: A Case Study In Bee County, Richard Carrera

Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA

In the early 1800s, Anglo-Americans entered the Southwest in great numbers, bringing religious institutions with them, Mexican American Baptist dependency on Anglo Baptist institutions occurred. Anglos in the Southwest brought in the doctrine of Manifest Destiny and strict racial codes. Mostly Southerners, they sought to submit so-called foreign cultured people, in this case Mexican Americans, to a predetermined role in the economic and sociopolitical life of the Southwest. Anglo Baptists were part of this culture and influenced by the practice of this ideology. Applying the theory of Dependency, this study will examine the manifestation of dependency and its legacy in …

Concerns And Recommendations On Implementation Of The Workforce Investment Act Of 1998 In Boston: Summary Of The "Policy Roundtable: Local Implementation Of The Workforce Investment Act And Its Impact On Latinos And Other Communities", Luz Rodriguez, Kevin Whalen, Mary Jo Marion, Rita Lara, Claudia Green

Gastón Institute Publications

The primary public funding vehicle for employment training and workforce education is in the midst of radical change. The transition from the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982 to the Workforce. Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) will have a dramatic impact on providers and clients alike. This impact is likely to be especially challenging for programs targeted to the hardest to serve populations. For example, many practitioners are worried that members of certain groups will be more likely to be "lost" and not receive needed services under the voucher system that will be the primary payment method under WIA. Linguistic …

Enhancing Human Development In The Periphery :, Sean Joseph Osner

Archived Theses and Dissertations

No abstract provided.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 25, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Warren, Brandy. Diddle Arena to Get $28 Million Renovation
• Ragan, Jason. Students Camp Out for Chance to Live in McLean Hall
• Dawes, Jennifer. Western’s Computer Network Susceptible to Hacking
• Lynch, Caroline. Officer Alleges Incompetency – Anthony Purcell, WKU Police
• Act Now to Protect Campus Online Privacy
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon – Diddle Arena
• Frost, Jack. Students Don’t Want Sports
• Felton, Dennis. Thanks for Caring – Basketball
• McCabe, Jaclyn. Too Many to Love – Bowling Green Warren County Humane Society, Andy McDowell
• Corbin, Brett. WKU Telescope Undergoes Renovation – Bell …

The Rattler (Volume 87, Issue 5, Edition 1), St. Mary's University

The Rattler (Previous issues)

Founded in 1919, The Rattler is the student voice of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The newspaper documents campus life, academic and social issues, student opinion, and local and national events as they relate to the University community. Content typically includes news articles, editorial commentary, arts and culture coverage, sports reporting, and advertisements.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 24, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hall, Rex. Students Stabbed During Unsuccessful Break-In – Chris Stewart
• Hall, Rex. Date Rape Alleged at Frat Party – Sigma Chi
• Walsh, Erica. Holidays Find Homeless Thankful for Strangers
• Crosswalk Casts Light on Priorities
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon – Crosswalks
• Sutton, Amanda. Parking Spaces Before Sports
• Powell, Kacie. Count Your Blessings
• Dawes, Jennifer. Dr. Drew Pinsky Answers Questions, Gives Advice
• Warren, Brandy. University Boulevard May Get New Light
• Lynch, Caroline. Faculty Senate Condemns Board of Regents Recognition of Thomas Meredith – Meredith Hall
• Bennett, Jacob. Turkey Day Needs Own …

The Truth On Living In Truth, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article delineates a significant problem with Vaclav Havel's analysis of the power of the powerless through living in truth.

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 23, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Ragan, Jason. McLean Hall to Reopen Next Fall
• Corcoran, Kate. Gangster’s Paradise – Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Paddy Murphy
• Moore, Brian. Something Missing During Games? It’s the Students – Football
• Sports Waste Time, Money Without Fans
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon – Athletics Fee
• Hall, Eric. Thanks for Nothing – Student Fees
• Crowe, Shawn. Watch the Skies – Tornados
• Bennett, Jacob. Astronaut Speaking Tonight – Terry Wilcutt
• Bennett, Jacob. Puzzling Perceptions – Women’s Studies
• Batcheldor, Matt. Re-Vote or Revote? The People in Palm Beach Know – Presidential Election
• Williams, Travis. Western …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 22, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Lynch, Caroline. Faculty/Staff Campaign Announced
• Bennett, Jacob, et al. Cars, Buildings Fall Victim to Thursday’s Storm
• Hall, Rex. Night Shift Officer Deals with Alcohol, Attitudes – Kerry Hatchett, WKU Police
• Dawes, Jennifer. Martin Luther King III Claims Father’s American Dream Still Hasn’t Been Achieved
• Facilities Staff Gets Deserved Recognition
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon – Weather
• Local Priorities Get a Recount – Presidential Election
• Ross, Jim. Game Day Parking Problems
• Patterson, Kadie & Lindsay Gilmore. A Kitchen is for Cooking – Bemis Lawrence Hall
• Moore, Brian. Dorms May Open Early …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 21, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Hall, Rex. Election Tension Remains – George Bush, Al Gore
• Lynch, Caroline. Organ Recipient Enjoys Life Second Time Around – Jim Marcotte
• Dawes, Jennifer. Martin Luther King III to Visit Monday
• Ragan, Jason. Western Receives $1 Million for Research on Water Quality
• Karen, Mattias. WKU Alumnus to Speak on Astronaut Career Next Week – Terry Wilcutt
• Karen, Mattias. Classic Children’s Story Retold at Capitol Arts Center – Quimby
• Western Settles Suits; Students Pay
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon – Student Fees
• Simmons, Regina. How User-Friendly is TopNet?
• Lynch, Caroline. Wayne …

