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Burke, Nancy J.; Bird, Joyce A.; Clark, Melissa A.; Rakowski, William; Guerra, Claudia; Barker, Judith C.; Pasick, Rena J. – Health Education & Behavior, 2009
This article describes the influences of social context on women's health behavior through illustration of the powerful influences of social capital (the benefits and challenges that accrue from participation in social networks and groups) on experiences and perceptions of self-efficacy. The authors conducted inductive interviews with Latino and…
Descriptors: Self Efficacy, Health Behavior, Social Environment, Social Networks
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Posadas, Barbara M. – OAH Magazine of History, 1996
Presents a two- to three-day teaching unit examining the collective life experience of Filipinos who arrived in Chicago (Illinois) before 1935. Provides historical background on Filipino immigration and their experience in Chicago. Informational handouts include newspaper accounts, cartoons, statistics, and personal accounts, followed by…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Cultural Interrelationships, Cultural Pluralism, Cultural Traits
Park, Clara C., Ed.; Endo, Russell, Ed.; Goodwin, A. Lin, Ed. – IAP - Information Age Publishing, Inc., 2005
This research anthology is the third volume in a series sponsored by the Special Interest Group-Research on the Education of Asian and Pacific Americans (SIG-REAPA) of the American Educational Research Association and National Association for Asian and Pacific American Education. This series explores and explains the lived experiences of Asian and…
Descriptors: Community Development, Cognitive Style, Ethnicity, Race