Kelly,A. Paul (Author) and Taylor,Susan C. (Author)
Format:
Book, Whole
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
New York: McGraw Hill Professional
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
800 p, Includes Wilbert C. Jordan's "Homeopathic medicine and spiritualism: African-American voodoo and healing remedies"; Marcia Ramos-e-Silva, Gabriela Munhoz-da-Fontoura, and Dóris Hexsel's "Common skin diseases and treatments in Latin America: Brazil"; and "Atlas for skin of color: Africa, Asia, and Latin America";
"This study, conducted at a historically Black university, evaluated the impact of awareness and internalization of the Western thin ideal of beauty on body dissatisfaction, drive for thinness, and bulimia in African-American, African, and Caribbean women. The relationship between internalization of the thin ideal and disordered eating was moderated by ethnicity, with the relationship significant only for the African-American grou Internalization functioned as a mediator between awareness of the thin ideal and both drive for thinness and bulimia, but only for the African-American grou These results suggest that the sociocultural model may not be as valuable in predicting eating disturbance in women from non-Western societies." [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR];
Findings indicated the common denominators for African, African American, and Caribbean women regarding breast cancer are that (1) they present at younger ages, (2) they present having advanced-stage tumors, (3) they are often from lower socioeconomic levels, and (4) they lack knowledge regarding causes and treatment of breast cancer.
Barrow,Christine (Editor), Bruin,Marjan de (Editor), and Carr,Robert (Editor)
Format:
Book, Edited
Publication Date:
2009
Published:
Kingston ; Miami: Ian Randle Publishers
Location:
African American Research Center, Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Notes:
330 p., Examines some of the key drivers of HIV and AIDS by exploring risk, vulnerability, power, culture, sexuality and gender. Provides a unique perspective and analysis of the Caribbean response and how the inclusion of many different sectors in society and an interdisciplinary, rather than segregated multidisciplinary approach, can effectively address the spread of HIV and AIDS in the region.
107 p., The Millon Clinical Multiaxial Inventory-Third Edition (MCMI-III) currently ranks among the most commonly utilized personality tools. Most of the studies that examined racial/ethnic differences on the MCMI were conducted using the MCMI-I and MCMI-II. While many MCMI studies have explored racial differences, few studies have examined the impact of cultural factors on MCMI-III performance. In the current study, the performance of African Americans (n = 52) and Caribbean Blacks (n = 77) were compared on the Antisocial, Narcissistic, Paranoid, and Delusional Disorder scales of the MCMI-III.
