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Che, Mustafa Mazlina. "Supporting Asian immigrant English language learners : teachers’ beliefs and practices." Thesis, University of Canterbury. School of Educational Studies and Leadership, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10092/10382.
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This phenomenological study explores the beliefs and practices of New Zealand early childhood teachers in supporting English acquisition for Asian immigrant English language learners (ELLs). The focus of the study is on the analysis of early childhood teachers’ beliefs about how they can support English acquisition among Asian immigrant ELLs and how these beliefs influence the teachers’ practices in early childhood education (ECE) settings.
The theoretical framework of this research draws on a range of sociocultural perspectives, including (i) the sociocultural positions initially defined by Lev Vygostky (1978), (ii) the notion of guided participation articulated by Barbara Rogoff (2003), (iii) theories of second language acquisition discussed by Lantolf and Thorne (2000), and by Krashen (1982, 1985), and (iv) acculturation as addressed by Berry (2001).
The main participants of this study were seven early childhood teachers and six Asian immigrant ELLs from two ECE centres. Four Asian parents participated in interviews to ascertain the parents’ perspectives about their children’s learning of English and their maintenance of home language. Research methods for the teachers included observations and semi-structured pre- and post-observation interviews. For each centre, observations were carried out over a six week period which enabled a series of snapshots of how the teachers supported the ELLs as they acquired English.
The findings were analysed using thematic analysis, and presented three themes: English dominance, social cultural adaptation, and guided participation. These themes impacted the learning experiences of the Asian immigrant ELLs and other children attending the ECE as well as the teaching approaches of the early childhood teachers. The findings revealed that there were dissonances between the teachers’ beliefs and their practices, as well as variation between individual teachers’ beliefs and practices. Because of a significant increase in the number of ELLs in New Zealand ECE centres, it is important for early childhood teachers to understand the emphasis upon sociocultural theories in the ECE curriculum, so that they can effectively apply these theories to their practices. This study will provide a basis from which to consider how early childhood teachers in New Zealand can draw upon sociocultural perspectives to better support ELLs as they acquire English, while valuing and supporting their linguistic and cultural backgrounds.
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Hwang, Eun Jin. "A COMPARISON OF THE CULTURAL/ETHNIC PERCEPTIONS AND EDUCATIONAL BELIEFS OF KOREAN IMMIGRANT AND NON-IMMIGRANT FAMILIES." OpenSIUC, 2012. https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/dissertations/596.
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As a critical unit for identifying family-constructed meanings of education, a deeper contextual understanding of Korean immigrant parents' cultural/ethnic perceptions in relation to educational beliefs should be central to culturally responsive education designed to support Korean immigrant families. It is necessary for educators to examine the beliefs and practices of Korean immigrant families around education in order to broaden the educational conversation and mutual understanding between parents and teachers for effectively facilitating their children's learning and socialization. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the variations in cultural/ethnic perceptions and educational beliefs about childrearing and early schooling among three Korean parent groups: (a) 79 Korean immigrant parents in the U.S., (b) 98 Korean parents with no transnational experiences outside of the country of origin, Korea, and (c) 42 transnational parents in Korea who have returned from the U.S. to Korea. It examined the relationships between cultural/ethnic factors and Korean parents' educational beliefs about young children's learning and socialization. This study was a mixed methods design. Research findings from the quantitative survey data indicate several significant intracultural variations in cultural/ethnic perceptions and educational beliefs and noteworthy relationships among variables (e.g., between socio-demographic factors and acculturation, between enculturation and educational beliefs, etc.). Probing further through interviews, this study qualitatively explored four Korean immigrant parents' cultural/ethnic experiences with their children's schooling to raise additional questions regarding beliefs, attitudes, and values emerging in daily family lives. The findings indicate that Korean immigrant families encounter dual processes of acculturation and enculturation, that is, integration rather than assimilation, that can be potentially challenging for facilitating their children's learning and socialization. (Cho, Chen, & Shin, 2010; Miyoshi, 2011; Song, 2010). The findings suggest that Korean immigrant families develop particular culture-belief structures derived from experiences of socio-cultural transformations between their own socio-cultural contexts and the mainstream school settings of their children. This study provides a critical foundation for a contextual understanding of Korean immigrant parents' educational beliefs and practices related to early school schooling while being acculturated into the dominant school culture and curriculum. The implications are discussed for culturally responsive education.
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Bertola, Elodie Gisele Martine. "Beliefs about the Education of Children: A Comparison of Hispanic Immigrant and Anglo-American Parents." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2005. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/461.
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In light of the fact that the number of Hispanic children enrolled in American schools is dramatically increasing and that these children are at higher risk of academic difficulty than any other group, the present study investigates the educational and child-rearing beliefs held by Hispanic parents. Understanding these beliefs is pivotal in any attempt to improve Latinos' educational attainment since current research recognizes that parental educational beliefs influence home-literacy practices, which in turn influence subsequent academic achievement. The research questions focus on two types of potential differences in terms of educational and child-rearing beliefs: (1)intercultural (Anglo-Americans vs. Hispanics), (2) intracultural (Hispanics with varying educational levels). To address these questions, 199 participants (114 Hispanics and 85 Anglo-Americans) filled out two surveys, The Parental Modernity Scale and The Rank Order of Parental Values, about educational and child-rearing beliefs. The two instruments used yielded a total of five scores for each participant. One-way ANOVAs followed by Tukey post-hoc tests revealed the existence of statistically significant intercultural differences (p < .0001) while no significant intracultural differences were observed. Overall, Hispanic participants had a propensity to endorse the following beliefs while Anglo-Americans tended to disagree with the same beliefs: (1) the home and the school are two separate entities and parents should not question the teacher's teaching methods, (2) children should be treated the same regardless of differences among them, (3) children are naturally bad and must therefore be trained early in life, (4) the most important thing to teach children is absolute obedience to adults, and (5) learning is a passive process where teachers fill children's heads with information. However, both groups shared the following beliefs: (1) what parents teach their children at home is important to their school success, (2) children learn best by doing rather than listening, (3) children have a right to their own point of view and should be allowed to express it. Possible explanations behind the apparent paradox of having Hispanic parents agree with opposite beliefs are presented. Implications for the results of this study and suggestions for future research are discussed.
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Redha, Afrah N. "Immigrant Arab women : knowledge, beliefs and attitudes towards breast cancer and cancer awareness practice." Thesis, University of Portsmouth, 2015. https://researchportal.port.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/immigrant-arab-women(caba81d9-56e3-4d32-b288-2ca93f370beb).html.
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Background: Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women of all ethnic groups. Breast cancer awareness reduces mortality and improves survival rates, but low levels of awareness have been attributed to various factors. To date, little is known about what factors influence breast cancer awareness among immigrant Arab women in the UK. The aim of this research was to explore the knowledge, attitudes and beliefs related to breast cancer awareness practices with Arab women living in England. Methodology: A qualitatively driven mixed methods approach was adopted. The first phase used semi-structured one-to-one interviews with 10 women. The second phase comprised two focus groups with 34 women from Portsmouth and London. A quantitative approach using the Breast Cancer Awareness Measurement questionnaire was also administered to describe first and second generation women’s knowledge, perceived risk factors and barriers to seeking medical help, compare and contrast data from these two paradigms. Findings: A lack of knowledge about breast cancer awareness, among Arab women of both generations, was evident across two phases. Revealing that socio-cultural, religious beliefs and health services barriers play an important role in shaping Arab women’s experiences and practices. Comparisons across generations showed trends towards increased knowledge for second generation women, but the findings were not statistically significant except anticipated delay in seeking help (p < 0.001). The second phase, focus group discussions, revealed both strengths and weakness of current breast cancer educational leaflets with suggestions to improve format, layout, content and availability. The qualitative data provided contextual data on additional barriers which were, not revealed in the B-Cam measurements and descriptors. Conclusion: Low levels of knowledge and lack of confidence among Arab women indicate a strong need to increase relevant breast cancer awareness such as mass media and community health campaigns, together with an enhanced participation of health care providers.
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Yin, Y. "Cultural perspectives of mental health beliefs and treatment expectations within the Chinese immigrant community." Thesis, City, University of London, 2016. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/16160/.
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This research study explores the mental health beliefs and mental health treatment expectations in the context of cultural perspectives within the Chinese immigrant community in the UK. Using a constructivist grounded theory methodology, intensive interviews were used to collect data from twelve participants. The participants were all first generation Chinese immigrants who had experience of using mental health services in the United Kingdom within the previous five years. The data analysis resulted in the emergence of four categories: experiences in the context of cultural perspectives, changing mental health beliefs, evaluations of the service and a review of treatment expectations. Category one accounts for the ways in which participants construct and perceive the meanings of their experiences, viewpoints, emotions and attitudes in relation to Chinese cultural perspectives surrounding the subject of mental health. Category two explores the way that initial mental health beliefs are changed by the experiences individuals have while accessing mental health services. Category three sheds light on how the mental health service is evaluated by the individual. Category four considers treatment expectations for the current mental health service. In examining all the above categories, a layered interrelationship emerges which contributes to the construction of the theoretical model. This study suggests a theoretical model that allows the understanding of mental health beliefs and mental health treatment expectations in the context of cultural perspectives within the Chinese immigrant community. The current literature indicates that Chinese immigrants and their mental health needs have received little attention to date. The theoretical model presented here offers a novel framework that accounts for a multiplicity of aspects that are pertinent to the construction of mental health beliefs and treatment expectations in the context of Chinese cultural perspectives for the studied population. The insight gained can be utilised by counselling psychologists as a guide to assist in working with Chinese clients and providing a culturally appropriate and competent service. Furthermore, learning can also be gained from elements of traditional Chinese philosophy to inform and inspire counselling psychologists in the UK.
