This thesis provides a constructivist grounded theory perspective of the subordination of women in senior leadership positions in selected Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) countries: South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Malawi. The invisibility of women in senior leadership positions motivated t…
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Financial insecurity, inadequate family nutrition, poor health, and low self-esteem are some of the challenges faced by rural women in Southern Nigeria due to lack of income. Although the advantages of microfinance in developing countries are well documented, little is known abo…
Cette thèse s’intéresse à l’agentivité des femmes et à la participation de ces dernières aux efforts visant la cessation des hostilités et la consolidation de la paix suite à un conflit armé. Ce travail porte une attention particulière aux obstacles rencontrés par celles désiran…
This study evaluates successful organization development (OD) and change initiatives in Anglophone West African Countries (AWA) from 1991 to 2011 using the case meta-analysis methodology. It posits that despite the longstanding problems, failures, and management challenges AWA c…
This study examined the perspectives, experiences, and leadership of rural women from Lassa who were members of one grassroots organization, Yiriwaton. Further, the study sought to understand the impact this organization had on this group of women in terms of their empowerment a…
Since Tajikistan’s independence in 1991 the number of rural girls leaving school after grade 9 has been increasing at an alarming rate. In order to improve rural girls’ secondary school attendance and retention, in 2006 Save the Children, local non-governmental organization (NGO…
In spite of the devastating effects of civil wars on women's human rights, an emerging body of literature links civil wars to improved outcomes in a few specific areas of women's empowerment, such as political representation and employment. But why do some post-conflict states s…
Background: The poor health status of people globally is a reminder of the social gradient of health that exists within countries and between countries. Together, the structural determinants and conditions of daily life constitute the social determinants of health (SDH), and res…
The purpose of this study was accomplished by using a panel of internationally renowned experts (N = 27) who were knowledgeable about HIV/AIDS and socio-cultural issues in the Niger Delta of Nigeria. The experts used the Delphi process to transform literature-based constructs ge…
Although the overall health of children is much improved in Matlab, Bangladesh since the late 1970's, when life expectancies were low and females suffered significantly higher rates of mortality than males, sex differences in nutritional status, negatively affecting girls, remai…
Conducted over a three-year period, this multiple-case study examined the previous professional backgrounds, transitional issues, and intellectual transformation of four Afghan university teachers during their graduate study in language education at a large Midwestern research u…
Quality of life (QOL) is an increasingly popular outcome measure in medical and mental health research. Studies of determinants of QOL have primarily focused on variables in the physiological and psychological realms. If quality of life is to remain a useful construct, it needs …
This dissertation examines the effects of three major development initiatives in rural Bangladesh on marital sorting and female empowerment. The first chapter documents that a family planning and health services program intended to empower women through fertility control led to …
Patient rights are gaining attention worldwide. ‘Patients’ exist within the health care system. In Uzbekistan, the health system was inherited from the Soviet Union and is now undergoing reforms. This research was conducted as part of a USAID-funded health reform project in rura…
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between African women's empowerment and education. A correlational study was conducted using data collected from 149 women participants in Ethiopia. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software program …
This community psychology project consisted of two virtual storytelling groups gathered to examine the impact of storytelling during a global pandemic. It used the public narrative methodology of Marshall Ganz placed within the context of community mental health. Each storytelli…
Although a consensus exists that music is a powerful force and can be used as a vehicle to accomplish multiple endeavors—to express their identities; perpetuate histories and worldviews; and teach, conscientize, and mobilize others on a broad range of political and social issues…
Three studies were conducted to explore perceived control and influence at the organizational, neighborhood, beyond the neighborhood, and multiple levels using the Perceived Control Scale. Two studies used multiple regression to examine predictors and health effects of perceived…
Professor and Playwright Dr. Tess Onwueme is a powerful literary voice focusing on the issues affecting women and families in Africa and its diaspora. With the publication of her first play, A Hen Too Soon (1983), a fresh voice was added to challenge traditional beliefs that end…