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Health Vulnerability of Immigrants with Limited English Proficiency: A Study of Older Korean Americans
(The American Geriatrics Society, 2016-07)OBJECTIVES— To examine the extent to which limited English proficiency (LEP) poses a risk to physical and mental health, using older Korean Americans as a target population.
DESIGN—Cross-sectional ...
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Preference for Patient-Provider Ethnic Concordance in Asian Americans
(Routledge, 2018-08)Objectives: The present study examined factors associated with the preference for patient-provider ethnic concordance in Asian Americans.
Design: With data drawn from the 2015 Asian American ...
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Mental Health Service Use and Perceived Unmet Needs for Mental Health Care in Asian Americans
(Springer US, 2019-02)Using data from the Asian American Quality of Life (AAQoL, n = 2609) survey, logistic regression models of mental health service use and perceived unmet needs were estimated with background variables, ethnicity, and mental ... -
The Moderating Role of Attachment on the Association between Childhood Maltreatment and Adolescent Dating Violence
(Elsevier, 2018-18)Approximately twenty percent of female and ten percent of male adolescents report violence in their dating relationships and there is a significant association between dating violence in adolescence and later perpetration ...
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The Intersection of Self-Control Theory, Objective Self-Awareness, and Mindfulness
(Redshine Publication, 2018-06)This study investigates how changes in self-awareness impact criminological self-control and the degree to which mindfulness buffers against these changes. To accomplish this task, 118 undergraduate participants were ... -
The Role that Self-Compassion and Self-Control play in Hostility provoked from a Negative Life Event
(Redshine Publications, 2016)The main focus of this study is to investigate the degree to which self-compassion and self-control buffer against hostility provoked by a negative life experience. To accomplish this inquiry pre and posttest state hostility ... -
Online Training for Working with Student Veterans: A Social Work Elective Course
(Online Learning Consortium, 2015)This article describes one school of social work’s innovative online elective course to prepare Masters of Social Work (MSW) students for practice with the military, veterans and their families. Developed as part of a ... -
The Risk Typology of Healthcare Access and its Association with Unmet Healthcare Needs in Asian Americans
(Wiley, 2018-01)Using data from the 2015 Asian American Quality of Life Survey (N = 2,609), latent profile analysis was conducted on general (health insurance, usual place for care and income) and immigrant-specific (nativity, length of ... -
Measurement Equivalence of English Versus Native Language Versions of the Kessler 6 (K6) Scale: An Examination in Three Asian American Groups
(American Psychological Association, 2018-09)The use of languages other than English in population-based surveys is necessitated by the linguistic diversities in the United States. However, inclusion of multiple languages in survey data collection raises concerns ... -
PrEP Awareness and Decision-making for Latino MSM in San Antonio, Texas
(Public Library of Science, 2017-09)Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) has been promoted among high-risk populations as an effective HIV biomedical intervention. However, limited research is available on the significance of culturally informed biomedical ... -
Positive Physical and Mental Outcomes for Residents in Nursing Facilities Using Music: A Systematic Review
(Dove Medical Press, 2019)Objectives: The objective of this study was to investigate the applicability and effectiveness of the use of music in providing for positive physical and mental outcomes in nursing facilities.
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Hip Hop, Empowerment, and Therapeutic Beat-making: Potential Solutions for Summer Learning Loss, Depression, and Anxiety in Youth
(Taylor & Francis, 2019-06-18)A challenge faced by many students is the loss of academic skills during the summer months. However, less attention is given to social and emotional needs during the summer. Thirty-five middle school students from low-SES ... -
Oral Health and Dental Care in Older Asian Americans in Central Texas
(Wiley, 2017-07)Objectives: To examine factors associated with dental health insurance, self-rated oral health, and use of preventive dental care services in older Asian Americans. DESIGN: Cross-sectional survey.
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Asian Americans' Concerns and Plans about Alzheimer's Disease: The Role of Exposure, Literacy and Cultural Beliefs
(Wiley, 2018-03)Responding to the increase of the Asian American population and the growing imperative to address issues on Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in diverse populations, this study examined Asian Americans’ concerns about AD (both ... -
Preventive Dental Care Utilization in Asian Americans in Austin, Texas: Does Neighborhood Matter?
(MDPI, 2018-10-16)Although dental care is an essential component of comprehensive health care, a substantial proportion of the U.S. population lacks access to it. Disparities in dental care are most pronounced in racial/ethnic minority ... -
The Salience Network Structures as a Mediator of Violence and Perceptions of Hostility
(Università cattolica del Sacro Cuore Milano, 2019-04-25)This study investigates the surface area of salience network structures as a mediator of violence and perceptions of hostility in a sample of 1112 healthy adult brains. Correlational Analyses revealed that all variables ... -
Prisoner Reentry and Recidivism According to the Formerly Incarcerated and Reentry Service Providers: A Verbal Behavior Approach
(American Psychological Association, 2012)Successful reintegration of formerly incarcerated individuals into communities is important because of both the personal and emotional costs to the former offender and the social and financial costs to the community and ... -
Empowerment-Based Positive Youth Development: A New Understanding of Healthy Development for African American Youth
(Society for Research on Adolescence, 2014-03)A shift occurred in research about adolescents in the general population. Research is moving away from deficits toward a resilience paradigm and understanding trajectories of positive youth development. This shift has ... -
Texas Standards of High Quality Afterschool, Summer, and Expanded Learning Programs
(Texas Partnership for Out of School Time, 2014-12)High quality out of school time programs are an essential component to improving the lives of Texas youth, supporting families and creating a strong Texas workforce. To support programs in achieving the highest program ... -
The Community Action Framework in Practice: An Illustration Based on the Ready by 21 Coalition of Austin/Travis County
(Taylor & Francis, 2011-08)The field of positive youth development has expanded focus from articulating and measuring desired manifestations of positive well-being to assembling the environmental conditions known to promote these desired outcomes. ...
