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PROBLEM: This study aimed to examine if the experience of peer relational aggression victimization (PRAV) can be linked to feelings of depression in the African American adolescent female population. METHODS: The sample included 241 college-age African American adolescent females assessed for PRAV and depression. Statistical analysis was carried out to determine the relationship between the variables. FINDINGS: PRAV in this study population does exist as a detrimental phenomenon, whereby PRAV significantly correlates with depression, r (214) = 0.29, p < .01. CONCLUSION: Nurses can assist the adolescent clients experiencing relational aggression by becoming knowledgeable on the presentation and manifestations of this experience.
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Aggression/psychology , Black or African American/psychology , Crime Victims/psychology , Depression/ethnology , Peer Group , Adolescent , Cross-Sectional Studies , Depression/diagnosis , Depression/etiology , Female , Humans , Nursing Research , Self Report , Young AdultABSTRACT
This chapter focuses on promoting cultural competence in research and the care of vulnerable populations by establishing inter-university nursing partnership centers for health disparities research between historically Black universities and minority-serving institutions and research-intensive majority institutions. The Hampton-Penn Center to Reduce Health Disparities (HPC), an inter-university collaborative center funded through the National Institutes of Health (NIH) National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) P20 funding mechanism, is discussed as the exemplar. The mission of the Hampton-Penn Center is to promote culturally competent research on health promotion and disease prevention and the examination of how culture, race and ethnicity and their interactions with the health care system and the larger society influence health outcomes and the occurrence of health disparities. The history, goals, and conceptual model underlying this collaborative effort between the University of Pennsylvania and Hampton University Schools of Nursing are described as are the accomplishments and lessons learned to date. Based upon the Hampton-Penn experience, recommendations for similar collaborations to reduce health disparities among vulnerable populations are made in three major areas: (a) increasing the study of the multi-system level factors that contribute to health disparities among vulnerable populations, (b) promoting the development of culturally competent research on health disparities, and (c) promoting the recruitment and training of health researchers who are themselves members of vulnerable populations.
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Black or African American , Health Status , Interinstitutional Relations , Nursing Research/organization & administration , Universities/organization & administration , Vulnerable Populations , Academies and Institutes/organization & administration , Black or African American/ethnology , Black or African American/statistics & numerical data , Cooperative Behavior , Cultural Diversity , Health Promotion , Health Services Needs and Demand , Humans , Models, Nursing , National Institutes of Health (U.S.) , Organizational Objectives , Outcome Assessment, Health Care , Professional Competence , Research Design , Research Support as Topic/organization & administration , Schools, Nursing/organization & administration , Socioeconomic Factors , Transcultural Nursing , United States , Vulnerable Populations/ethnology , Vulnerable Populations/statistics & numerical dataABSTRACT
The absence of the father in the resident home is an increasing trend in the United States, and the belief that the absence of fathers is lined with a variety of social pathologies is gaining national momentum. This study explored the relationship of father absence on self-esteem and self-reported sexual activity among rural southern adolescents. A sample of 1,409 adolescents (558 males and 851 females) aged 11 to 18 years was surveyed, and the Miller Self-Esteem Questionnaire (MSQ) was used to measure self-esteem. Analysis revealed that increased sexual activity occurred by adolescents in homes where no father present in the residence. Although a statistical significance was noted in the relationship between father absence and lower self-esteem, the magnitude of the difference was not large. Further, no relationship between self-esteem and sexual activity was noted. Seemingly, the absence of the father has a potentially detrimental effect on adolescents' lifestyle choices. Consideration of the notion that the phenomena of fathering rather than the mere presence of a father may contribute to differences in adolescent's lifestyle choices should be studied.
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Adolescent Behavior/psychology , Divorce/psychology , Father-Child Relations , Rural Population , Self Concept , Sexual Behavior/psychology , Adolescent , Attitude to Health , Child , Choice Behavior , Educational Status , Female , Health Promotion , Humans , Life Style , Male , Models, Psychological , Paternal Behavior , Psychology, Adolescent , Regression Analysis , Social Support , Socioeconomic Factors , Southeastern United States , Surveys and QuestionnairesABSTRACT
The Hampton University School of Nursing has implemented a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Distance Education Program that utilizes the Blackboard Learning System, which was designed to transform the Internet into a powerful environment for the educational experience. The Interne, however, may be a new learning environment for many nurses seeking a graduate degree. The Blackboard platform allows for synchronous, real-time activities such as chat rooms, and asynchronous, delayed, activities such as discussion boards and digital drop boxes that can be used for student-to-instructor and instructor-to-student document transfer. This article focuses on the skills and challenges of navigating a course on the Internet using Blackboard. Recommendations for improving the teaching-learning process using a Web-based environment are included.
