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Discover Public HealthBlack people in the US are highly affected by HIV and other health disparities. Rise, a culturally congruent Motivational Interviewing-based adherence intervention for Black adults with HIV, is included in the CDC’s Compendium of Evidence-Based ...
Laura M. Bogart +12 more
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THE DECLINE (AND REVIVAL?) OF BLACK FARMERS AND RURAL LANDOWNERS: A REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH LITERATURE [PDF]
African-Americans as a group went from owning almost no land in the United States after the Civil War to peaking at 15 million acres by 1920. In that year, 14% of all US farmers were black. Of these 926,000 black farmers, all but 10,000 were in the South.
Felin, M. Sindy +2 more
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Civil Society as Advocate of Social Change in Pre-and Post-transition Societies: Building Sound Governance in South Africa [PDF]
, 2002 In what ways are service learning and civic engagement shaped by context, and in what ways do these two trends contribute to higher education's trajectory for an "appropriate future" as a mature, responsible, and responsive institution within ...
Anne J. Gordon, Phiroshaw Camay
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In 2019, the Australian government established the Royal Commission into Violence, Abuse, Neglect and Exploitation of People with Disability (‘Disability Royal Commission’, DRC) to investigate widespread mistreatment of people with disability. Nearly 10,000 people with disability, their families and supporters engaged with the DRC.
Kate D'Cruz +7 more
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FROM RECONSTRUCTION TO DECONSTRUCTION: UNDERMINING BLACK LANDOWNERSHIP, POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE, AND COMMUNITY THROUGH PARTITION SALES OF TENANCIES IN COMMON [PDF]
The pattern of landownership in the rural African American community represents the mirror opposite of the trend in black land acquisition 100 years ago at the dawn of the twentieth century.
Mitchell, Thomas W.
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Black Male: Why the Mid South Cannot Afford to Ignore the Disparities Facing Its Black Men and Boys [PDF]
, 2008 In the Mid South -- Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi -- there is a particular need and opportunity for advocacy, funding, and systemic change to address the inequities faced by black males.
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On the Prospects for African Philosophy in Australia
Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper grapples with the situation of people of African descent in Australia by working through the constitution of the body of academic philosophy in the country. It contends with the parochialism of the Australian philosophical community and the prospects for the cultivation of greater pluralism. Taking African philosophy as one possible
Bryan Mukandi
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Breaking the Barriers to Specialty Care: Practical Ideas to Improve Health Equity and Reduce Cost - Striving for Equity in Specialty Care [PDF]
, 2016 Tremendous health outcome inequities remain in the U.S. across race and ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation, socio-economic status, and geography—particularly for those with serious conditions such as lung or skin cancer, HIV/AIDS, or cardiovascular
Chris Carlson +5 more
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Climigration? Population and climate change in Arctic Alaska [PDF]
, 2016 Residents of towns and villages in Arctic Alaska live on “the front line of climate change.” Some communities face immediate threats from erosion and flooding associated with thawing permafrost, increasing river flows, and reduced sea ice protection of ...
Hamilton, Lawrence C. +4 more
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The 2023 Australian Voice to Parliament Referendum presented a pivotal moment in the nation's democratic landscape. Despite support for Indigenous well‐being, the referendum did not secure the necessary approval, prompting extensive analysis of its outcome.
Scott Baum, William Mitchell
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