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Petelo, Elodie Gisele Martine. "Beliefs about the education of children : a comparison of Hispanic immigrant and Anglo-American parents /." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2005. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd879.pdf.
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Madsen, Diana. "Relation between Crime and Immigration in the Nordic countries : A Narrative Literature Review on the period of 2015-2020." Thesis, Malmö universitet, Institutionen för kriminologi (KR), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mau:diva-43957.
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The period 2015-2020 has remained limitless in terms of missing data on crime and immigration in the Nordic countries, starting from the number of irregular and undocumented migrants and asylum seekers, continuing with the underrepresented immigrant statistics in crime. This paper consists of a complex understanding of immigration processes across the Nordic region, establishing narrow themes associated with crime and immigration. The findings of this paper presented five essential links to the criminality among the immigrant population in the Nordic countries during 2015-2020, that were compiled from the majority of the current available studies in this research field. At this point, the paper represents official data from the Nordic countries and a narrow literature review of recent studies, which depicted immigrants as more often suspected of crimes compared to the ethnic populations, assuming that it could have established a false social identity of an individual with foreign background. The reason of that supposition is explained by the findings on migrants to be overrepresented in crime, biased “immigrant beliefs” and yet evident immigrant labelling.
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Ortiz, Francisco B. "ETHNIC IDENTITY AND SENSE OF SCHOOL BELONGINGNESS: BEHAVIORS AND BELIEFS OF IMMIGRANT HISPANIC STUDENTS AND PARENTS." DigitalCommons@CalPoly, 2009. https://digitalcommons.calpoly.edu/theses/55.
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For many decades, the number of minority students, particularly Hispanics, dropping out from school has been noticeable to say the least (Rumberger, 1995). These students have in the past and continue in the present to struggle with the educational system, and it is certain, but not clear, that various factors contribute to Hispanics’ poor academic performance and not being able to graduate from High School (Rumbaut & Cornelius, 1995). Some of these factors are organized in three groups: School-Related; Parental-Related; and Student-Related. Thus, this study is an attempt to understand how immigrant students and parents are currently responding to the challenges of dealing with a foreign educational system. The focus is primarily on how students have to manage a sense of identity while they are trying to incorporate to their schools, and how parents are supporting their children and keeping a dialogue with the schools. It was hypothesized that students’ overall ethnic identity would correlate significantly with students’ psychological sense of school belonging. Quantitative results showed no statistical correlations between students’ ethnic identity and students’ sense of school membership. A forced entry multiple regression analysis was conducted to evaluate if any of the subscale scores on the MEIM predicted sense of school belongingness. The predictors were Affirmation and Belonging, Ethnic Identity Achievement, Ethnic Behaviors, and Other-group orientation, while the criterion variable was the total score on the PSSM. The Affirmation and Belonging subscale was the only subscale that was significantly related to psychological sense of school belongingness.
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Fancott, Carol A. "Cultural values, beliefs, and attitudes of immigrant Chinese women towards physical activity and exercise, a qualitative inquiry." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2001. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ58883.pdf.
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Choi, Yoon Joon. "DETERMINANTS OF CLERGY BEHAVIORS PROMOTING SAFETY OF BATTERED KOREAN IMMIGRANT WOMEN." VCU Scholars Compass, 2011. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2352.
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Studies have shown that not only are clergy members the first persons from whom battered women seek help, but also a great number of clergy counsel battered women every year (Martin, 1989; Rotunda, Williamson, & Penfold, 2004). The role of the church and clergy are especially critical for the Korean immigrant community in the U.S. because Korean immigrants greatly underutilize existing services and rely heavily on their respective churches for assistance with various issues, including domestic violence (Boodman, 2007; Kim, 1997). Korean churches and clergy members have the potential to be active partners in providing intervention services and to serve as a major force for preventing domestic violence, yet there is no study that directly examines Korean clergy’s responses to domestic violence in their congregations and the factors related to their responses. Recognizing this gap in knowledge, this study was designed to examine how patriarchal, religious, and cultural values of Korean clergy members affect their responses to domestic violence in their congregations. Based on the radical feminist theory and intersectionality theory, it was hypothesized that younger clergy, clergy that have lived longer in the U.S., clergy with more pastoral counseling education, clergy with less religious fundamentalist beliefs, clergy with more egalitarian gender role attitudes, and clergy who do not adhere strongly to Korean cultural values will indicate more behaviors that promote safety of Korean battered women. A cross-sectional survey design utilizing mixed methods was used in this study with data collection through mail and online surveys. The sample was drawn from the Korean Business Directory (The Korea Times Washington D.C., 2010) that includes mailing addresses and phone numbers of 388 Korean American churches in Virginia and Maryland. A total of 152 Korean American ministers participated in this study by completing and returning a self-administered mail survey or accessing a web-based survey, yielding a 40.5% return rate. Results from both quantitative and qualitative analyses indicated that many Korean American clergy are torn between safety of battered women and sacredness of marriage in responding to domestic violence cases in their church. They first try to work toward reconciliation of couples through couples counseling and marriage enrichment seminars, and when this effort is not successful, then they refer to other resources such as domestic violence programs and therapists. Younger Korean American ministers, ministers who have lived in the U.S. longer, and ministers who adhere to Korean cultural values less were more likely to endorse behaviors that promote safety of Korean battered women. Religious fundamentalist beliefs, pastoral counseling education, and gender role attitudes did not account for a significant amount of variance associated with Korean clergy responses to domestic violence. Many Korean American clergy considered themselves as important figures who are best suited to deal with cases of domestic violence in their churches and recognized the need to work and build collaborative relationships with other professionals. Only small number of Korean American clergy felt well prepared to deal with domestic violence cases; however, they are willing to attend training on domestic violence, and many of them stressed the importance of clergy training on domestic violence in ensuring safety of battered women. Implications for social work practice and research are discussed.
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Lai-Bovenkerk, Yuan. "An investigation of the experiences and perspectives of immigrant Chinese Canadian mothers of sons with disabilities : parent involvement, coping, and related beliefs and values." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 2000. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk1/tape3/PQDD_0020/NQ56572.pdf.
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Connors, Dahlia. "Understanding the Lived Experiences of Hispanic Immigrants with Diabetes Toward Disease Self-Management." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5843.
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The Hispanic population has a higher incidence of diabetes and poorer health outcomes compared to other populations in the United States. Although previous research has reported that cultural and ethnic beliefs play a role in poorer diabetes self-management by Hispanic individuals, limited studies have been focused on the barriers to self-management from the perspectives of Hispanic immigrants. The purpose of this qualitative study was to gain an understanding, through oral history narrative, of the experiences of Hispanic immigrants living with diabetes. In this study, the influence of cultural and ethnic beliefs on diabetes self-management in Hispanic immigrants in the Bronx in New York was explored. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 7 Hispanic immigrants who narrated their lived experiences regarding how they self-manage their conditions. The theory of reasoned action/theory of planned behavior guided this research. Data from in-depth interviews were coded and analyzed for themes. Six themes emerged from these interviews: knowledge of diabetes, diabetes self-management, strong cultural beliefs, social support, lifestyle changes, and strong cultural influence on diabetes management. The results from this study can lead to social change by providing information to health care providers and policy makers who need to deliver culturally sensitive education to both diabetic individuals and their families, which can help in the self-management of the disease.
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LIN, SHU HUI. "DYNAMIC RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN BELIEFS AND PRACTICES: HOW CHINESE FAMILIES SUPPORT THEIR CHILDREN’S BILITERACY ACQUISITION." Kent State University / OhioLINK, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1398979965.
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Forde, Susan Chanderbhan. "West Indian parents', guardians', and caregivers' perceptions, understandings, and role beliefs about K-12 public schooling in the United States." [Tampa, Fla] : University of South Florida, 2008. http://purl.fcla.edu/usf/dc/et/SFE0002457.
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Dong, Mei 1966. "Oral health beliefs and dental health care-seeking behaviors among Chinese immigrants." Thesis, McGill University, 2006. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=101114.