Ua12/2/1 Basketball Preview 2000 - Women, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine issue of the College Heights Herald regarding women's basketball:

• Sutton, Lyndsay. Senior Hopes to Lead Team to NCAA Tournament – ShaRae Mansfield
• Hightower, Kyle. Undersized Lady Toppers Don’t Feel Small
• Schoenbaechler, Danny. Lady Tops Begin Season in Hawaii
• Darr, John. Lady Tops’ Coaches Hope Players Stay Off Other Roster
• Sutton, Lyndsay. Player Profiles
• Lady Topper 2000-2001 Schedule
• Moore, Brian. Lady Tops: Guards-a-Plenty
• Queen, Chad. Road Through Sun Belt Could Be Long, Tough One

The Early Years In African American Education: A Life History Approach To Evaluating Control Theory, Beverly Diane Logan

Dissertations and Theses

The concern of this study is educational achievement, disproportionately low among inner-city African-American students. Because education is so highly valued, particularly among African-Americans, underachievement is considered deviation from cultural norms.

Social control theory attempts to explain why people conform to social norms in spite of pressures toward deviance. Many adverse pressures encountered in inner-city environments and persistent features of institutional racism toward blacks in school make underachievement understandable. Hirschi's (1969) control model, therefore, seemed most appropriate for examining black student achievement.

Control theory holds that individuals conform to cultural norms when their behavior is controlled through established social bonds, which …

The Rattler (Volume 87, Issue 4, Edition 1), St. Mary's University

The Rattler (Previous issues)

Founded in 1919, The Rattler is the student voice of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The newspaper documents campus life, academic and social issues, student opinion, and local and national events as they relate to the University community. Content typically includes news articles, editorial commentary, arts and culture coverage, sports reporting, and advertisements.

Speech: The History Of The Jacksonville Women's Network Delivered To New Members, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Speech written and delivered by Dr. Edna L. Saffy to new members of the Jacksonville Women’s Network on the history of JWN. Includes a list of Charter members with notes. Date: November 8, 2000.

The Rattler (Volume 87, Issue 3, Edition 1), St. Mary's University

The Rattler (Previous issues)

Founded in 1919, The Rattler is the student voice of St. Mary’s University in San Antonio, Texas. The newspaper documents campus life, academic and social issues, student opinion, and local and national events as they relate to the University community. Content typically includes news articles, editorial commentary, arts and culture coverage, sports reporting, and advertisements.

Trends. Psychological Pathways To Suicidal Terrorism, Ibpp Editor

International Bulletin of Political Psychology

This article discusses psychological pathways to suicidal terrorism. This discussion includes aspects of both social cognition and social learning, as well as philosophical psychology.

Ua12/2/1 Basketball Preview 2000 - Men, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

Magazine issue of College Heights Herald regarding men's basketball:

• Williams, Travis. The Last Man Standing – Nahson McPherson
• Compton, Micheal. Europeans at Home on Hill – International Students
• Darr, John. It’s Game Over if Dennis Felton Doesn’t Win This Year
• Williams, Travis. Player Profiles
• Hilltopper 2000-2001 Schedule
• Hightower, Kyle. New Point Guards Offer Help – Raynardo Curry, Golden Ingle
• Queen, Chad. Hilltoppers Have High Hopes with Nine Players Returning
• Sutton, Lyndsay. Dennis Felton Praises First Walk-On – Nathan Eisert

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 20, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Loyal, Taylor. Students Sound Off on Election 2000 – Politics
• Youngman, Sam. U.S. News Rankings Overlook Western
• Ragan, Jason. Sorority Hall Finally Gets a Name – Meredith Hall
• Youngman, Sam. Parties Vie for College Vote – Politics
• There’s No Excuse for Voter Apathy – Politics
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon Goalposts
• Ramge, Jim. The Spirit Is Back – Football
• Lipscomb, Robbie. South Campus Is Ignored
• It’s a Grand Night for Ohio Valley Conference Champions, Fans
• Hawkins, Allen. Al Gore, Democrats Work for College Students
• Morrison, Ryan. George W. Bush the …

The Consolidation Of Responsibility And Students' Definitions Of Situation In The Mixed-Age College Classroom, Jay R. Howard, Roberta Baird

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

This study tests for the norm of the consolidation of responsibility for participation in discussion in the mixed-age college classroom. Students who accept and reject this responsibility are identified through observation. The definitions of the college classroom employed by each group of students are contrasted through interviews and survey.

