Infant mortality is a major public health issue in the United States that disproportionally affects African Americans. Evidence suggests reducing stress on African American women and engaging African American fathers may improve health and social outcomes for families. This study sought to understand the experiences of African American fathers through a positivistic lens and to inform future interventions that support father engagement. A descriptive, qualitative study using the Person, Environment, Occupation-Performance (PEO-P) model as a framework for analysis was conducted involving 45 fathers participating in four focus groups and one member-checking group. An initial content analysis was followed by constant comparative methods to identify categories related to the PEO-P model. Transcripts revealed a range of factors that enable or inhibit fathers' occupational performance and engagement including environmental barriers such as societal expectations and perceptions. Occupational therapy practitioners may utilize population health approaches to support African American fathers' occupational engagement.
ЧИНИОЦИ НЕГОВАЊА НАЦИОНАЛНОГ И КУЛТУРНОГ ИДЕНТИТЕТА У ВОЈВОДИНИ У раду се разматрају чиниоци неговања осећања националне припадности и културног идентитета у Војводини, а на основу резултата добијених у склопу ширег емпиријског истраживања мултикултуралности у наведеном региону. Као најзначајнији чиниоци неговања националне припадности међу испитаницима различитих националних и етничких заједница јављају се "придржавање традиције и обичаја" и "васпитање деце у духу националне културе", а у склопу чувања културног идентитета то су "образовање" и "одговарајуће васпитање деце у породици". У тексту су такође објашњени карактеристични ставови испитаника, а закључак аутора је да добијени резултати реактуелизују проблем традиционализма у војвођанском/српском друштву, који захтева даља проучавања и нова теоријска објашњења.
Date Presented 4/17/2015
In this study, we present the development and implementation of a life skills intervention program for military and veteran students: Boots for Life. We report results on the effectiveness of the program, implications for revisions, and future plans.
INFORMISANOST GRAÐANA SRBIJE O INVALIDIMA Rad je nastao na osnovu istraživanja čiji je cilj bio da se utvrdi koliko su građani Srbije inforisani o invalidima. Po mišljenju samih ispitanika, njihova informisanost o životu i problemima invalida je nedovoljna. Rezultati će potvrditi ovakav stav: stepen slaganja između subjektivnih ocena anketiranih građana i njihovih odgovora upućuje na to da su, u proseku, na donjoj granici delimične informisanosti o životu i problemima invalida. Pored toga, građani Srbije su bolje informisani o opštem društveno-ekonomskom i zdravstvenom položaju invalida, nego o njihovim specifičnim potrebama. Uprkos tome, ispitanici su ispoljili visok stepen poverenja prema invalidima, kao i spremnost da im pomognu (posebno pojedine kategorije-radnici, nezaposleni, penzioneri).
In this article certain problems concerning bindness of citizens to their local and regional milieu, as well as for wider territorial wholeness to which Province of Vojvodina belongs geographically and politically are discussed. The article is based on the analysis of the empirical data collected in autumn 2002 by questioning 1200 inhabitants of Vojvodina and they are compared with other similar surveys, especially with earlier one which same authors carried out in autumn 2000. The results indicates increasing of identification with the province of Vojvodina and Republic of Serbia, but decreasing of the earlier importance of the local adherence. In comparison with the research carried out in 2000, the Vojvodinians are mostly estranged from the State Community of Serbia and Montenegro (former FR Yugoslavia). In the same time, the questioned citizens shows outstanding ambivalence in orientations to the Europe
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