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Understanding culturally related health values and identifying ethnically specific health seeking pathways can help health care providers supply culturally competent services and enhance cooperation with patients of different backgrounds. Cultural competency training, notably through cultural awareness courses, promotes understanding of the impact of social factors on illness and thus prepares medical and dental students to better serve their patients. Cultural awareness can also help preventive health programs fit community needs and cultural contexts.Despite the fact that Chinese immigrants are the fastest growing ethnic minority in North America, few studies have been published on their beliefs and health-seeking behaviours following immigration. We thus lack information on how Chinese immigrants regard dental health and manage their dental problems. Objective. The aims of this study were to explore how oral illness is viewed by Chinese immigrants in Montreal, Canada and how they manage dental problems. Methods. We conducted a qualitative research study based on semi-structured, one-on-one interviews and thematic analyses of the transcribed interviews. Twelve adult Montreal Chinese immigrants with a high level of education participated in the study.
Results. Chinese immigrants in Montreal have a good understanding of dental caries in terms of its etiology, process, and ways to prevent and treat it. It thus seems that there is no major cultural barrier between this type of immigrant and oral health care professionals in regard to dental caries. However, we also observed that traditional beliefs and medications coexist with scientific dental knowledge and professional treatments concerning problems such as gingival swelling, gingival bleeding, and bad breath. In the case of gingival swelling, for instance, participants identified etiological factors that referred to both cultures: local factors referred to oral hygiene and were related to scientific culture, whereas general factors referred to traditional knowledge ("internal fire"). Chinese immigrants' dental health seeking pathways include self-treatment, consulting a dentist in Canada or in China during a return visit, and obtaining Chinese traditional medicine. The dental health seeking pathways varied depending on the circumstances. For dental caries and other acute diseases such as toothache, Chinese immigrants prefer to consult a dentist. For chronic diseases, some of them rely on self-treatment or an alter-native treatment such as traditional Chinese medicine. The language barrier, financial problems and lack of trust are the main factors affecting Chinese immigrants' access to dental care services in Canada. Former bad medical or dental experience among Chinese immigrants causes a loss of trust in Western medicine and dentistry and influences the decision to seek alternative treatments.
Conclusion. This study suggests that, in order to facilitate dentist-patient communication; oral health professionals should be informed of immigrants' representation of oral health and illness, and that Chinese immigrants should be provided with basic scientific knowledge.
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Njee, Brendabell Ebanga. "Cameroonian Immigrants ' Behaviors, Beliefs and Knowledge of Type 2 Diabetes: in Minnesota." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/7319.
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Nondiabetic immigrants from Cameroon who migrate to Minnesota lack knowledge of risk factors associated with type 2 diabetes and face challenges accessing health care services. Nondiabetic immigrants from Cameroon lack culturally appropriate health care services and therefore find it difficult to follow providers' recommendations. This phenomenological study explored the perceptions and experiences of nondiabetic immigrants from Cameroon regarding access to affordable, quality health care services as well as their behaviors, beliefs, and knowledge of type 2 diabetes self-management. Bronfenbrenner's social ecological model provided the theoretical framework. Research questions addressed access to affordable health care services, knowledge, and perception of type 2 diabetes, dietary and activity behaviors, and awareness of diabetes self-management. A purposive sample of 13 nondiabetic Cameroonian immigrants participated in the study. Data were collected through in-depth personal interviews. Interviews were hand-coded, and NVivo was used to identify emerging themes. A key finding for this study is that participants leave their appointments without adequate information and continue living in poor health because they lack understanding of medical recommendations. The participants expressed concerns that their health care providers did not address their psychosocial needs in conjunction with physical needs. They also expressed interest in learning about healthy eating. Participants prefer to learn how to count carbohydrates and nutritional values of traditional food to help manage portion size. The social change implications indicate further training for health care professionals in physical and emotional needs of immigrant population from Cameroon.
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Godobi, Tatenda. "Moving into the diaspora: an exploration of Zimbabwean immigrants' perceptions regarding their legacy beliefs while living in Cape Town, South Africa." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/8064.
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Magister Artium (Child and Family Studies) - MA(CFS)Background: Over the past decade, the influx of Zimbabweans into the Diaspora heightened after the dismal failure of the Land Reform Policy saga, resulting in a political, social and economic crisis. South Africa being the first and ranked highest destination for Zimbabwean immigrants became a second home to these immigrants, however, little is known about their legacy beliefs. This study was guided by the theory of typology for legacy beliefs and generativity, which is the seventh stage of Erik Erikson’s eight stages of psychosocial development. Aim: The aim of this research was to explore and describe the perceptions of Zimbabwean immigrants regarding their legacy beliefs while living in South Africa. Two main objectives identified were: (i) To explore and describe Zimbabwean immigrants’ perceptions and their understanding regarding legacy beliefs. (ii) To explore and describe the factors influencing the Zimbabwean immigrants’ legacy beliefs. Methods: A social constructivism paradigm that embraced explorative and descriptive qualitative research designs was utilised to answer the research question: How do Zimbabwean immigrants perceive legacy beliefs while living in Cape Town, South Africa? Fifteen participants were purposively selected and they participated in the unstructured individual interviews that were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. The data collected was thematically analysed utilising Creswell's (2009) six steps of data analysis and the process was trustworthiness, as the researcher adhered to credibility, transferability, conformability, and dependability. Ethical approval was sought from HSSREC and the principles of confidentiality, self-determination, no harm, and beneficence were ensured. Four main themes emerged: Understanding of legacy beliefs; Categories of legacies shared in families; Re-emerging legacies in families and Challenges in preserving family legacy beliefs. Conclusion: Based on the research findings recommendations were made to immigrant parents, social service professionals and governmental institutions on how to alleviate the challenges that come with being an immigrant and trying to preserve one's legacy beliefs.
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Ndiaye, Malick. "The impact of health beliefs and culture on health literacy and treatment of diabetes among French speaking West African immigrants." Thesis, Connect to resource online, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1805/2050.
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Thesis (M.A.)--Indiana University, 2009.Title from screen (viewed on February 1, 2010). Department of English, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI). Advisor(s): Ulla M. Connor, Frank M. Smith, Honnor Orlando. Includes vitae. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 138-139).
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Barbour, Leslie. "Knowledge, Beliefs, and Perceptions About Tuberculosis Among Haitian Immigrants and Haitian Americans Living in Miami-Dade County, Florida." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/4835.
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Tuberculosis (TB) kills 1.7 million people each year, and 1/3rd of the world's population is estimated to have latent TB. It was once the deadliest disease in the United States but is now relatively rare and, if treated properly, it is curable. Migrants from TB-endemic countries, such as Haiti, are one source of TB transmission to the US, and the prevalence of TB remains high and is increasing in Little Haiti, Florida. Data on the knowledge and perceptions of Haitian immigrants and Haitian Americans about TB is inadequate. The purpose of this qualitative research was to study the TB-related knowledge, beliefs, and perceptions of Haitian Americans and Haitian immigrants living in Miami, FL. The health belief model formed the theoretical framework of this study. Thirty male and female Haitian American and Haitian immigrants were interviewed. Phenomenological research was used, and open coding was conducted to analyze the data. Results showed that a large majority of the participants in this sample were knowledgeable about the nature of TB - its spread, symptoms, seriousness, and how to get information about it, but many were concerned about the social stigma attached to having the disease. Recommendations include the development of outreach, education and prevention programs through doctors and other health care professionals, as well as religious and community leaders, in order to increase awareness of the disease, enhance access to treatment, minimize stigma and reduce the incidence of the disease.
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Orji, Esther Ifeomadiniru. "Perception of cervical cancer screening among Immigrant African women residing in Houston, Texas." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2568.
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Perception of cervical cancer screening among Immigrant African women residing in Houston, Texas
Esther I. Orji
M.Ed., University of Lagos, 2002
B. Ed, Abia State University, 1998
A.C. E. University of Benin, 1990
Dissertation Submitted in Partial Fulfillment
of the Requirements for the Degree of
Doctor of Philosophy
Public Health
Walden University
August 2016
Disparities in cervical cancer screening participation still exist especially among immigrant and minority women compared to non immigrant populations. Research investigators through multiple studies have explored reasons for non participation in cervical cancer screening among immigrant and minority women. However, there was limited research specifically on how immigrant women of African descent could be empowered to overcome barriers associated with cervical cancer screening in Houston Texas. The purpose of this study was to explore and understand the perceptions of factors which are barriers to perform cervical cancer screening tests among immigrant women of African descent, as well as their beliefs on preventive medicine, and how immigrant women could be empowered in order to overcome barriers associated with cervical cancer screening. The theoretical framework was based on the health belief model. The participants for the study were 20 immigrant women of African descent aged 21-65. A semi-structured interview schedule which comprised of open ended questions was used to collect data on the perspectives of immigrant women towards cervical cancer screening. Data was transcribed verbatim and analyzed thematically. The social change implications of the study can be that immigrant women could be more encouraged to seek access to the appropriate state of the art in cervical cancer screening which could contribute in reducing mortality, morbidity rate, and costs associated with cervical cancer.
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Asare, Matthew. "Using the Health Belief Model and Acculturation to Predict Safer Sexual Behavior and Sexual Communication among African Immigrants." University of Cincinnati / OhioLINK, 2011. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ucin1318611530.
