Browsing Wurzweiler School of Social Work: Dissertations by Subject "Black studies."

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    • HIV/AIDS stigma in the Washington Heights community 

      Minier, Luis H. (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2008)
      This explanatory/cross-sectional study examined the level of HIV/AIDS stigma in the Washington Heights community in New York City. It measured the level of HIV/AIDS stigma in the different ethnic communities in Washington ...

    • Learning/emotional disability: Links to self-perception and self -worth 

      Burton, Cheryl Ann (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2003)
      There have been long-standing, concerns about possible negative effects of the special education experience on student recipients. Specifically parents of Black students have voiced their concern that their children's ...

    • Social support and recovery: Breast cancer in disadvantaged black women 

      Beder, Joan Carol (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1993)
      This quantitative-descriptive study examined the relationship between adjustment to breast cancer and types of perceived social support. One hundred socioeconomically disadvantaged black women, fifty at three months, and ...

    • Social workers and activism: Examining perceptions and participation 

      Newland, Lisa Zakiya (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2007)
      Social work, unlike many professions, has a historical commitment to social justice and an activism agenda. This study a non-experimental explanatory survey design which randomly sampled members of the New York City chapter ...

    • The effect of a parenting program on African-American adolescent fathers 

      Mazza, Carl (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 1995)
      This study focuses on the effects of a comprehensive parenting program on African-American inner city adolescent fathers. The study accepts the premise that many adolescent fathers want to learn how to become nurturing, ...

    • Use of spiritual -focused coping for managing stress among Black women 

      Harris, Myra (ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2005)
      This study explored the use of spiritual-focused coping as a way of managing stress among working class Black women. It was hypothesized that Black women would use spiritual-focused coping as a first response to stress and ...