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- Creator:
- Augustin, Frankline and Freshman, Brenda L.
- Description:
- The current U.S. health care workforce shortage is at crisis levels for providers who specialize in elder care. Barriers such as ageism, lack of awareness of the need for workers, and lack of contact with seniors can affect the career choice of young professionals. To explore ways to increase the number of students who pursue gerontology and to expand the elder care workforce, the researchers conducted a qualitative content analysis on the impact of service learning in senior care facilities on students' attitudes toward older adults. Students with senior contact reported increases in positive perceptions of seniors, discovered their own ageist stereotypes, and developed an interest in a career in elder care. Twenty-one months after the service-learning experience, students were surveyed again with their responses indicating continued positive attitude changes along with professional development demonstrating beneficial long-term effects from the experience.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 0270-1960, 1545-3847
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Creator:
- Hwang, Jessica P., Castaneda, Juan, Zahn, Marion P., Lackey, Susan C., and Yi, Jenny K.
- Description:
- Human papillomavirus (HPV) is the most common sexually transmitted disease in the US and the primary cause of cervical cancer. Vietnamese American women have the highest incidence rates of cervical cancer but one of the lowest HPV vaccination rates. Parental knowledge is an important predictor of HPV vaccination; however, little is known about HPV knowledge in the Vietnamese American community. We aimed to describe the HPV knowledge of Vietnamese mothers in Houston, Texas and their intention to vaccinate their daughters.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 0094-5145
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Creator:
- Friedman Narr, Rachel and Kemmery, M.
- Description:
- This study used a qualitative design to explore parent mentors' summaries of conversations with more than 1, individual families of deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) children receiving parent-to-parent support as part of an existing family support project. Approximately 35% of the families were Spanish speaking. Five parent mentors who have DHH children provided varied support primarily via the telephone to families with DHH children, frequently birth to age 3. The nature and types of support provided were examined and resulted in an in-depth analysis of the summary notes prepared by the parent mentors. The notes were coded using a mixed-methods software application. Three topics were the most prevalent within the conversations between parent mentors and family members: hearing-related topics, early intervention, and multiple disabilities. Several differences emerged between English-speaking and Spanish-speaking families receiving support. Implications and the significance of this study are discussed.
- Resource Type:
- Article
- Identifier:
- 1081-4159
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Creator:
- Vang, Chao
- Description:
- This phenomenological study was conducted to bring together a better understanding of the socio-cultural aspects regarding the home, school and community to the Hmong student experience. Two core theories, Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory of Development (1977, 1979) and Critical Race Theory (Delgado & Stefancic, 2001) woven together provided the conceptual framework to explore the contextual factors that contributed to six first-generation Hmong undergraduate students’ post-secondary experience, with a particular interest in examining six Hmong parents' perception of the role they play in their students' educational journey. This study concludes that the college experience for first-generation Hmong undergraduate students may not be just one way to go about creating habitus transformation, but the only way. Thus, getting Hmong students into college could be arguably not just necessary for economic growth but for realizing America’s promise where people can come and co-exist fruitfully and peacefully.
- Resource Type:
- Dissertation
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Educational Leadership