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Zheng, Lulin. "The experiences of Mainland Chinese immigrant professionals who believe they have made a successful transition : strategies that help or hinder." Thesis, University of British Columbia, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2429/23336.
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Existing literature details the unemployment or underemployment situation of immigrant professionals in Canada. Very few studies describe or explain how, in spite of the barriers and challenges, some immigrant professionals handle their transitions well. The purpose of this study was to explore the first-hand experiences of Mainland Chinese immigrant professionals who believe they have made a successful transition. The study asks the questions: What helped or hindered immigrant professionals to successfully deal with changes that affect their work? What would have been more helpful to deal with changes? Eleven immigrant professionals from Mainland China volunteered to participate in the study. Enhanced Critical Incident Technique (ECIT) was used to elicit helping and hindering critical incidents and wish list items. Data was primarily analyzed using CIT methodology (Flanagan, 1954). The study elicited seven helping, hindering and wish list categories: (1) Personality/Traits/Attitude; (2) Support from Family/Friends; (3) Taking Actions; (4) Education/Credential/Work Experience; (5) Government/Community/Professional Organization Resources; 6) Work Environment; (7) Self-care.
The results of the study highlight the structural and personal barriers faced by the immigrant professionals, which reaffirmed the findings in the existing literature. The study also identifies various strategies used by immigrant professionals to do well. Specifically, personal attitude, being prepared and networking were among the most cited helping strategies. Although the majority of the immigrant professionals in the study experienced negative emotions with the transition from one country to another, some appeared not affected by this process. Also included in the study are practical implications of the study results and future research.
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Arruda, Eliana. "Immigrant's subjective well-being and in origin acquired beliefs, attitudes and values: the analysis of counterfactual thinking as a reliable approach." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/311972.
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In recent years, the academic literature on the well-being of immigrants has expanded far from the study of economic factors by including psychological elements. Subjective well-being and life satisfaction have been constituted as new categories of analysis within the studies of immigration. This study attempts to better understand the adaptative processes of migrants by means of the analysis of their subjective well-being and life satisfaction, and to observe migrants’ explanations about how they evaluate psychological elements acquired in origin which have favoured their integration in the hosting society. The scope of analysis is particularized on Brazilian women who immigrated to Barcelona.
Counterfactuals have been used to validate the initial hypothesis. This procedure is seen as an innovative approach to the study of the connections between subjective well-being and immigration experiences. The analysis through counterfactual thinking has proved to be a fruitful method to evaluate immigrants’ explanations about their subjective well-being and life satisfaction.En els anys precedents, la literatura acadèmica sobre el benestar dels immigrants s’ha eixamplat més enllà de l’estudi dels factors econòmics tot incloent-hi elements psicològics. El benestar subjectiu i la satisfacció vital s’han constituït com noves categories d’anàlisi dins dels estudis sobre immigració. Aquest treball pretén entendre millor els processos d’adaptació dels immigrants mitjançant l’anàlisi del seu benestar subjectiu i la seva satisfacció vital, alhora que s’estudien les explicacions dels immigrants sobre com ells mateixos avaluen els elements psicològics adquirits en el seu lloc d’origen els quals han afavorit la seva integració en la societat d’acollida. L’abast del treball s’ha focalitzat en l’estudi de dones brasileres que van emigrar a Barcelona. Hem fet servir els contrafàctics per validar la hipòtesi inicial. Aquest procediment és vist com una aproximació innovadora a l’estudi de les relacions entre el benestar subjectiu i les experiències dels immigrants. L’anàlisi a través del pensament contrafàctic s’ha demostrat com un mètode profitós per avaluar les respostes dels immigrants quan se’ls ha preguntat sobre el seu benestar subjectiu i la seva satisfacció vital.
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Ko, Moonju Lee. "Colorectal Cancer Screening Behaviors among Korean Americans." Diss., The University of Arizona, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/311699.
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Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the third most common cancer in the United States (U.S.) and is the second leading cause of cancer deaths. Although the incidence of CRC has been decreasing with CRC screenings, disparities of CRC and screening prevalence exist for racial and ethnic groups. The CRC incidence rates have dramatically increased in Korean Americans, however, there is little known about their CRC screening behaviors and the factors that may predict screening behaviors have not been fully investigated. The purposes of this study were to describe CRC screening behaviors and identify the predictors and barriers influencing CRC screening behaviors among Korean Americans. A sample of 254 Korean Americans participated in this study. Correlation, Multiple logistic regression, and Chi-square were used to analyze data. In this study, Korean American had lower rates of CRC screenings compared to the general U.S. population. Only 20% of the sample had ever had a fecal occult blood Test (FOBT), 49% had ever had a colonoscopy, and 19% responded they had ever had a sigmoidoscopy in their lifetime. Korean Americans had low rates of perception of cancer screening (annual physical exam and periodic cancer screening), moderate CRC knowledge, low cancer fatalism, limited CRC literacy, lack of health care access, and a low rate of receiving the physician's recommendation of CRC screenings. The greatest predictors influencing CRC screening were perception of cancer screening for a FOBT, and the physician's recommendation for a colonoscopy and a sigmoidoscopy. There were no significant differences by gender in CRC screening behaviors. However, significant differences were found between the two groups divided by length of U.S. residence. Compared to those who have lived in the U.S.>10 years, new immigrants had lower rates of all three CRC screening, lower perception of cancer screening, higher uninsured, less receiving physician's recommendation, and higher perceived barriers to CRC screening. The findings of this study suggest that improved efforts are needed to increase CRC screenings among Korean Americans. Further research is needed to increase a physician's recommendation for CRC screenings and awareness for the importance of annual checkups and periodic cancer screening among Korean Americans.
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Southall, Sarah Parker. "DIGITAL NATIVE PRESERVICE TEACHERS: AN EXAMINATION OF THEIR SELF-EFFICACY BELIEFS REGARDING TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION IN CLASSROOM SETTINGS." VCU Scholars Compass, 2012. http://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/etd/2824.
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The purpose of this mixed-method study was to investigate digital native preservice teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs regarding their technology experiences and skills at the beginning and at the end of their field placement semester. Digital natives, as defined by Prensky (2001), are students born after 1980 who have been raised with digital media and spend a great deal of time engaging with digital devices. Factors that could impact changes in these participants’ technology integration self-efficacy beliefs were also analyzed. This study used pre- and post-surveys, face-to-face interviews with a portion of the respondents, and a document review of course materials and lesson plans. Twenty-one preservice students, enrolled in the second to last semester of a teacher preparation program, at a small mid Atlantic university during the fall, 2011 semester participated. The quantitative portion involved the online administration of the Technology Integration Survey at the beginning and at the conclusion of the field placement experience. For the qualitative portion, nine participants were purposefully selected for interviews in an effort to more fully understand participants’ experiences and how these experiences impacted their self-efficacy beliefs about technology integration during the semester. In order to triangulate the data, results of the quantitative phase of the study were then compared with the results from the qualitative phase of the study. The findings of this mixed-method study suggested that digital native preservice teachers’ self-efficacy beliefs to integrate technology into their teaching improved slightly over the course of the semester. In addition, a strong relationship was found between participants’ Post-Test Technology Skills scores and Post-Test Self-Efficacy scores, indicating that an increase in technology skills corresponded with an increase in self-efficacy (r = .684, p = 0.001). Qualitative results pointed to mentor support, time, and access to technology during their field placement experiences as factors for integrating technology into their instruction. Additionally, results indicated that participants had access to and spent a considerable amount of time on computers every day. They were proficient with basic technologies but reported lower proficiency with more difficult technologies. Yet, results also suggested that, while this group of digital native preservice teachers has grown up in the digital age, their practice and, more importantly, their fundamental understanding of integrating technology into their instructional practices was limited.
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Retali, Anna Karolina. "Students' science achievement, self-beliefs and aspirations in Greece, with a focus on immigrants : an analysis of Greek PISA 2006 data and a cross-national comparison." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2011. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.540173.
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Grey, Keisha S. "Exploring the Relationship between U.S. Jamaican Immigrants’ Cultural Beliefs and Conflict Management Styles as These Correlations are Related to Their Perceived Job Satisfaction and Job Performance." FIU Digital Commons, 2017. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3181.
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Immigrant numbers in developing and first world countries are increasing, and immigrants are bringing with them to the host country their set of attitudes, customs, habits, interests and traditions. Due to this influx of immigrants, conflict situations between employees are on the rise and are more difficult to resolve when compared to conflicts that are within the same cultural groups. If organizations are better able to understand the relationship between the cultural beliefs and conflict management styles of employees, they can help them utilize conflict management styles in specific situations to result in increased job satisfaction and job performance. This collected papers dissertation explored the relationship between U.S. Jamaican immigrants’ cultural beliefs, and conflict management styles related to perceived job satisfaction and job performance. There were two studies completed in fulfillment of this collected papers dissertation.
