Narrative Quilts and Quilted Narratives: The Art of Faith Ringgold and Alice Walker

There have been two main streams of influence on Chicano artists aside from the obvious one that is the result of their artistic training, education and development in the United States. The primary influence came from Mexico, first during the colonial period in the form of New Spanish art and architecture, and then in modem times provided by the Mexican muralists through their work and their use of pre-Columbian art. The New Spanish materials formed the nucleus for the second stream of influence composed of the various manifestations of religious folk art found primarily in the Southwest

Competing realities, diverse needs : an inter-disciplinary approach to religious engagement with HIV prevention and care

The World Health Organisation/ UNAIDS and the UK's HIV-related public health policies are premised on universal access to information, treatment and care. With a focus on wider determinants of health, such rights-based approaches and their associated commitment to consistent HIV prevention messages and effective care include also a requirement to be respectful of and sensitive to religio-cultural beliefs and practices. There is evidence that access to HIV information and care can be restricted by the moral codes, beliefs and teachings which determine some religious responses to HIV, those, for example, which address issues of sexuality and gender, identity and belonging, authority and power. With a particular interest in a UK context of religio-cultural diversity, this study asks whether existing strategic public health responses to HIV prevention and care are adequate to the multiplicity of psychosocial realities and needs of a diverse community. The study follows comparative interpretative approaches and draws on a range of theoretical perspectives, primarily those of sociology, anthropology and psychology. It identifies the potential for dialogical compatabilities between public health practice and practical theology. Gathering and analysing data and discourse this interdisciplinary, qualitative investigation examines religion-informed responses to HIV prevention and care. With a small-scale localised study positioning the content and authority of religious belief on responses to HIV prevention and care in a UK Midlands city of high religio- cultural diversity, the primary and secondary data are 'grounded' in the experience of a local community. In its tracing of the multiple realities of HIV in contexts of global and local religio - cultural diversity, the study finds that global dimensions of HIV touch the local in unavoidable and diverse ways Religion-defined identity and belonging are valued by people affected by HIV and the communities of which they are part, but the stigmatizing impact of HIV, often reinforced by religious beliefs and teachings, generates anxieties about the disclosure of a diagnosis, the initiation of open discussion and access to HIV information and care. Constraints on the access of sexual minorities, young people and women can raise particular concern. In situations of diverse need and contested reality quests for coherent meaning, identity and belonging confront a public health preference for consistent HIV health messages and for accessible and effective programmes of HIV information, support and care. The study evidences diverse and often competing perspectives on HIV and highlights the need for health and social care services and religious groups to have greater awareness of the extensive complexities which the realities of diversity bring to HIV prevention policy design and service delivery. Complexity theory and practical theology inform a new and integrative model for theological, epidemiological and public health partnering through which the inadequacies in both religion-informed responses to HIV and public health HIV prevention and care policy and service delivery can be addressed.EThOS - Electronic Theses Online ServiceGBUnited Kingdo

The Internet and LGBTQ+ Identity Formation in Adolescents and Young Adults

The internet is a key part of identity exploration and the coming out process for LGBTQ+ youth and young adults. While the internet offers the benefits of allowing individuals to participate in LGBTQ+ identity formation, community development, and affirming sex education no matter where they live, it also presents challenges. These challenges include the potential for internet addiction, the possibility of encountering cyberbullying and derogatory language and hate speech online, and misinformation about sex. To help clients who are LGBTQ+ youth and young adults using the internet in their coming out process, counselors will need to know how to navigate both positive and negative influences that the internet can have on the mental health and overall wellbeing of these clients. Counselors should also be aware of the different needs of adolescents and young adults, as well as interventions relating to internet addiction, developing additional coping skills, and advocacy

Re-envisioning Reclamation: A Strip Mine\u27s Biography

ABSTRACT This proposal is a study of coal-mining in Southern West Virginia; its impact on the landscape; local economy and culture; and presents an alternative land use to address the loss of a major industry in a rural county. The study began with understanding the process of mining; from the actual extraction to the end product, electricity. Looking at the past provided a historical metric for the Coal Company - Mine Worker dynamic. Case studies created benchmarks for both appreciating and improving upon the issue. Constructing a timeline that tracked political, social and natural occurrences gave scope to the interrelationships of government, industry and the working class. Current reclamation practices take into account the physical changes made to the land, but not the void the loss of industry will create in the local economy. Recognizing coal mining as an important part of Appalachian culture means re-envisioning reclamation, and understanding more than the land needs to be restructured when a mine closes. Coal mining reclamation has been studied by engineers, ecologists and political bodies more so than by the design community: architects, landscape architects and artists. However, the designer’s training for not just research and analysis but synthesis of ideas and collaboration between disciplines that could provide the next step for a changing industry

Parental Stress and Marital Satisfaction in Families of Children With Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

The purpose of the study was to extend the research on families with children with AD/HD by examining parental stress and marital satisfaction among parents of children with AD/HD. The focus of the study was on the perceptions of mothers and fathers of children with AD/HD regarding parental stress and marital satisfaction and the extent to which these perceptions were related to the reported severity of their child\u27s symptoms. In addition, the study examined whether these perceptions and relationships differed for mothers and fathers

Long term monitoring and field testing of an innovative multi-storey timber building

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Assessment of dynamic and long-term performance of an innovative multi-story timber building via structural monitoring and dynamic testing

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