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Factors Associated with Intention to Donate Blood: Sociodemographic and Past Experience Variables
Journal of Blood Transfusion, Volume 2014, Issue 1, 2014., 2014 Background and Objectives. This study was conducted to assess the level of intention of the general public towards blood donation and the factors associated with it. Methods. A descriptive cross‐sectional study was conducted in South‐East Botswana amongst participants aged 21–65 years.
Pule Ishmael Pule +4 more
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Why Urban Citizens in Developing Countries Use Traditional Medicines: The Case of Suriname
Evidence-Based Complementary and Alternative Medicine, Volume 2013, Issue 1, 2013., 2013 The use of traditional medicines (TMs) among urban populations in developing countries and factors underlying people’s decision to use TMs are poorly documented. We interviewed 270 adults in Paramaribo, Suriname, using a stratified random household sample, semistructured questionnaires, and multivariate analysis.
Tinde van Andel +2 more
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Two Racial Capitalisms: Marxism, Domination, and Resistance in Cedric Robinson and Stuart Hall
Antipode, Volume 56, Issue 5, Page 1802-1829, September 2024.Abstract The popularity of the concept of “racial capitalism” has exploded over the past decade, penetrating both academic and activist circles. Two thinkers have been foundational to this revival: Cedric Robinson and Stuart Hall. Whereas previous scholarship has tended to merge these two thinkers into a single framework, we argue that they develop ...
Marcel Paret, Zachary Levenson
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Urban Studies Research, Volume 2012, Issue 1, 2012., 2012 This paper examines place inscriptions in Trench Town, Jamaica, and explores the ways these are used to reinforce, shape, or challenge dominant images of this inner‐city community. On one hand, Trench Town is like many of its neighbouring communities, characterised by high levels of poverty, unemployment, political and gang violence, derelict buildings,
Kevon Rhiney +2 more
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Neural Plasticity, Volume 2007, Issue 1, 2007., 2007 We describe a new arachnophobia therapy that is specially suited for those individuals with severe arachnophobia who are reluctant to undergo direct or even virtual exposure treatments. In this therapy, patients attend a computer presentation of images that, while not being spiders, have a subset of the characteristics of spiders.
Laura Carmilo Granado +3 more
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The Knife is Still in Our Backs: Reparations Washing and the Limits of Reparatory Justice Campaigns
Development and Change, Volume 55, Issue 4, Page 628-650, July 2024.ABSTRACT The Black Lives Matter movement of 2020 has placed reparations firmly on the international agenda. This article discusses the concept of ‘reparations washing’ with reference to the measures of two British businesses, Greene King and Lloyd's of London, in acknowledgement of their historical roots in the slave trade, and the Government of the ...
Kehinde Andrews
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Cannabis and Suicidal Behaviour Among Adolescents: A Pilot Study from Trinidad
The Scientific World Journal, Volume 5, Issue 1, Page 576-585, 2005., 2005 Cannabis use and suicidal behaviour are causes of adolescent morbidity and mortality worldwide. Changing trends in these behaviours in younger age groups, higher incidence, gender differences and sociocultural variations present an enormous challenge.
Hari D. Maharajh, Monique Konings
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Sociological means : colonial reactions to the radicalization of Rastafari in Jamaica, 1956-1959
NWIG, 1995 Study of the formative stage in the development of the Rastafarian movement. It was a time of rapid radicalization and heightened expectations of an imminent return to Africa.
Frank Jan van Dijk
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The many voices of Rastafarian women : sexual subordination in the midst of liberation
NWIG, 1994 Author calls it ironic that although Rasta men emphasize freedom, their relationship to Rasta women is characterized by a posture and a rhetoric of dominance.
Obiagale Lake
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Transnational popular culture and the global spread of the Jamaican Rastafarian movement
NWIG, 1994 Discusses the spread of the Rastafarian movement in the British Caribbean, North America, Europe, Africa, New Zealand, and the Pacific. In the vast majority of cases it has been reggae music which has functioned as the primary catalyst for spreading the ...
Neil J. Savishinsky
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