STUDY #1: The purpose of this structured literature review was to systematically examine the literature on conflict management style and perceived job satisfaction and job performance. STUDY #2: The purpose of this cross-sectional, explanatory study was to examine the relationship between the cultural beliefs and conflict management styles of U.S. Jamaican immigrants, and their job satisfaction and job performance in the workplace. Quantitative data were examined in two stages using SPSS 23. In the first stage, descriptive statistics were used. Second, a moderated regression analysis and linear regression were done. It was found in study #1, that the two conflict management styles that were associated with increased job satisfaction and job performance with were integrating and compromising conflict management styles (Zhang et al., 2015). In study #2, it was found that the dominant conflict management style for U.S. Jamaican immigrants was collaborating. However, the only conflict management style that was found to be a significantly positive moderator for the relationship between job satisfaction and job performance was compromising conflict management style. This finding is consistent with the finding from Study #1, where Zhang et al. (2015) found that employees who use compromising conflict management style were more satisfied and had higher levels of job performance.
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Noel-Thomas, Shalewa. "An Exploratory Study of the Intrapersonal, Socio-cultural, and Behavioral Factors that Influence HIV Risk Behaviors Among Ethnic Subgroups of Black Heterosexual Men: The Intersection of the Beliefs and Perceptions of Black Women." Scholar Commons, 2010. https://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/1724.
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Twenty five years after AIDS was first scientifically described, the disease continues to take its toll on the human population. HIV/AIDS disproportionately affects marginalized groups such as poor, underserved, minority populations. In the United States, Blacks become infected with and die from HIV/AIDS more than any other ethnic or racial group. Despite a vast body of literature on HIV/AIDS, little research has focused on black heterosexual men and even fewer studies have explored the context of risk among subgroups of black men.
Using qualitative research methods and a socio-ecological framework, this study explored the intrapersonal, socio-cultural, and behavioral factors that influence sexual behaviors in ethnic subgroups of black men who identify as heterosexual. Further, the study examined black women's perceptions of the sexual behaviors of black men. Conducted in a metropolitan area in Southwest Florida, the study consisted of two phases: 1) semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted among U.S.-born (N=15) and Haitian-born (N=14) heterosexual men who are 18 years and older and have lived in the U.S. for at least 3 years. 2) Using focus group methodology, phase 2 explored black women's (N=23) perceptions of black male sexual behaviors.
Study findings have significant implications for public health education, research and practice. Findings reveal that while Haitian-born and U.S.-born men have high levels of knowledge about HIV, they also ascribe to HIV conspiracy beliefs and practice high risk sexual behaviors such as unprotected sex and partner concurrency. Results show that black men's sexual behaviors are influenced by socio-ecological factors such as family norms, hip-hop culture and religious beliefs. Female study participants perceived factors such as masculine ideologies, socialization, and the male-to-female ratio imbalance as critical influences on male sexual behaviors. While intrapersonal approaches are important to address HIV risk behaviors, ecological frameworks are necessary to inform the development of HIV prevention programs that address the socio-ecological factors that create an environment of risk. This inquiry underscores cultural and gender differences in the conceptualization of HIV/AIDS. Findings have implications for HIV prevention and demonstrate the need for gender-specific and culturally relevant HIV prevention approaches for U.S.-born and Haitian-born blacks.
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Torchia, Mariana Daniela. "Perceived Barriers to Lifestyle Change in Obese, Low-Income Hispanic Women." Thesis, Walden University, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10266101.
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Low-income Hispanic women are the fastest growing minority population in the United States, and they have increased risks of obesity and secondary health issues, such as diabetes, related to their obesity. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the barriers to lifestyle change among obese, low-income Hispanic women (OLHW). A health belief model lens was used. The study sample consisted of 15 OLHW who were clinic patients and ranged in age from 20-59. Recruitment occurred in a low-income, Southern California, outpatient clinic setting through volunteer participation from recruitment flyers. Fifteen women took part in 1-hour, in-depth interviews, which were digitally audio-taped with their consent. All interviews were transcribed and analyzed using both NVivo 11, and hand coding to identify common themes after word frequency and concept frequency analysis. Common themes identified included barriers of cost, time, physical health, family care, location, knowledge and education, depression and stress, and sleep issues. These findings contribute to the existing literature by increasing public health researchers’ and program planners’ knowledge of the experiences and obesity-related barriers to health behavior change within this underrepresented minority group, which can provide guidelines for future public health interventions in addressing these barriers. Obesity reduction efforts may help increase quality of life and create a new paradigm of public health interventions based on the stated needs of OLHW.
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Torsten, Lemon. "Conception versus Reality : A Case Study of SFI-teachers’ Codeswitching into English." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Engelska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-182672.
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The fact that people tend to alternate between languages for various communicative purposes seems to increasingly interest researchers all over the world. Thus, the linguistic phenomenon of codeswitching has been given more academic attention in recent years than ever before. This particular topic has also been infused by new research because of an ongoing pedagogic debate about whether languages other than the target language should be used in foreign languages classroom or not. The debate consists of two major opinions. On one side, adherents claim that use of non-target languages limits natural target language-input and therefore damages the learning process. On the other, it is argued that non-target languages may even be beneficial for the learning process since they carry many pedagogic opportunities with them otherwise gone lost. This paper aims to find out how, and to what extent, foreign language teachers at a Swedish for Immigrants-school codeswitch into English in class. Moreover, it is also of interest to investigate how they think about their own codeswitching and how their reasoning may reflect their codeswitching self-awareness. In search for answers to these questions, three teachers have been observed in class. Later, the teachers have been interviewed to reflect upon their own codeswitching. The study revealed clear differences in the teachers’ codeswitching and codeswitching-reasoning, However, similarities were also found, and that all three teachers shared the main objective to develop their students’ communicative competence. Moreover, they also proved to have a rather realistic picture their own codeswitching. Not only were they able to roughly estimate how, and how much, they each codeswitched. Their individual results also went in line with their reasoning to a high extent, suggesting that they all have a high degree of codeswitching self-awareness.
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Grandahl, Maria. "Prevention of Human Papillomavirus in a school-based setting." Doctoral thesis, Uppsala universitet, Vårdvetenskap, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-263252.
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The overall aim of this thesis was to examine beliefs about human papillomavirus (HPV) prevention, especially vaccination, among parents, immigrant women, adolescents and school nurses, and to promote primary prevention among adolescents. The methods used in the thesis were focus group interviews, individual interviews, a web-based questionnaire, and finally, a randomised controlled intervention study. The immigrant women were largely in favour of HPV prevention, although barriers, such as logistic difficulties, and cultural or gender norms were found. Parents’ decision concerning vaccination of their daughters depended on several factors. Regardless of their final choice, they made the decision they believed was in the best interest of their daughter. The benefits outweighed the risks for parents choosing to vaccinate while parents declining made the opposite judgement. The majority of the school nurses reported that the governmental financial support given because of the vaccination programme had not been used for the intended purpose. Three out of four nurses had been contacted by parents who raised questions regarding the vaccine; most were related to side effects. The educational intervention had favourable effects on the adolescents’ beliefs regarding HPV prevention, especially among those with an immigrant background. Furthermore, the intention to use condom as well as actual vaccination rates among girls was slightly increased by the intervention. Trust in the governmental recommendations and the amounts of information given are important factors in the complex decision about HPV vaccination. Attention given to specific needs and cultural norms, as well as the possibility to discuss HPV vaccination with the school nurse and provision of extra vaccination opportunities at a later time are all strategies that might facilitate participation in the school-based HPV vaccination programme. School nurses need sufficient resources, knowledge and time to meet parents’ questions and concerns. The vaccinations are time-consuming and the governmental financial support needs to be used as intended, for managing the vaccination programme. A school-based intervention can have favourable effects on the beliefs and actual actions of young people and may possibly thus, in the long term, decrease the risk for HPV-related cancer.
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"Taiwan's New Immigrant Mothers' Educational Beliefs, Practices, and Agency." Doctoral diss., 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.8792.
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abstract: In the past two decades, the population of so-called "foreign brides" in Taiwan has increased significantly. "Foreign brides" are female immigrants from Southeast Asian countries who have married Taiwanese men through marriage brokers. The term "new immigrant women" is used in this study to describe this particular group of women because it is a self-identified, less derogatory term. New immigrant women's families are at significant disadvantages with their low social class, the commodified nature of marriage, and societal discrimination against them. Guided by a feminist epistemology and grounded in family studies and eco-cultural theories, this study explores this particular group of immigrant women's educational beliefs, practices, and agency manifested through their motherhood. The following research questions guide this study: 1) How do new immigrant women experience their motherhood? 2) How do new immigrant women conceptualize and contextualize their mothering experiences? 3) How is agency developed and displayed in new immigrant women's mothering practices? How does agency influence new immigrant women's mothering practices? 4) What are new immigrant women's mothering beliefs and practices? 5) What are the specific practices related to children's schoolwork in which new immigrant women are engaged? 6) What are the implications of new immigrant women's perspectives on motherhood for their education, including adult education and parenting education? Twenty-five immigrant women originally from various Southeast Asian countries who had at least one child participated in the study. They were interviewed at least two times and the interview duration ranged from one hour to four hours. All interviews were audio recorded and conducted in Mandarin Chinese, Holo Taiwanese, and English by the researcher. Constructionist grounded theory was utilized to analyze data. The findings suggest that new immigrant women's educational beliefs, practices, and agency are strongly influenced by interaction between their original cultural background, social class, family-in-law, and the ecology of the community in which they are situated. New immigrant women demonstrated dynamic mothering practices and developed agency from their mother role. The results can help policy makers to refine a framework to develop educational programs for these parents that are effective and more supportive of their children's development.Dissertation/Thesis
Ph.D. Educational Psychology 2010
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Song, Jianhui. "The relations between sleeping arrangements, and cultural values and beliefs in first generation Chinese immigrants in Canada." Phd thesis, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10048/1475.
