Browsing W&L Shepherd Program for the Interdisciplinary Study of Poverty and Human Capability by Title
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Oral Health Disparities: A Gradient Remedied Through Educational Programs
Dental health in the context of larger health in the United States is a vital area of research as it has a direct impact on overall health, equality of opportunity in the work force, and generational dental health. This ... -
Our Moral Obligation to the Poor: Freedom, Justice, and Duty
My research draws upon varying philosophies and moral systems that have significant implications for our duties to both the domestic and the global poor. This methodology resembles that of Thomas Pogge in World Poverty and ... -
Out Of Control: A Consideration of the Appropriate Response To Drug Addiction Given the Complicated Moral Agency of the Addict
Addiction is complex, painful, and ultimately stands as a significant obstacle the alleviation of poverty, and this paper represents but one all too brief attempt at understanding this problem. But I think a good place to ... -
The Over Representation of Disabilities in Disadvantaged Communities and the Corresponding Effects on Resilience
The State of Learning Disabilities, 2009 stated that -- "Families below the poverty line reported that 4.1% of their children (ages 6-17) have learning disabilities. For families that were not poor, that figure was 2.7%. ... -
Overburdened Emergency Departments
The uninsured . . . are often denied care that is available to people with insurance. Many uninsured people do not receive important preventative health services such as cholesterol blood tests or screening for potentially ... -
Overdoses in Poor and Rural Communities: The Reality of the Opioid Epidemic in the United States
The following paper takes a three-part approach to the Opioid Epidemic in the United States. Specifically, the paper argues the Opioid Epidemic has a disproportionate impact on poor and rural counties in the United States. ... -
Paradise Lost: Effects of Tourism on Poor Populations of Small, Developing Tropical Nations
By some measures tourism is the largest industry in the world, and many small developing nations are economically dependent upon revenue generated by international tourism. Literature on tourism is varied and extensive, ... -
Partiality as Justice: a Critique of Thomas Pogge's World Poverty and Human Rights
. . . I find the priority and emphasis Pogge gives to negative obligations in formulating our moral obligation to alleviate poverty to be troubling. In Pogge's work, positive obligations based on justice can only arise ... -
A Path to Depression: The Stigmatization of Poor Single Mothers
Although there are certainly other contributing factors that predispose poor women to depression, the way in which false classist assumptions contribute to depression in poor single mothers has been largely neglected in ... -
The Pediatric Medical Home Model: A Policy Recommendation to Increase Healthcare Quality for Children in Poverty
The pediatric medical home is a family-centered approach to providing comprehensive primary care. In a medical home, healthcare professionals work with patients and their families to ensure all medical and non-medical ... -
Personal Responsibility in Healthcare for Low Socioeconomic Individuals
Health is the accumulation of the past and a hard life manifests itself in poor health. The link between poverty and health is a highly complex issue and there is no silver bullet to address the problem. However there are ... -
Picking Pockets for Profit: Wage Theft and the Fair Labor Standards Act
I will start with a brief history of the FLSA and the purposes for the legislation. I will also outline wage and hour requirements under the FLSA, the remedies available to workers when an employer fails to satisfy those ... -
Policy Reform Proposal: China's Hukou System
Hukou is a household registration system that categorizes every citizen as “agricultural (rural)” or “non-agricultural (urban)” and bans the movement into different regions (Meng, 2012). Although its restriction on migration ... -
Post-PRWORA Implications for Poor Abuse Victims: How Do They Fare?
Because most instances of physical and sexual abuse towards women fall into the category of family violence, in this paper I focus on the various forms of family violence in the United States. First I examine the problem ... -
The Potentially Problematic Ethics of Long-Acting Birth Control for Marginalized Women
It is impossible to research contraception in America, in any form, without finding divergent opinions. The purpose of this capstone is to wade through the multitudinous opinions, criticisms, and fears, using the implementation ... -
Poverty Re-Measured: A New Approach to Assessing the Role of Poverty in Facilitating Violent Conflict
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 ... -
POVERTY SLAM! How Slam Poetry Transforms the Lives of Impoverished Youth
This paper will discuss slam poetry's impact on impoverished youth by looking at the format and history of slam, slam's connection to poverty, and why slam makes such a connection to impoverished youth. The most important ... -
The Power of ZIP Codes: Segregation in Southern California, Reexamined
The ultimate aim of this study is to explore and deconstruct the myriad causes which contribute to segregation's persistence, even when no longer mandated by law as it was only a few generations ago. Within the nation that ... -
Power Structure, Minorities and the Politics of Identity: A Theory Advocating the Importance of Movements of Self Determination of Cultural Identity by Minorities in Addressing Minority Issues in Multicultural Societies Favoring Assimilation
The paper is divided into two parts. Part 1 studies how inability of minorities in societies which the dominant culture determines the groups identity takes away the minorities capacity for agency and self determinism, and ... -
Predatory Financial Practices and the Impact on the Poor
In summary, the solutions for breaking the cycle of poverty presented by this paper focus heavily on reducing the exorbitant costs of financial services paid by low-income families. This is in contrast to the long-standing ...