A Comparison of Symptoms of Behavioral Disturbances in Yoruba and African American Individuals With Dementia

2000 ◽  
Vol 12 (S1) ◽  
pp. 403-408 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hugh C. Hendrie ◽  
Sujuan Gao ◽  
Olusegun Baiyewu
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Genetic Variation ◽  
African American ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Environmental Exposures ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Behavioral Disturbances ◽  
Great Opportunity ◽  
Similarities And Differences

Comparative cross-cultural studies represent a great opportunity for delineating risk factors for the dementias by providing a much wider diversity of both environmental exposures and genetic variation than studies within industrialized countries. Similarly, studies of the behavioral disturbances of dementia that allow for identification of similarities and differences may be useful both in understanding the etiology of these disorders and in determining the best approach to management. So far, few such comparative studies exist.

Outdoor Recreation in Two European Countries

1987 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 129-146 ◽  
Author(s):  
James M. Rubenstein
Keyword(s):  
Successful Aging ◽  
Outdoor Recreation ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Industrialized Countries ◽  
Elderly Individuals ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Cross Cultural Study ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Recreation Participation

A questionnaire randomly distributed to 138 elderly individuals in Luxembourg and 100 in Thionville, France, revealed the high extent of participation in outdoor recreation in the two European countries. This cross-cultural study of a subject shown by others to be an important predictor of successful aging, identified similarities and differences in socio-economic characteristics, attitudes, and environmental factors associated with outdoor recreation participation in the two industrialized countries.

CROSS-CULTURAL PERSPECTIVES ON ELDER ABUSE AS A FAMILY DILEMMA

1995 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 247-251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip O. Sijuwade
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Substance Abuse ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
Elder Abuse ◽  
Difficult Problem ◽  
Cross Cultural ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Care Giver ◽  
Cultural Perspectives ◽  
Financial Exploitation

Comparative studies of cases by type of elder abuse disclosed distinct profiles of abuse, neglect, and financial exploitation. Physical and psychological abuse were more closely associated with the problems of perpetrators than the victim. Victim-perpetrator dependency, perpetration psychopathology, and care giver stress, emerge from the comparative studies as major risk factors for elder mistreatment with substance abuse and social isolation as serious contributing elements. Elder abuse challenges belief in the sanctity of the home and the inherent goodness of man. Also, it raises basic ethical and legal dilemmas regarding the elder's right to self determination and society's desire to intervene. To arrive at a better understanding of this difficult problem, the experience of all countries will be needed.

Lot's Offer of his Daughters to his People in the Torah and the Qur'an: A Comparative Study in Two Parts (Part One)

2016 ◽  
Vol 18 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-224
Author(s):  
ʿĀʾiḍ B. Sad Al-Dawsarī
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Comparative Studies ◽  
The Third ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Status ◽  
Moral Problems ◽  
Moral Dimensions ◽  
Similarities And Differences

The story of Lot is one of many shared by the Qur'an and the Torah, and Lot's offer of his two daughters to his people is presented in a similar way in the two books. This article compares the status of Lot in the Qur'an and Torah, and explores the moral dimensions of his character, and what scholars of the two religions make of this story. The significance of the episodes in which Lot offers his daughters to his people lies in the similarities and differences of the accounts given in the two books and the fact that, in both the past and the present, this story has presented moral problems and criticism has been leveled at Lot. Context is crucial in understanding this story, and exploration of the ways in which Lot and his people are presented is also useful in terms of comparative studies of the two scriptures. This article is divided into three sections: the first explores the depiction of Lot in the two texts, the second explores his moral limitations, and the third discusses the interpretations of various exegetes and scholars of the two books. Although there are similarities between the Qur'anic and Talmudic accounts of this episode, it is read differently by scholars from the two religions because of the different contexts of the respective accounts.

Interpreting Revelation through African American Cultural Studies

2020 ◽  
pp. 482-498
Author(s):  
Thomas B. Slater
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Cultural Studies ◽  
Identity Construction ◽  
Social History ◽  
Liberation Theology ◽  
Biblical Interpretation ◽  
Resistance Literature ◽  
Political Perspective ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
The Impact

African American scholarship on Revelation makes fruitful use of cultural studies as a discipline. This approach draws on the field of sociology, social history, literature, anthropology, linguistics, and other cultural markers. As a method for biblical interpretation it values both the ancient context and the current cultural contexts of readers, and is open to multiple interpretations. This essay considers the various ways Revelation has functioned in African American congregations, the impact of Liberation theology, womanist and postcolonial perspectives, and the notion that Revelation is subversive or resistance literature. Attention is given to similarities and differences between African American scholars concerning Revelation’s political perspective, its approach to identity construction, and the way in which the book might engage current readers.

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