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The purpose of this study was to examine the relations between cultural values, social norms, and beliefs related to co-sleeping with the sleeping arrangements of first generation Chinese immigrants in Canada. The participants were 162 first generation Chinese immigrants from four Canadian cities who had children ranging from 2 months to 71 months (M = 37.9, SD = 18.06). Participants completed a questionnaire measuring their cultural values and beliefs, value of parenting roles and family, value of romantic relationships, and beliefs of sleeping arrangements. Parents indicated their sleeping arrangements (i.e. where child slept and with whom the child slept). Participants were also asked to draw a picture of their bedroom(s) which indicated the location of the childs and/or parents bed, and the distance between the two beds. Results indicated that 77% Chinese parents in this study co-slept with their pre-school aged child, whereas only 23% parents let their child sleep in their own bedroom. Among the co-sleepers, half of the children slept in their parents bed, and half of them slept in their own bed, which was either attached to the parents bed or separated from the parents bed. The mean distance between the parents bed and the childs bed was 21.15cm (SD = 42.74) for co-sleeping families, and 502.8 cm (SD = 188.69) for solitary sleeping families.
Using stepwise regression analysis, the relations between demographic factor, space availability, values, norms, and beliefs, on the one hand, and sleeping arrangements, on the other, were examined. Personal beliefs about sleeping arrangements, including cultural beliefs of independence and interdependence, beliefs of marital quality, and beliefs of solitary sleeping, influence sleeping arrangements. Parents length of residency in Canada, childs age, and bedroom numbers also influence sleeping arrangements. The findings have important implications for researchers and health professionals in terms of sleeping arrangements in the larger socio-cultural context.
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Chance, Lauren Julia. "How are mismatched parent-adolescent autonomy beliefs related to psychological adjustment among immigrant Chinese Canadian families?" Thesis, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/3098.
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The relations between mismatched parent-adolescent autonomy beliefs, and psychological adjustment and parenting self-efficacy were investigated among 89 immigrant Chinese Canadian families with early adolescents. Hierarchical regression analyses assessed whether interactions
between parents’ autonomy beliefs and adolescents’ autonomy beliefs predicted psychological adjustment and parenting self-efficacy. Parent-adolescent conflict intensity was evaluated as a mediator of these relations. Parental warmth was evaluated as a moderator of the relations
between autonomy beliefs and adolescent psychological adjustment. When adolescents held early expectations for autonomy, mothers who held later expectations for autonomy reported lower parenting self-efficacy. When fathers perceived high decision making independence,
adolescents who perceived low decision making independence reported fewer depressive
symptoms. Conflict intensity did not mediate these relations. Although parental warmth did not moderate in the predicted manner, fathers' warmth moderated the relation between fathers’ expectations for autonomy and adolescent self-esteem. Implications for healthy adolescent autonomy among immigrant Chinese Canadian families are discussed.
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Quejada, Andrea Celine C. "Beliefs, values and experiences of Filipino Christian parents in Norway." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/16757.
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Filipinos are all over the world, and a considerable number have been residing in Norway.
However, most studies on Filipino immigrant parents place emphasis on the well-being of migrant
children or have been situated in the United States. A study that fully intended to highlight parents
in the process of shifting contexts was then found necessary. Upon an encounter with Filipino
parents attending a Christian church in Norway, this study is aimed to determine the parenting
beliefs, values and experiences of these parents and to analyze how particular parenting beliefs,
values and experiences of four Filipino Christian parents interrelate. This study is a qualitative
instrumental case study by design. To acquire data to answer three research questions, a group
interview has been used. In addition, one-on-one interviews were conducted in order to acquire
more detailed information on the parenting beliefs and values and to validate the data from the
group interview. The results of this study showed the existence of eight major themes on parenting
beliefs and values and four major themes on parenting experiences. There were also seven
interrelations between these parenting beliefs, values and experiences. Lastly, this research
established that the Filipino Christian parents in Norway manifest strengths not just as individuals,
parents or migrants but also as a group. Placed together in a group, it was strongly evident that
such a set-up allowed them to support, respect and help each other.
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WU, CHIA-CHING, and 吳佳青. "A Study on Epistemological Beliefs, Self-Regulated Learning, and Mathematic Learning Achievements for Immigrant Children and Native-Born Children." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/84505089613200288755.
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This study aims to explore the relationship and impact of epistemological beliefs, self-regulated learning and mathematic learning achievements of new immigrant children and local children. The subjects were seventh grade students from four junior high schools in 103 school year at Taipei, Hsinchu, Miaoli County. This study used questionnaire survey to collect 218 valid paired samples This study employed "Mathematics Epistemological Beliefs Scale" and “Self-Regulated Learning Scale” as research tool. Then, this study took SPSS 22.0 to conduct and analysis data, included descriptive statistics, independent t-test, Pearson correlation and multiple regression. The results are as following: 1.The correlations between Epistemological beliefs, self-regulated learning and mathematic learning achievement of new immigrant children and local children have significant positive correlation. 2.For new immigrant children, their Epistemological beliefs and self-regulated learning have significant predictive power of their mathematic learning achievement. For local children, their self-regulated learning has significant predictive power of their mathematic learning achievement.
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Yen, Hsiao-Ching, and 顏曉菁. "Study on the Parental Beliefs and Parent-Child Interaction of New Immigrant Families-Shoufeng Township of Hualien County as an Example." Thesis, 2016. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/y74x66.
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This study aimed to explore the parental beliefs and parent-child interaction of the new immigrant families from different countries. The number of new immigrant females in Taiwan began to rise in the 1970s. According to statistics, there are more than 500,000 new immigrants in Taiwan now. Most of these new immigrant females married to their Taiwanese husbands from their own country and become a member of Taiwanese. They establish their own family, have children, and educate their children in Taiwan. Owing to the differences in national customs, these new immigrant females rear their children in different ways. The parental beliefs form the native family of these new immigrant females will affect their ideas and methods when raise their own children. This study used the qualitative research method, interviewed five new immigrant females living in Shoufeng Township of Hualien County, studying their parental beliefs, parent-child interaction situation, and their difficulties when teaching their children. The results of this study found that: 1.The parental beliefs from the original family of the new immigrant females may affect their parental beliefs, but they still have their own ideas about how to teach their children. 2. The new immigrant females all have positive parent-child interaction with their children, and they all pay much attention to their children's leisure activities. 3. The new immigrant females have not encountered major problems when facing the life adaptation and parent-child interaction.
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Chen, Mei-Hsien, and 陳梅仙. "A study on the relationship between the teaching beliefs of Chinese teachers and the learning achievements of the new immigrant children in junior high schools in Changhua country." Thesis, 2011. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/92324815231334777450.
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課程與教學研究所
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The purpose of the study is to explore the relationship between the teaching beliefs of Chinese teachers and the Chinese learning achievement of new immigrant children in junior high schools in Changhua. Therefore, the study refers conclusions and suggestions by analyzing the data of the teaching beliefs of Chinese teachers and the Chinese learning achievement of new immigrant children. Questionnaire survey was adopted in this study and the sample survey was used under the way of stratifying sampling. The title of the questionnaire is “questionnaire of teaching beliefs” and “questionnaire of Chinese learning achievement of new immigrant children.” The experiment participants were 201 Chinese teachers in junior high schools in Changhua . The data was analyzed by SPSS Statistics 12.0 . The data then were analyzed by descriptive statistics, t-test, one way ANOVA, Pearson’s correlation, and multiple regression. The results of the study are as follows: First, the teaching beliefs of Chinese teachers in junior high school in Changhua are inclined to the progressive approach, and their teaching beliefs is above average. Second, the Chinese learning achievement of new immigrant children is middle achievement and the average of t score is 51.12. Third, the teaching beliefs of Chinese teachers in junior high school in Changhua are significant difference because of the location of school, size of school, but there are no significant difference for sex, age, years of teaching, educational background, and position. Fourth, there are no significant correlation between the teaching beliefs of Chinese teachers and the Chinese learning achievement of new immigrant children in junior high schools in Changhua. Fifth, the teaching beliefs of Chinese teachers couldn’t predict the Chinese learning achievement of new immigrant children in junior high school in Changhua.
