This present study examined the influences of family dynamics, family belief systems, and parental education pertaining to their effect on African American children and families under the confines of indigence and frequent exposure to stress.
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Culturally diverse college students often have high rates of addictive disorders, yet tend to have lower rates of treatment participation and completion. Much of this is due to the lack of culturally relevant practices and treatment. Collegiate Recovery Programs have been establ…
According to the APA, issues of culture and diversity are essential areas of competency that all mental health clinicians should and must consider when providing services. Included under the umbrella of culture are religion and spirituality (RS) practices and beliefs. The majori…
This research is the first exploratory survey of rule of law officials in Iraq. Prior to this research, little has been done to examine whether U.S. rule of law efforts in Iraq were informed by a proper knowledge of the culture and criminal justice systems of Iraq and whether th…
This master's project addressed the void in multicultural counseling literature regarding culturally competent counseling with Muslims in the United States, particularly in the aftermath of September 11, 2001. Drawing upon the ACA's multicultural counseling model, this project p…
Due to the numerous learning adaptations, a number of faculty and graduates within higher education are experiencing advent practices of marginalization. One of these challenges students face is learning to coupe with marginalization practices that tend to arise in the classroom…
This dissertation examines the concept of cultural competence in a cross-cultural priestly context and its implications for priestly training for service abroad. The main purpose of this study is to contribute ideas to the development of a new curriculum for young clergy enterin…
Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is described as a traditional and cultural practice of a number of countries in Africa, Asia, and the Middle East. It comprises various procedures which alter or injure the external female genital organs for non-therapeutic reasons, potentially re…
This thesis examines the shifting relationship between the state and its subjects with regard to responsibility for and entitlement to care. Using Malaysia as a case study the research engages with international medical travel (IMT) as an outcome of the neoliberal retrenchment o…
Sexual violence (SV) is considered to be a serious public health problem, with far-reaching and enduring ramifications on the physical and psychological well-being of survivors (Basile, Chen, Black, & Saltzman, 2007). The extent to which factors such as family support, religiosi…
Within the field of school psychology there exists literature for school psychologists working with specific ethnic and linguistic groups (Frisby & Reynolds, 2005; Tomes, 2011). The Arab American population is estimated to be 3.6 million (Arab American Institute, 2012). However,…
Lagos state, the commercial center of Nigeria, has become more diverse since the colonial days and independence in 1960. Accordingly, there is a need to reduce health care disparities among different ethnic groups that exists in the Nigeria due to prejudice against a variety of …
In Israel, a country with one of the highest birthrates in the western world and a religious-secular divide, Israeli Jewish midwives conduct the majority of deliveries for different groups of Jews as well as other cultures. The purposes of this first descriptive intra-cultural s…
This research is an effort to understand how service providers meet the needs of battered South Asian immigrant women. The data, comprised of interviews with staff of organizations that work with battered immigrant women, were analyzed to assess if each of the organizations in t…
Arab Americans have received very little attention in the area of domestic violence research. An understanding of the culturally rooted experience of this violence situated within the sociopolitical context of Arabs in the United States is critical in order to provide sensitive …
This open access book explores cultural competence in the higher education sector from multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives. It addresses cultural competence in terms of leadership and the role of the higher education sector in cultural competence policy and pr…
This open access book explores cultural competence in the higher education sector from multi-disciplinary and inter-disciplinary perspectives. It addresses cultural competence in terms of leadership and the role of the higher education sector in cultural competence policy and pr…
This open access book explores the transformative experiences of participants in the University of Sydneys National Centre for Cultural Competence (NCCC) programs. The establishment of the NCCC was viewed as a critical point of departure for developing an institution-wide agenda…
This practical guide is a must read for students interested in developing the attitudes, knowledge, skills, and values that foster positive relationships with people from diverse cultures both within and outside of the workplace. It contains real-life examples from students draw…