The Karen People Ethnicity The Karen people are an ethnic group living in South-East Asia with their own distinct languages and culture. The Karen people who are from Burma are ethnically distinct from other groups living in Burma and Thailand. The Karen are unique in which it is not necessary to have Karen parents in order to be Karen. To be the Karen people, a person must identify himself or herself as Karen by knowing Karen culture and customs as well as speak a Karen language. The Karen are…
effectively, public health officials need the data that pertains to the actual area of inequity; in this case, the specific Asian subgroups. Any program developed utilizing the information that is collected with current EHR standards would be less effective. This demonstrates the need to expand the current race and ethnicity categories to include these types of subgroups in order to close the gap between policy objectives and the ability to complete those objectives. Furthermore, standards put…
Traditionally, most attempts to distinguish meaningful subgroups of children and adolescents with serious conduct problems (CPs) focused on variations, seriousness and frequency of conduct problems displayed by the child, level of aggression, age-of-onset, and presence of certain comorbid conditions such as ADHD. New approaches, however, are forging a new path that focuses on a child’s affective and interpersonal style, grouping together children presenting with both conduct problems and…
COMMON HEALTH ISSUES AMONG LGBT WOMEN Even with the diversity of the community, there are common health issues affect LGBT women and the LGBT community as a whole. Overall, LGBT women face higher risks for the following health conditions: mental health illnesses, substance abuse, sexually transmitted infections (STIs), heart disease, cancer, and violence. In regards to mental health, there are significantly higher rates of higher rates of depression, anxiety, and suicidal ideation among LGBT…
Criminologist for years concerned criminal behavior with the genetic makeup of an individual.This proposed theory was generated on the grounds that an individual commits crimes and has a tendency to act in a deviant manner because of who they are physiologically. Since then, through extensive research, there have been several new theories that have helped identify the issue of criminal behavior and proposed several reasons for why people choose to commit crimes. These modern theories consist of…
Some of the most familiar concepts are hierarchy, subgroups, coalitions, alliances, boundaries, and adaptability to change. Minuchin would argue that for the therapist the most important rules to look at in a family are coalitions, boundaries, and power hierarchies between subsystems (Minuchin, 1974). Subsystems…
Psychology covers many areas in the scientific world, with some of the major areas being Developmental, Cognitive, Behavioral and Social Psychology. These subgroups go into detail about the human behavior, thoughts, and patterns displayed throughout the course of a lifetime. Though it is said to not be a science, all the properties suggest otherwise, with its basis founded on by Wilhelm Wundt, and research methods based purely on scientific methods, it is plain to see that it is a science.…
1) Perhaps the most important feature of primate parenting is how extensive their investment is in raising their children. Primate take great care of their offspring and expend a lot of energy and time raising them. This also goes along with the fact that primates mature fairly slowly, meaning more time is needed to care for them before they become independent/mature. This leads to primates being slow reproducers, taking longer before they're ready to have another child/children. Some primates…
(ISLT), where participants underwent 3 trials to learn a list of 16 words, which were later recalled to test their memory (Pietrzak et al., 2009). These assessments helped to create a cognitive profile for the two subgroups of patients. In order for the researchers to verify that both subgroups were matched, statistical analysis of demographics, clinical and neuropsychological information were gathered from each of the participants. To make sure that they examined the differences in the…
Invisible and Struggling Asian Americans are generally known for their diligent work ethics, their high levels of education and the high paying job that follows from their education. This stereotype is even supported with statistical data, Asian Americans holding a higher median household income, $66,000, compared to the general population’s $49,800 (Pew Research Center). With a rise in Asian immigrants and the Asian American populace as a whole and how they are projected to be the largest…