Update - November 2000, Loma Linda University Center For Christian Bioethics

Update

In this issue:

-- An Unlikely Reverence: The story of Centura Health, a partnership between Seventh-day Adventist and Roman Catholics
-- Child Prostitution in Thailand: Epidemic and Ethics

Emotion And Group Cohesion In Productive Exchange, Edward J. Lawler, Shane R. Thye, Jeongkoo Yoon

Faculty Publications

This study refines and experimentally tests a theory of relational cohesion that explains how and when actors become committed to one another in the context of multiactor exchange. The theory asserts that frequent social exchange results in (1) positive emotions that solidify and strengthen the person-to-group bond and (2) uncertainty reduction that renders the focal group more salient in relation to others. These two mechanisms produce a sense of psychological group formation and ultimately increase observable acts of commitment. In a “productive exchange” setting, three actors negotiate a joint venture that requires the assent of all members. The exchanges featured …

What Do Students Learn From Service-Learning And How Do We Know It?, Scott A. Chadwick

Special Topics, General

Service-learning presents a unique opportunity for those interested in the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL). This opportunity exists because relatively little empirical research has been conducted on the efficacy of service-learning with respect to the intended learning outcomes designed into the course by the teacher.

Cultural Policy In Singapore: Negotiating Economic And Socio-Cultural Agendas, Lily Kong

Research Collection School of Social Sciences

In this paper, I examine the role of cultural policy in a newly industrialised economy, which is at the same time a state with a short history and only nascent beginnings in nation-building and efforts to construct a distinctive cultural identity. Using Singapore as the site of analyses, develop an understanding of the intersection between the economic and socio-cultural agendas behind cultural development policies. I illustrate the hegemony of the economic, supported by the ideology and language of pragmatism and globalisation. At the same time, I explore the reception of and attempts to negotiate (and at times, contest) state policies …

Clark Memorandum: Fall 2000, J. Reuben Clark Law Society, J. Reuben Clark Law School

The Clark Memorandum

• Latter-day Saint Reflections on the Trial and Death of Jesus (John W. Welch)
• Basic Mediation Training (Jane Wise)
• Good Words for the Journey Ahead (Stephen H. Anderson)
• From the Orange County Register

Factors Affecting Academic Performance Of Students In A Private College, Aw Seng Hong

Student Works (2000-2009)

This study investigates the relationships between socio-demographic and behavioral factors and academic performance of students at pre-university level in a private college. The subjects for this study are students pursuing Cambridge 'A' Level and South Australian Matriculation (SAM) courses at the college. The findings of this study show that past academic achievement (SPM aggregate) is the most important factor determining the performance at pre-university level. Those who obtained good SPM results tend to excel at pre-university level. Examination results also vary widely according to the socio-demographic characteristics of the students. Children of highly educated parents tend to perform better in …

Predictors Of Self-Reported Sexually Transmitted Diseases Among Homeless And Runaway Adolescents, Kimberly A. Tyler, Les B. Whitbeck, Dan R. Hoyt, Kevin A. Yoder

Department of Sociology: Faculty Publications

Path analysis was used to investigate factors associated with self-reported sexually transmitted diseases among 569 homeless and runaway adolescents in four Midwestern states. Youth were interviewed by outreach workers directly on the streets, in shelters, and in drop-in centers. Results indicated that family abuse was positively related to substance use, affiliation with friends who sold sex, and time on own. Early family abuse indirectly increased the likelihood of self-reported sexually transmitted diseases through time on own, substance use, friends selling sex, and risky sexual behaviors. Finally, substance use and affiliation with friends who sold sex was positively associated with risky …

Ua12/2/1 College Heights Herald, Vol. 76, No. 19, Wku Student Affairs

WKU Administration Documents

WKU campus newspaper reporting campus, athletic and Bowling Green, Kentucky news.

• Warren, Brandy. $80 Fee Increase Passes – Regents, Athletics Fee
• Moore, Brian. Ohio Valley Conference Champions – Football
• Lynch, Caroline. University Settles Three Harassment Lawsuits – Jessica Allen, Janet Short, Tammy Collins, Wayne Jones
• Dawes, Jennifer. Hell House Draws Protesters, Large Crowd – Diversity Coalition, Green Party, Demonstrations, Victory Hill Ministries
• Hall, Rex. Gated Lots Damaged After Tops’ Victory – Parking & Traffic Services, Vandalism
• Fee Hike Shows Regents Don’t Care – Athletics Fee
• Grady, Brian. Editorial Cartoon WKU Athletics Trick or Treating for Cash
• Lanter, Charlie. Student Government …

Speech: Corrine Brown Anecdotes, October 30, 2000, Edna Louise Saffy

Saffy Collection - All Textual Materials

Speech notes and anecdotes related to Corrine Brown for “Address delivered October 30; 2000 at the Hilton Hotel Jacksonville Florida to Introduct (Introduce?) the Former Governor of Texas; the Honorable Ann Richards”.