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- Creator:
- Nevarez, Isaiah
- Description:
- Over the last few decades, technological advancement has increased the quality of dental health care in the United States. Having adequate dental health has several social and physiological health benefits. On the flipside, research suggests that the lack of such health has severe negative consequences not only for the persons who suffer from poor dental health, but on society as a whole. The literature on this subject also suggests that low-income people and people from racial minority groups have a higher chance of having poor dental health and facing "barriers" to accessing dental care services when compared to their more wealthy or white counterparts. The Dental Pipeline Program was developed as a means to equalize access to dental care for all populations in the United States. Surprisingly, few studies have been conducted that evaluate the effectiveness of this program, specifically, the impact that it makes on its target population-the dental students. This study is about how the role of the dental education process at Lorna Linda University School of Dentistry, a predominantly white, middle-class, Christian institution, can impact students' attitudes and ideologies, and how that can affect access and delivery of dental services for vulnerable populations. I draw my analysis of students' response to the Pipeline Program in context of the school's attempt to instill a charity-based service ethic in its students, which often conflicts with the goals of the Pipeline Program, all while training and creating competent dental professionals. Keywords: Professional Socialization, Dental Pipeline Program, Evaluation Research, Dental Care Access, Dental School Education, Cultural Competency, Medical Sociology.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
- Creator:
- Ramirez, Tiffany Marie
- Description:
- This study examined Latino male-to-male friendships and the influence of masculinity. This study was carried out by ten interviews held with Latino males between the ages of23-27. This study yielded data that demonstrated that Latino men can be intimate in their friendships, that masculinity plays a role in their friendships through competition and communication, and that family and ethnic background also play a role in their friendships. These implications reveal Latino men need further research in the area of friendships. Key Words: Male Friendships, Latinos, Hispanics, Masculinity, Homosociality, Best Friends, Culture
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
- Creator:
- Rosalez, Jacob T
- Description:
- This research centers itself in a paradigm shift from conceptualizing race as a biologically significant concept to identifying its relationship to the social determinants of health drawing much from sociology. This study builds on a new wave of research that looks at how the stress of racism- institutionalized, personally mediated, and internalized (Jones 2002)- is a core determinant of the racial health inequality structure of the United States. This study highlights the advantage of analyzing theory based racial breakdown models over traditional atheoretical "race effect" models of health. Findings from the traditional "race effect" model indicate that controlling for behavioral risk factors, health status and access, age, gender, SES, and exposure to racism, no racial health disadvantage exist in the form of number of unhealthy days. By comparison, findings from six race*sex breakdown models, reflecting a Critical Race framework based upon race equity and social justice principles, indicate that controlling for risk factors, health status and access, age, SES, socially assigned race, and exposure to racism the number of unhealthy days for Black males, Black females, and Latino males are significantly higher. These findings argue for theory based health effect models when conducting health research, but more importantly a discontinuation of one size fits all solutions for health inequalities. Keywords: Race, CRT, Social Determinants of Health, Public Sociology
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
- Creator:
- Simpkins, Jermaine
- Description:
- Using qualitative data, this paper explores the dynamics of African American male strivers navigating through the pressures of socially constructed masculinity. Using the experiences of 8 African American male strivers who have lived within a poor co nun unity during the process of reaching manhood, this paper illustrates the limited opportunities for African American males who seek to define themselves as men. The strivers who participated shed light on a silent population of African American males who carry hidden aspirations while sometimes engaging in the illegal opportunities that poor corrununities often provide. Participants expressed awareness of their social locations while reaching a turning point towards other legal avenues of success.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
- Creator:
- Walkington, Lori
- Description:
- Big Beautiful Women (BBWs) experience attempts to define and often erase their sexuality that include controlling images and external constructions of these women's sexual aesthetic and sexual agency. The deployment of a white male gaze defines BBWs as being without attraction or desire. While it does construct a stereotypical pose for Black and Latina BBWs, this construction is at the same time contradictory and ambivalent. BBWs are seen as concurrently asexual, aggressive, sexually promiscuous, strong, submissive, sexually experienced and naive. This work privileges voices and experiences of women in an examination of personal ads as constructions of a contradictory white male gaze and productions wherein Black and Latina BBWs reaffirm their beauty, sexual desire and sexual agency. As such, they construct a site of resistance that empowers them as sexual actors. Keywords: Sexuality, Gender, Counter-hegemony, Counter-narrative, Standpoint, Race, Sexual Agency, media
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
- Creator:
- Willman, Lindsey
- Description:
- This quantitative study examines the impact of living on base versus off base on the health and well-being of Army spouses and children whose significant other is deployed. This study uses data from the 2004 Military Families Survey conducted by the Washington Post/Kaiser Family Foundation/Harvard University. 1,053 spouses of Army personnel are surveyed on their health, well-being, and types of support they use to cope. Results from this study find that spouses whose significant other is deployed are more likely to have poor mental health and in tum, are more likely to use more military resources. Findings also show that spouses who live on base are more likely to have trouble with their children than spouses who live off base. No significant mental health differences were found between spouses living on base and off base. Findings from this study point to a need for increased implementation of counseling, therapy, and resources for military families and increased promotion of such services. Keywords: Military, Deployment, Mental Health, Well-Being, Social Support
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
- Creator:
- Harris, Brian Lamar
- Description:
- Expanding on Eduardo Bonilla-Silva's work on white racial progressives in Racism without Racists {2003), this work examines white racial progressives using the 2000 General Social Survey because of its inclusion of a module that examines racial interaction that contains variables that can be used as proxy measures of white racial progressives. I employ multiple regression analyses of whites' attitudes about African-Americans that reflect Black acceptance as measured by their acceptance of racial intermarriage. Following previous research (Bobo 2000} the model assesses racial attitudes among whites that serve to distinguish white racial progressives that favor interracial Black-white marriage. My findings show that political liberalness, residence outside of the southern states, a general feeling of closeness to Black people, and support of Affirmative Action policy predicts positive attitudes toward Black-white interracial marriage. The paper ends by suggesting that future researchers employ a more comprehensive modeling of white racial progressiveness that reflects the level of interaction with Black people. Keywords: race, colorblind racism, whiteness studies, racial progressivity
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
- Creator:
- Amador, Linda D
- Description:
- This research on eight middle age Latina runners was conducted using qualitative research methods. The purpose of the study was to discover the meanings these Latinas gave to their running experiences. This study explored the concept of race, class and gender in relationship to these Latina's running experiences. Each of these women, during their life course, rejected the cultural social norms about females and physical acti-yity-they became runners. Running became a form of resistance. These Latinas took a lifetime of struggle and resistance and transformed it to an activist lifestyle today, and running played a large role. They believe strongly in giving back to their people and supporting their culture. Their stories revealed the challenges that they confronted on their way to becoming runners, sometimes failing, and sometimes succeeding. The fact that they succeeded at all makes these Latinas unique.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice
- Creator:
- McCune, Barbara
- Description:
- This study has two foci. First it explores the possible impact of gender, race, SES, presence of risk factors, and social integration to predict academic integration. Second, it seeks to understand if student financial disadvantage is inversely related to feelings of academic integration and if students who experience a higher level of social integration are more likely to report a higher level of academic integration. The results are both promising and disturbing. While academic integration does not appear to be negatively associated with economic disadvantage, those who experience the presence of risk factors that are typically associated with a non-traditional educational path appear to suffer from both a low level of social and academic integration. Item only available to the CSUSM community. Authentication with campus user name and password required.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- San Marcos
- Department:
- Sociological Practice