African Americans; African Americans--Education; African Americans--Social conditions; African American college teachers; African American educators; African American newspapers; Integration; Segregation in education; Race relations; Baptists;...
Oral history interview conducted with sociologist Charles H. Parrish, Jr. on December 1 and 14, 1976 and February 21, 1977 by Dwayne Cox and William Morison. Dr. Parrish discusses his father, Charles H. Parrish, Sr., who was a Baptist minister and...
Child molesters; Child sexual abuse--Research; Child sexual abuse--Diagnosis
An exploratory cross national study was conducted to determine if factors identified in the existing literature predictive for CSA in developed countries were also valid and predictive CSA factors for females in Belize, a developing country. The...
Oral disease is the greatest unmet healthcare need of disadvantaged children in the United States, with only 20% of disadvantaged Medicaid-eligible children receiving routine dental care. Peter Margolis proposed a theoretical model of access to...
Electronic commerce--Corrupt practices--Prevention; Internet advertising--Corrupt practices; Internet fraud
Online search advertising is currently the greatest source of revenue for many Internet giants such as Google™, Yahoo!™, and Bing™. The increased number of specialized websites and modern profiling techniques have all contributed to an...
The goal of this longitudinal, multilevel study was to develop a better understanding of poor renter households' mobility patterns by identifying the relative importance of individual and contextual variables. Variability in neighborhood poverty...
Creative ability--Economic aspects; Economic geography; Economic development
Richard Florida's (2002a and b) work ranks 276 U. S. Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) according to a creativity index. This dissertation explores whether the creativity index or its subcomponents are related to the economic strength or growth...
Adjustment (Psychology) in old age; Aging; Elderly poor; Nursing home patients
BACKGROUND: Current successful aging theory excludes individuals with disease or
disability, limits the potential for successful aging in minority and lower socioeconomic
populations, focuses on behavioral determinants of health rather than social...
Older people--Mental health; Rural health; Urban health
Depression is one of the most prevalent psychiatric conditions experienced by older adults and represents a major public health concern. Rural/urban residence may affect the prevalence of depression as rural older adults differ from their urban...
Maps; Housing; Real property--Kentucky--Louisville; Housing--Kentucky--Louisville; City planning--United States--Maps; City planning--Kentucky--Louisville
Maps of Louisville's properties created by federally-funded Works Progress Administration (WPA). Three copies of this book were used to create a complete set of maps, since each one lacked one or more of the maps. Printed on cover: "Volume II...
African American children--Psychology; African American families; Developmental psychology--Social aspects; Parenting--Psychological aspects
The role of risk and protective factors in the family system on toddlers' social-emotional outcomes was examined by exploring the impact of depression and parenting strategies reported by female primary caregivers on toddlers' social-emotional...
Multiple exterior view of the Lincoln Income Life Insurance Company building, now called Kaden Tower, designed by the architectural firm of Taliesin Associates.
This dissertation provides an examination of contributing factors to high quality teacher-student relationships during adolescence. High quality teacher-student relationships have been linked to better academic, emotional, and social functioning...
Income distribution; Occupational training--Economic aspects; Academic achievement--Economic aspects
Employing a two-stage least-squares multiple regression technique using cross-sectional data from metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) as the unit of analysis, this study is designed to detect the indirect effect of skill-biased technological...
Tick-borne diseases; Health behavior; Health attitudes; Health education--Social aspects
Human monocytic ehrlichiosis (HME), a tick-borne disease that has recently surfaced in
the United States, exists in regions where the tick vector population is established. This
study utilizes methods that look beyond identifying high-risk regions,...
Businesswomen--United States--History--20th century; Women, White--United States--History--20th century; Businesswomen--United States--Psychology; Women, White--United States--Psychology; Self-perception in women--United States
The purpose of this cross-disciplinary dissertation is to explore how the epistemic ruptures, such as WWII and the Second Wave Feminism, change the American society between 1963 and 1985. From a humanistic and historical point of view, it focuses...
This study was conducted to examine the impact that extreme economic deprivation has on adolescent social development. Data for this study was collected from the 2000 U.S. Census Bureau. This study uses the Developmental Prevention model as a...
Women refugees--Kentucky--Louisville--Social conditions; Women refugees--Kentucky--Louisville--Personal narratives; Women refugees--Services for--Kentucky--Louisville
This work explores the personal narratives of a group refugee women recently resettled in Louisville, Kentucky, participating in the Family Center program at Kentucky Refugee Ministries. This research shows that both local and national refugee...
Most industrial countries face with some form of housing problems. As a result, each state has adopted a variety of housing policies. Policy methods of government authorities in meeting the housing gap and addressing the low income families'...
View of Woodlawn Street, with businesses including Diane's School of Dance, King Laundry and Cleaners, Jekel Jewelers, David M. Burchfield Realtor, Justine's Hair Styles, C.E. Dasilva Income Tax Service, Beechmont Hardware, Woodlawn Television,...
