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A Community Conversation on Adolescent Pregnancy and Parenting Services: Networks of Support, Gatekeepers to Care, and Non-Compulsory Fathering in a Black Urban Community
This study employed Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) methods to document needs and capacity around adolescent pregnancy and parenting in one predominately Black, low-income urban community. Using an iterative focus group method, we engaged 60 participants in a two-day community conversation. Quantitative data from an enrollment questionnaire and qualitative transcripts of the discussions are analyzed. Our results indicate that the community’s greatest capacity lies in a network of women. Men tend to participate in parenting more holistically once formal paternity is established. Neighborhood women typically introduce adolescents to prenatal care, so delays in revealing the pregnancy to them serves as a barrier to accessing prenatal care. Overall, participants want health agencies to uphold their formal social contracts with the community, but to entrust informal services to community members who have the necessary insight and expertise to deliver support and information that is usable in their social context
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Religious institutions and new ventures: evidence from the African American experience
textThis study examines the church as a participant in the entrepreneurial process by
offering support in one or more of the following, encouragement, technical assistance,
office material or financial capital. This study examined African American churches
in the Austin area and found that participation in the entrepreneurial process was
influenced by the following, if the church owned a business, the number of paid staff
and the size of the church. Smaller churches were more likely to be entrepreneurial
and participate in providing office materials, financial assistance, technical support
and Pastoral support. Resource rich churches were likely to participate in the
entrepreneurial process but it is clear that there are other factors which influence
participation. These factors include the orientation of the Pastor.Sociolog