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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Immigrants and refugees in the United States often face significant barriers in accessing social services, including mental health support, legal assistance, ESL or related education, housing, vocational training, workforce resources, transportation, and citizenship support. This article explores the strengths and challenges of community‐based
Rooshey Hasnain +7 more
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SOCIAL APPROACHES TO RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS IDENTITY [PDF]
Hum, 2012 Archeological remains and written documents say that familiar human societies have had religion, of course that is not one religion; it appears in different forms.
Irena Musa
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The growing diversity of the U.S. population, partly due to immigration, has called attention to scholars and practitioners to attend to immigrants' cultural beliefs, values, and ways of doing when designing interventions to promote health and wellbeing.
Yolanda Suarez‐Balcazar +10 more
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Journal of Holistic Nursing and Midwifery, 2010 Introduction: World population is getting old. Regarding the increasing number of elderly individuals and prevalent mental disorders, seeking other sources in order to prevent the difficulties of geriatric conditions is necessary.
Shadman Reza Masouleh +3 more
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In die Skriflig, 2016 Many African scholars such as Bolaji Idowu, Mbiti, Bediako and others have posed a question about the interrelationship between traditional African religion and Christianity.
Vhumani Magezi, Christopher Magezi
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Youth and Religion: The Gameboy Generation Goes to ``Church''
Social Indicators Research, 2004 Using the secularization theory and the Marxistnotion of religion as masking class conscienceone would expect the importance of religion andreligious involvement today to wane and belimited to lower class members. To challenge thisexpectation, using a representative nationaltelephone survey of 2004 youth (ages 11–18) andtheir parents, we attempt to ...
Cnaan, Ram A +2 more
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Seguir adelante: A qualitative exploration of Latino farmworkers' work and nonwork resources
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Latino immigrant workers have been an exploited community within many dangerous workforces, but especially within the agricultural industry. They are a crucial population for the labor and economy of the U.S., yet Latino farmworkers report feeling expendable, discriminated against, and exposed to hazardous working conditions.
Faviola Robles Saenz +3 more
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The Postcolonial Pedagogical Challenge of Creativity [PDF]
, 2017 Edward Said pointed to the problem of Orientalism that develops when the West creates a fictitious imagined version of Eastern religion and culture. Said’s notion of Orientalism focuses on the general distorted representation of Eastern religion and ...
MisirHiralall, Sabrina D.
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract This article examines how university‐based teacher education programs in diverse historical, sociocultural, and political settings in the U.S. and in Chile, served to foster immigrant empowerment and liberation. Using a Funds of Knowledge approach, the study analyzed the educational practices of migrant families and their integration into ...
Ana Christina da Silva Iddings +3 more
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The relationships between religion/spirituality and Mental and Physical Health: A review [PDF]
Disease and Diagnosis, 2016 Religion and spirituality are usually considered as protective factors against a host of negative health outcomes. Recent surveys have documented several associations between religion/spirituality and physical and mental health outcomes.
Fazilat Pour Ashouri +4 more
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