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嚴家翎. "Developing a scale of child's health care belief for new immigrant women." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/jkfx6p.
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教育學系研究所
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The purpose and establishment of this research was capable of developing the health belief scale for new immigrant female. This article was aim at establishing a health belief scale for new immigrant female to evaluate and understand the health belief of new immigrant female. Currently, most experts(LU CHANG MING, CHEN QIONG ZHU, 1983; LI SHOU YI,1989; CHEN XIAO TI,2003; CHANG HUI-MEI,2007; YANG JIN-BAO,2007) thought health belief model was composed of five attributes including perceived susceptibility, perceived severity, perceived benefits, perceived barriers, self efficacy and social background modifying variables. Also, health belief model can help to analyze the correlation between different social background modifying variables and other attributes of health belief models. This survey was conducted by questionnaire research method which 300 questionnaire was released and 289 questionnaire was completed by excluding incomplete answering, respond rate was 95.8%. In order to investigate health belief scale for new immigrant female, the research results reveal as follows: 1.The median age of the population is 38.46. 2.4 attributes of health belief model: (1)The mean variables of perceived barrier is 3.37 which indicates new immigrant female appears quite acceptable to approval. (2) The mean variables of perceived benefit is 3.96 which indicates new immigrant female appears approval. (3) The mean variables of perceived severity is 3.81 which indicates new immigrant female appears approval. (4)The mean variables of self efficacy is 3.49 which indicates new immigrant female appears quite acceptable to approval.
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Capoccia, Debora. "Belief in equality of opportunities and attitudes towards immigrants in Italy: The mediator effect of institutional trust." Master's thesis, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10071/21160.
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The thematic area of the research is the populist narrative in Italy and the analysis of the phenomenon through the perception of equality of opportunities, the trust on institutions and the attitudes towards immigrants. In Italy with the growing of national populism there have been witnessed some intolerant attitudes towards immigrants. The differences between majority group and minority group and a discriminating narrative have been observed among the population. We therefore wanted to research the influences and the connections among these constructs. Based on literature review, we found that the relation between equality of opportunities and attitudes towards immigrants has not been deeply studied.
The data used in the study are part of the database of European Social Survey (ESS) Round 9. The study includes the analysis of the responses given by two thousand, seven hundred forty-five Italian people to the constructs that constituted the objects of the research.
The results showed positive and significant correlations among equality of opportunities beliefs, attitudes towards immigrants and trust in institutions. A simple mediation model was tested and revealed an indirect effect of equality of opportunities beliefs and attitudes towards immigrants through trust in institutions.
The implications of the results for the improvements of intergroup contact are discussed.A área temática da pesquisa é a narrativa populista na Itália e a análise do fenômeno através da percepção da igualdade de oportunidades, da confiança nas instituições e das atitudes em relação aos imigrantes. Na Itália, com o crescimento do populismo nacional, testemunharam-se algumas atitudes intolerantes em relação aos imigrantes. As diferenças entre o grupo majoritário e o grupo minoritário e uma narrativa discriminatória foram observadas entre a população. Portanto, queríamos pesquisar as influências e as conexões entre esses enunciados. Com base na revisão da literatura, descobrimos que a relação entre igualdade de oportunidades e atitudes em relação aos imigrantes não foi profundamente estudada. Os dados utilizados no estudo fazem parte da base de dados do European Social Survey (ESS) Round 9. O estudo inclui a análise das respostas dadas por dois mil setecentos e quarenta e cinco italianos as perguntas que constituíram os objetos do pesquisa. Os resultados mostraram correlações positivas e significativas entre crenças de igualdade de oportunidades, atitudes em relação aos imigrantes e confiança nas instituições. Um modelo de mediação simples foi testado e revelou um efeito indireto de crenças de igualdade de oportunidades e atitudes em relação aos imigrantes através da confiança nas instituições. As implicações dos resultados são discutidas.
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Kao, Yu-Ling, and 高玉玲. "A Study on Elementary School Teacher’s Belief and Teaching Efficiency for Immigrant Brides, Children at Elementary Schools in Penghu and Keelung." Thesis, 2009. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/96345669405552080631.
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教育政策與管理研究所
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This study aims to investigate teachers’ beliefs and the teaching efficiency for the immigrant brides’ children of the elementary school teachers in Keelung and Penghu and the relationship between teachers’ beliefs and teaching efficiency. The study was conducted through a questionnaire survey using random sampling to select the target group; 331 elementary school teachers in Penghu and 326 elementary teachers in Keelung, who teach the immigrant brides’ children. The data was collected by a self-constructed questionnaire, compared and analyzed using descriptive statistics, independent t-test, two-way ANOVA, multiple comparisons and structural equation modeling (SEM). Suggestions were then put forward on the basis of the following shown findings: 1. Elementary school teachers in Penghu and Keelung have high teachers’ beliefs and teaching efficiency for the immigrant brides’ children. 2. Elementary school teachers in Penghu have significant higher self-efficiency than elementary school teachers in Keelung. 3. The differences in teachers’ beliefs between elementary school teachers in Penghu and Keelung among different background variables: Using two-way ANOVA to analyze the differences in teachers’ beliefs in different districts and background variables, only the variables “district” and “years of teaching immigrant brides’ children” have a significant interaction effect on teachers’ beliefs about planning. a. Elementary school teachers in Penghu, who have at least six-year experience in teaching immigrant brides’ children, hold the lowest teachers’ beliefs about planning. b. Elementary school teachers in Keelung, who have at least six-year experience in teaching immigrant brides’ children, hold the highest teachers’ beliefs about planning. 4. The differences in teaching efficiency between elementary school teachers in Penghu and Keelung among different background variables: Using two-way ANOVA to analyze the differences in teaching efficiency in different districts and background variables, there is no significant difference between elementary school teachers in Penghu and Keelung in variables such as “district”, “job position”, “school scale”, “number of students in one class”, “year of teaching immigrant brides’ children” and “the number of immigrant brides’ children in one class” Significant differences in teachers’ beliefs among members of the target group were seen in the following areas: ii a. Self efficiency of the elementary school teachers in Penghu is significantly higher than that of the elementary teachers in Keelung. b. General teaching efficiency of the female elementary school teachers is significantly higher than that of the male elementary school teachers. c. Overall teaching efficiency of the female elementary school teachers is significantly higher than that of the male elementary school teachers. d. Experienced elementary school teachers exhibit higher teaching efficiency. e. The elementary school teachers in Penghu holding no degree higher than a bachelor’s degree exhibit the lowest self efficiency for immigrant brides’ children. f. The elementary school teachers holding no degree higher than a bachelor’s degree in Keelung exhibit the highest self efficiency for immigrant brides’ children. g. The elementary school teachers who have attend at least six education seminars over the course of their teaching careers show the highest general teaching efficiency. 5. The elementary school teachers holding progressive beliefs in Penghu and Keelung show higher teaching efficiency than those holding traditional beliefs. 6. Findings from SEM analysis reveal that elementary school teachers holding progressive and traditional beliefs in Penghu and Keelung make positive contributions to self and teaching efficiency.
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Chu, Yen-Jung, and 朱嬿蓉. "New immigrants, New Opportunities－The Belief and Practice of Multicultural Education of Junior High School Teachers in Taipei City." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/fju83j.
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碩士銘傳大學
教育研究所碩士班
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In the era of continuous rising of transnational marriages in Taiwan, more and more new immigration children enters our school system. Teachers are inevitably facing a more diverse classroom and the issue of multicultural education. The purpose of this study was to examine the teachers’ belief and practice of multicultural education and the relationship between them. The study sample was drawn from the junior high school teachers in the 59 junior high schools in Taipei area, with a sample size of 337 and yielded 291 respondents; the response rate was 86.35%. Data analysis comprised description statistic, independent sample t-test analysis, One-way analysis of variance and Pearson product-moment correlation. This study has reached the following conclusions: 1. The overall belief level of multicultural education in four subdimensions, i.e. culture communication conception, remove of prejudice, discovery of cultural diversity, detecting self-bias and awareness of students’ needs and reaction among junior high school teachers in Taipei city is above mediocre. 2. The overall practice level of multicultural education in the ability of curriculum design, teaching equality, context integration, resource application, improving ethnic groups’ interaction and building an open learning environment among junior high school teachers in Taipei city is mediocre. 3. Most junior high school teachers in Taipei city apply the approach of “additional pattern” to integrate multicultural education into the existing curriculum, which is to say that teachers add the context, conception and subject of multicultural education in curriculum without change the original frame. 4. Ethnic of junior high school teachers in Taipei city showed significant difference in multicultural education practices, in which Hakka tribal group showed higher level of practice than Provincial tribal group in “overall practice level of multicultural education”, “the curriculum design”, “curriculum teaching” and “class management.” 5. Junior high school teachers with friend from South-East Asia showed higher level of practice in “overall belief level of multicultural education” and “interpersonal perception.” In addition, teachers who have participated in South-East Asia activities showed significant difference in “overall practice level of multicultural education”, “the curriculum design” and “curriculum teaching.” This finding can be interpreted through the contact theory, that is, more contact with other ethnic group, the higher level of teachers’ acceptance and practice of multicultural education level. 6. There are significant differences toward the belief and practice of multicultural education among teachers who teach different subject. Teachers who taught “Arts and Humanities field” or “Social Studies field” showed highest level of belief in multicultural education. And Teachers who taught “Arts and Humanities field” showed the highest level of practice in multicultural education. 7. Positive correlation between the belief and practice of multicultural education among junior high school teachers in Taipei city was found in this research. It means that the higher the teacher’s belief of multicultural education, the higher the practice of multicultural education.
