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Human Services/African AIDS Orphans

sub-Saharan Africa, the number of AIDS orphans has reached desperate proportions (Roby and Shaw, 2006). In a region plagued by "ci...

Elephants, Rhinos, Kob Antelope, Leopards And Buffalo: Meaning In African Art

presence or a leopards sleek passage. One pertinent example of their dual power as animals in African art is the Cameroon elephan...

History Of The African Methodist Episcopal Church

that was with Allen disagreed with his theological position and attached themselves with the Quaker movement (About.com, 2006). Th...

A Cycle of Abuse

all her fault. Early in their marriage she became pregnant, and he was extremely unhappy about the child. He wanted to become esta...

Drug Abuse Among Adolescents and Behavior Therapy

reported that behavior therapy follows "a format of therapist modeling, behavior rehearsal, specific therapy assignments, self-rec...

An Overview of the Research Titled Collaborative Breast Health Intervention for African American Women of Lower Socioeconomic Status

that all women, regardless of their socioeconomic status, greatly benefit from annual screening. Diagnosis if the first s...

Zip Code 11572 and Abuse of Alcohol and Drugs

alcohol prior to being 20 years of age and most of these individuals state (47 percent) state that they began substance abuse with...

A Discussion Concerning African Literature

when examining the beauty in nature. According to a student writing on this subject, Bass (1990) provides many examples of the f...

An Evaluation of the Research Proposal 'Early Reading Program As an Intervention to Reduce the Need for and Negative Effects of Social Promotion Among African American Males Grades K-12'

ages of K-12. IV. Significance of the Study A. Increasing violence in the educational settings across the country has led to th...

Economic Community of West African States and the ECOMOG Monitoring Group

in class structure dictates the extent to which economic security exists with those who cannot rise out of the cyclical nature of ...

Africa for the Africans by Marcus Garvey

has been in African American history and culture" (Franklin 327). Garveys vision may have been - and still appears to be - grand...

Sexually Abused Children and Art Therapy Assessments

when human subjects are utilized there is the need to apply an ethical standard to the research process. Inherent, then, in the d...

Attachment Disorders in Children That Have Been Neglected and Abused

1997). "Since 1980, alleged child abuse and neglect reports have more than doubled in this country [Child Welfare League of Ameri...

Case Study on Workplace Drug Abuse

a patient to keep her own supply steady? Will she make a mistake and do something wrong as a result of substance abuse? So many th...

Abused Clients and the Therapist's Role

injustice by not seeking emotional support. Some believe they are responsible for the attack, while others think they will contin...

African Societies and European Imperialism's Effects

indignities at the hands of the overpowering Europeans as they struggled to fend off the inevitable cultural transformation. Reco...

To S.M., a Young African Painter, on Seeing His Works by Phillis Wheatley

and how they are seen by Wheatley as almost heavenly. She is clearly amazed at the figures and the power within these figures. Thi...

Marcus Garvey's Africa for Africans and Alain Locke's The New Negro

black people of the nation to begin to take control, to rid themselves of 19th century dreams or ideals or expectations. His work ...

Companies Based in America and Child Abuse

number one, they can, and number two that the children are easier to control that adults. There are no unions, and the children an...

Domestic Abuse and Violence

was of paramount importance. Thankfully, after many beatings, lacerations, and threats she packed up and left before the headlines...

Overview of Drug Abuse Resistance Education

"is responsible for the instruction of the D.A.R.E. Program throughout the District and is the primary financial support for the p...

Child Sexual Abuse and a Film Review of PBS' Innocence Lost The Verdict

mothers of the children who made the accusations, to the recreated testimonies of the children, to interviews with law enforcement...

World War I and the East African Conflict Between the British and the Germans

own countries as they had always been. If you are a member of a royal family at this time in Europe, the least you want to do is ...

Abuse and Family Violence

In six pages various family violence questions are answered and considers whether or not families of lower incomes are more likely...

Connection Between Depression and Alcohol Abuse in Adolescents

depression (Jersild B10). Men, suffer from such things as well, but findings seem to suggest that women fare worse. Yet, other stu...

Meningitis and Africans in a Cultural Competency Case Study

right? Not as visible a cause as AIDS, nor as prevalent in the news as Cancer, Meningitis will be a difficult sell to this segmen...

Florida's Reconstruction Era and the African Methodist Episcopal Church of Reverand Robert Meacham

blacks, who were primarily former slaves, Meacham and other representatives from the AME Church fought the governmental process to...

Propaganda and Information Age Abuses

for all of that, the country was restless. This laid the foundation for Fidel Castro to sweep into the capital city, execute nearl...

Assessment of Domestic Abuse

as many as was reported in 1980, reflects a disturbing trend toward uncontrolled acts of domestic violence (Leigh et al, 1995). E...

African and Women Victimized by Violence

to this new law for Muslims, introduced in the northern states of Nigeria" (The Oprah Winfrey Show, 2002). She was to be stoned to...