This is the evaluation of the final year of a five year bilingual education program funded under Title VII and carried out in elementary schools of Community School District 30, Queens, New York. The program is described as (1) involving content instruction and materials development in Spanish and Greek, as well as an English as a Second Language…

Among 1,077 Puerto Rican male adolescents in New York City, familism (values emphasizing family bonds and obligations) was a powerful contributor to the avoidance of deviance, whereas acculturation was positively associated with participation in interpersonal violence and theft and negatively associated with illicit drug use. The pattern differs…

In its first year of Title VII funding, Project CERCA provided counseling and a comprehensive career education program and supplemented the bilingual academic program for a group of 200 limited-English-proficient Hispanic students in grades 9 through 12 in a high school in Flushing, New York. Data suggest that the primary goal of career counseling…

The Bilingual Pupil Services Program (B.P.S.) has been administered for ten years by the Office of Bilingual Education of the New York City Public Schools. In the 1983-84 school year the project provided in-service training of para-professionals to work with students of limited English proficiency (LEP) in grades one through six in the already…

Literature on the mental health of Hispanics is reviewed in this book, which is organized according to a conceptual framework encompassing clinical service research. The book's division into five main sections reflects the five phases of the framework, which span the sequence beginning when a person experiences mental or emotional distress and…

Large numbers of Hispanics and Orientals have taken up residence in New York City since 1965. The authors provide a profile of the newcomers and note that they comprise distinct national subgroups, each with its own characteristics. (Author/KC)

To understand why women attain higher educational levels than men, this study used participant observation data from a predominantly Hispanic New York City public high school to investigate race(ing) and gender(ing) processes in the high school setting. Results found that both formal and informal institutional practices within schools…

Reports on a study of Whites, Hispanic immigrants, and Korean immigrants in New York City conducted to replicate and assess research conducted in Britain on ethnic enterprise. Results emphasize the impact of ecological factors on business opportunities and conditions. (MW)

A set of Q-sort items to assess individual differences in infant-mother attachment was adapted for a Hispanic population of low-SES background. Completion of the Q-sort by observers and inner-city Hispanic mothers and testing of 43 infants with the Ainsworth Strange Situation established the Q-set's validity and indicated moderate reliability for…

Until recently, teen pregnancy and birth rates had declined steadily in the United States in recent years. Despite these declines, the United States has the highest teen birth rate and one of the highest rates of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) among all industrialized nations. To help young people reduce their risk for pregnancy and STIs,…

Until recently, teen pregnancy and birth rates had declined in the United States. Despite these declines, U.S. teen birth and sexually transmitted infection (STI) rates remain among the highest in the industrialized world. Given the need to focus limited prevention resources on effective programs, Advocates for Youth undertook exhaustive reviews…

Park West High School's Vocational and High School Equivalency Bilingual program in New York City uses bilingual and bicultural instruction to provide Hispanic students with the preparation needed to secure employment upon graduation or continue their education. Beyond classroom instruction in assorted academic and vocational courses, students…

The Multilingual Survival Skills Program provides instructional and support services to Haitian and Hispanic students. The program emphasizes the acquisition of English language skills, using the native language (Spanish, French, and/or Haitian Creole) to maintain and develop skills. The major goals of the program, in its second year of a…

Between March 1983 and January 1984, the Hispanic Research Center conducted exploratory field research in a South Bronx (New York City) neighborhood in order to develop hypotheses and collect data which could be used in research relevant to the avoidance of delinquency by male Puerto Ricans considered at risk. The research highlighted the…

This report evaluates a program, in its second year of funding, which provides instruction in English as a second language (ESL) and native language arts to Hispanic students in a Bronx, New York high school. Bilingual instruction is also provided in social studies, mathematics, and science. The program was designed to develop career awareness and…