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…
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This qualitative study investigated LGBTQ+ cultural competency in eating disorder treatment centers. In particular, it sought to examine the question of how treatment providers understand and demonstrate cultural competency when working with LGBTQ+ clients in eating disorder tre…
Inequity in healthcare has long been understood to be caused by individual and structural racism in the health system. Little progress has been made in diminishing the disparities that exist between Black and African American minoritized populations and the White majority. Cultu…
The history of high school graduation rates in the United States shows that English Learners (EL) students graduate at rates considerably lower than that of their English language proficient and mainstream peers. Students who also have significant gaps or interruptions in their …
Purpose. The purpose of this QI project was to implement a Migrant Well-Child Health Toolkit at Casa Alitas Welcome Center (CAWC) that serves as a guideline for volunteer medical professionals in conducting comprehensive well-child examinations on migrant children upon arrival t…
The history of the United States is rooted in differences and actions that has culminated in the current reality of culturally incompetent behaviors with a lack of diversity, equity, and inclusion prevailing in organizations and society. Through a cultural competence conceptual …
The current study sought to address a concerning treatment disparity within the psychological profession. While cultural minority groups are more likely to experience trauma and psychological distress, they are less likely to access and benefit from mental health services. Furth…
The intent of this study was to gain insight into the perceptions of middle school educators on cultural competence and the utilization of cultural competency strategies within the instructional setting. The study focused on educators’ perceptions of how cultural competence was …
Psychological assessment represents a core competency and a highly specialized skill in professional psychology that is central to the identity of many practicing psychologists. However, more research is needed on the quality of assessment training that psychology doctoral stude…
In the United States, African American women are not only more likely to have experiences of childhood sexual abuse (CSA) but experience some of the severest forms of it. The presence of Afro-cultural values can play a significant role in the therapeutic outcomes of women who do…
This thesis examines current practice around 'internationalisation at home' (Jones, 2014). This is contextualised in single case study institution, in an isolated region of the UK, and takes place following the Brexit vote and the election of the Trump administration. The resear…
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…
This dissertation examines translation phenomena in Singapore from colonial to contemporary times, arguing that they are better understood as performative acts where their symbolic meaning is more significant than their semantic content. Acts of literary translation are performa…
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.
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…
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…
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…