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lin, wei-pin, and 林維彬. "A Study on the Influence of Parents’ Child-Rear-Belief, Educational Expectations and Achievement Motivation upon the Immigrant Bride’and Native Children in Keelung." Thesis, 2007. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/39632206642316986533.
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碩士國立臺北教育大學
教育政策與管理研究所
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Abstract According to the theories of child-rear-belief and educational expectations, the main purpose of this study is to investigate the impact of the socioeconomic status, parent participation in education, education facilities and educational expectations on child-rear-belief and achievement motivation of the immigrant children in Keelung . We use the questionnaire investigations in this study. Our study samples include 286 immigrant bride’ children and 286 native students in respectively, from the fourth grade and sixth grade of Keelong Municipal Elementary School. By using the descriptive statistics, t-test independent samples, multivariate linear regression, Pearson Product-Moment correlation, Structural Equation Modeling to analyze. According to the results of questionnaire investigations, we find the conclusions as follows. 1. The family environment, parents’ child-rearing-belief and achievement motivation in immigrant bride’ and native children are both good. 2. The family environment, parents’ child-rearing-belief and achievement motivation of immigrant bride’ children are significant lower than native children. 3. The immigrant children who have higher degree of parents’ participation, higher degree of parents’ educational expectations and better education facilities have higher degree of child-rearing-belief. 4. The better education facilities of native children, the higher child-rearing- belief they have. 5. The more higher degree of parents’ participation and each thorough number of proofing number of immigrant bride’ children, the better achievement motivation they have. 6. The better the family’s the socioeconomic status and education facilities of native children, the better achievement motivation they have. 7. The correlation of child-rearing-belief and achievement motivation of the immigrant bride’ children and native children are highly significant in respectively. In other words, the higher parents’ child-rearing-belief, the higher achievement motivation of children. 8. SEM shows that socio-economic status, parent participation in education, education facilities and educational expectations have a great influence upon the child-rearing-belief and achievement motivation.
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Caumont, Stipanicic Lucía Milagros. "The Myriad Meanings of Inclusion: Educators’ Beliefs and Practices Regarding Inclusive Education for Migrant Students in Uruguay’s Early Childhood and Primary Education Public Schools." Thesis, 2020. https://doi.org/10.7916/d8-z8ck-9629.
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Uruguay’s public education system is at the center of a complex web of contradictory forces concerning contemporary migration to the country and migrant students. The country’s educators are part of a system that has historically interpellated them to assimilate migrant students around a problematic national imagination of homogeneity, modernity, and European heritage. These educators are also members of the larger Uruguayan society where discriminatory bias against recent migration to the country prevails, especially against migrants from the Global South. While Uruguay’s rights-based migration legislation and policy aim to promote the sociocultural integration of migrants, the measures taken thus far have overwhelmingly focused on migration management. In effect, the State has placed the responsibility for the sociocultural integration of migrants on the public education system. Specifically, the Council of Early Childhood and Primary Education created the Migrations Commission to promote inclusive education for the growing number of migrant children and youth arriving in the country’s public schools. The Migrations Commission implemented a professional development course to train educators on inclusion and interculturalidad to adequately serve migrant students and their families. However, limited data are available regarding the creation and implementation of this professional development and the impact it had on educators and their work with migrant students.
To address these gaps, this study employed a qualitative methodology to examine the State’s efforts, through the Migrations Commission, to support inclusive education for migrant students and the impact of these efforts on educators. Data collection included the following: interviews with eight Migrations Commission members and affiliates, 17 educators who participated in the commission’s professional development, 10 educators from a school in which the principal had completed the professional development, and eight educators at another school who had no experience with the professional development; 15 instances of participant observation with educators in the aforementioned schools who had migrant students in their classrooms; and analysis of documents produced by and about the Migrations Commission.
An analysis of the Migrations Commission’s discourse reveals the continued persistence of assimilation as a competing theoretical model for understanding the incorporation of migrant students and their families both in the country’s public education system and the larger social context. The presence of contradictory perspectives (inclusive education/interculturalidad versus assimilation) was also found among educators, both at the discursive level of pedagogical understanding and the pragmatic level of school practices.
Therefore, this inquiry concludes that the State’s efforts to date have not been enough to effect significant and lasting change in the country’s education system. In addition, the study’s findings indicate that Uruguay’s educators, including those who participated in the Migrations Commission’s professional development that specifically focused on inclusion and interculturalidad, remain uncertain about how to implement inclusive and intercultural practices in their schools and classrooms and continue to be influenced by the education system’s historical mandate to assimilate migrant students into the national hegemonic culture as well as by stereotypes and prejudicial assumptions embraced by the larger society regarding migrants.
Based on these findings, the study proposes policy recommendations to inform the Migrations Commission’s work to advance inclusive education for migrant students in Uruguay’s early childhood and primary education public schools and outlines future lines of research to contribute to the academic production on inclusion in education beyond the specific case of Uruguay.
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Brito, Dalila Olinda Sá Gomes Costa. "Os imigrantes ucranianos e a procura de cuidados de saúde." Doctoral thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/18290.
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O cuidar na multiculturalidade revela-se um desafio para a enfermagem face à situação mundial de mobilidade humana e à presença de grande número de imigrantes em Portugal. Com a realização desta investigação pretendemos identificar: as necessidades de cuidados de saúde sentidas pelos imigrantes ucranianos; a influência das crenças culturais e de saúde na procura dos cuidados de saúde pelos imigrantes ucranianos; a acessibilidade de pessoas culturalmente diferentes aos serviços de saúde; os contributos dos cuidados de enfermagem na procura desses cuidados.
Para concretizar estes objetivos, desenvolvemos um estudo exploratório, descritivo com triangulação intramétodos, através da aplicação de um questionário, a 212 ucranianos residentes na região Metropolitana do Porto e duma entrevista semiestruturada a onze desses elementos, tendo como referência os doze domínios da Cultura de Purnell.
Os resultados apontaram para dificuldades prevalentes no acesso aos cuidados decorrentes de comunicação ineficaz, resultante das barreiras linguísticas e, ou de diferentes interpretações, e pela desarticulação entre os diversos serviços de apoio aos imigrantes, associadas ao desconhecimento da legislação que regulamenta o acesso, nomeadamente dos imigrantes ilegais. Verificamos ainda que a acessibilidade aos cuidados parece ser comprometida pelo desconhecimento quer dos imigrantes, quer dos profissionais, das estruturas de apoio para estas situações, agravada pelas crenças de saúde e pelos costumes dos ucranianos. Assim, com base nesta investigação foi possível implementar estratégias para a promoção da prestação de cuidados dirigidos aos imigrantes, considerando a diversidade e a vulnerabilidade no acesso à saúde. Em suma, esperamos assim contribuir para ampliar e consolidar o conhecimento desta população neste âmbito, visando um plano inclusivo e esclarecedor dirigido à imigração e aos cuidados de saúde.To take care within multiculturalism is shown to be a challenge for nursing considering the worldwide situation of human mobility, and due to the presence of a large number of immigrants in Portugal. With the accomplishment of this research, we intend to identify: needs for health cares felt by Ukrainian immigrants; influence of cultural and health believes in the search for medical cares by Ukrainian immigrants; access of culturally different people to their health services; contributes of nursing cares in the search for those cares. To fulfil these purposes, we develop an exploratory study, descriptive with intramethod triangulation, through the application of a questionnaire to 12 Ukrainians living in the Oporto metropolitan area and also through a semi-structured interview to 11 of those people, bearing in mind the twelve domains of the Purnell Culture. The results pointed out for prevailing difficulties in the medical access resulting from ineffective communication, due to linguistic barriers and/or to different interpretations and also from the disarticulation between the several immigrant support services, in association with not knowing the legislation that regulates the access, particularly of illegal immigrants. We also noticed that the access to medical care seems to be compromised because both immigrants and health professionals aren’t aware of the existing support structures for these situations, aggravated by Ukrainians health believes and costumes. Therefore, based on this research it was possible to implement strategies for the promotion of health cares as far as immigrants are concerned, considering the diversity and vulnerability in the health access. Summing up, we hope to contribute to enlarge and consolidate these people knowledge on this field, aiming an inclusive and enlightening plan specifically directed to immigration and health cares.