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    The Lines That Define Us: Racial Residential Segregation and Health Disparities for African Americans 

    Barrett, Tyra A. (2018)
    This capstone explored the mechanisms underlying the relationship between racial residential segregation and health disparities for African Americans. This relationship was examined through the analysis of how racial ...
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    Breastfeeding and Socioeconomic Status An Analysis of Breastfeeding Rates Among Low-SES Mothers 

    Petry, Rachael (2013)
    This paper focuses on the implications of the previous data for low-income women and their infants. It provides an overview of the science behind breastfeeding—including the physical and psychological benefits for both ...
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    The Ethical Implications of Juvenile Detention Centers and the Role of Mental Health and Education in Reducing Recidivism 

    Roberts, Meredith N. (2013)
    . . . If the nationally accepted [juvenile detention] system continues in the path it is headed on, the recidivism will continue to rise. Due to a lack of funding and often severe over-crowding, it is difficult to assist ...
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    Transient Children in the Education System 

    McFarland, Kali (2011)
    Transient children confront many disadvantages, and the reverberating effects influence all areas of their life. With higher levels of disease, more emotional disturbances, unstable and often inadequate living conditions, ...
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    Who is poor? Poverty in the United States Re-examined from a Multidimensional Perspective 

    Juneau, John Joseph (2017)
    Poverty is a long-established economic outcome worthy of scholarly and political concern. The issue of addressing poverty deals primarily with identification: who is poor? This paper constructs a Multidimensional Poverty ...
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    Poverty Re-Measured: A New Approach to Assessing the Role of Poverty in Facilitating Violent Conflict 

    Kaelin, John M. (2018)
    The case of Rwanda raises several questions which I hope to shed light on through this research. My prevailing concern is studying the question of how the absence of human capabilities, poverty, can influence individuals ...
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    The Unexamined Link: Type II Diabetes and Poverty 

    Gannett, Joe (2012)
    . . . diabetes is considered to be the nation’s fastest growing health problem. The impact is largely on those of low socioeconomic status (SES), who have less access to resources and healthcare. . . . Unfortunately, the ...
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    Mobile Telecommunications for Poverty Alleviation in Sub-Saharan Africa 

    Cho, Johanna (2013)
    Mobile telecommunications or mobile telephony is the enormous network of telephone services for portable phones, ranging from smartphones with monthly subscriptions and full Internet capabilities to pre-paid low-end phones ...
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    Employment Capability for Individuals with Barriers to Labor Market Entry: The Case of Work-Integration Social Enterprises 

    Tarry, Elizabeth Hahn (2017)
    In this paper, I will begin by defining social entrepreneurship and giving a brief overview of the rise of the field, both for the sake of clarity and for the relative novelty of the concept. The following section will ...
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    Arts for All: An Analysis of Arts Access as it Relates to Socioeconomic Status and other Demographic Factors (thesis) 

    Glick, Hailey (2019)
    This paper provides empirical evidence on the benefits of arts education. Building on this, I draw from moral philosophy to advance the claim that all children should receive arts education. However, this paper includes a ...
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    AuthorAckell, Laura M. (Maggie) (1)Banning, Stephanie K. (1)Barnett, Grace (1)Barrett, Tyra A. (1)Beeson, Rebecca J. (1)Bors, Bogdan Constantin (1)Bulley, Jennifer R. (1)Carter, Elizabeth F. (Ferrell) (1)Cho, Johanna (1)Chung, Stephanie R. (1)... View MoreSubject
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