African American studies

Major depression consist of at least one of the symptoms of either depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). The symptoms for major depression consist of depressed mood, loss of energy, significant weight differences such as more than 5% of body weight in a month, feelings of worthlessness, inability to concentrate, recurrent thoughts of death, insomnia or hypersomnia, and psychomotor agitation. The severity of the depression is determined by the…

I am the director of the Hillsborough County health department. I want to develop an intervention that address women’s weight issues to prevent childhood obesity in African Americans. This an important issue to address, because eating behaviors evolve during the first years of life as biological and behavioral process directed toward meeting requirements for health and growth (). Children rely on their parents when it comes to procurement and preparation of food. Living in urban areas has a…

Association of African-American Churches Pray for Rev. Kelvin L. Walker, president, as he ministers to pastors and churches in the United States. Pray that the association can design better ways of communication and connection for African-Americans in the C&MA. Central District Pray for the church planters basic training at Beulah Beach, November 3–6. May they learn new ways to strategize and reach their communities for Christ. Children’s Disciplemaking Pray for the Children’s Disciplemaking…

population is Africans American females, ages 14-29 who have not been exposed to HIV/AIDS. Multiple research efforts over previous decades have revealed multiple risk factors contributing to HIV infection in African American female youth. These include infrequent condom use, multiple sexual partners, substance use, low self-esteem, interpersonal trauma (child sexual abuse), and ineffective coping styles (Danielson, Walsh, McCauley, Ruggiero, Brown, Sales, Rose, Wingood, & DiClemente, 2013).…

The Impact of Environmental Influences on African Americans Academic Performance Your environment plays an important role on who you are and what you become. Statistics have proven that African Americans are more likely, than any other race, to drop out of school, perform incompetently on standardize test, and are less likely to attend college than European Americans. Many scholars have linked academic underachievement to lack of support and low motivation. People who are exposed to uncaring and…

African American Resiliency: Examining Racial Socialization and Social Support The purpose of this study was to examine the importance of racial socialization and social support in the resiliency of African Americans. It is essential to look out how African American life and culture serve as protective factors in overcoming adversity. Racial socialization is a set of behaviors that address how African Americans should feel about their culture and how they react to racial tension in America.…

In the two studies by Seller, they showed the link between psychological distresses in relation to racial discrimination alongside the development of Black identity. These studies posed very interesting concepts about the process and factors that affect African American identity which generated questions for me while reading through the findings. When thinking about the my experience of being African Americans and Black in America, many people can find similarities regarding racial issues…

Statement African American women for more than a century have been contributors in higher education. However, rarely are they mentioned in research literature. Hardly ever is racism and sexism addressed in higher education. The research literature focus has primarily been on faculty and students not African American women in higher education. According to Edwards (1997) an assessment of research literature reveals that limited quantity of studies are accessible that focus on African American…

Racism in American society has been deeply engrained into the cultural norms since colonialization. Racism has infiltrated every facet of our lives, including in the medical field. This medical racism was particularly portrayed by the Tuskegee Syphilis Experiments, which occurred from 1932-1972. The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment and its relationship with governmental organizations represent the idea that racism is deeply engrained in American society and the discontinuation of the study portrays…

threatening effects of racism on the health and well being of African-Americans. Although, there have been a few attempts to examine the link between experiences of racism and the physical health of African-Americans, there is a growing body of research on the effects of racism on the mental health of African-Americans. (Gibbons et al., 2004) Experience with racism is common for Blacks and those of African decent as evident by ….. For this study, we use Clark and his colleague’s definition of…