Assessing African-American and Jewish Intergroup Perceptions and Attitudes

1999 ◽  
Vol 88 (1) ◽  
pp. 253-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Martin S. Fiebert ◽  
Lara Horgan ◽  
Edger Peralta
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Intergroup Perceptions

scholarly journals Perceptions and Attitudes Toward Dementia in Predominantly African American Congregants

2021 ◽  
pp. 073346482098735
Author(s):  
Fayron Epps ◽  
Kimberly Foster ◽  
Karah Alexander ◽  
Glenna Brewster ◽  
Mia Chester ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Content Analysis ◽  
Memory Loss ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Fear Memory ◽  
Faith Communities ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Before And After ◽  
Seeking Help

The purpose of this study was to identify the perceptions and attitudes of African American congregants toward dementia before and after attending a dementia-focused workshop. Six churches in Metropolitan Atlanta, Georgia, hosted the workshops. Attendees ( N = 171) participated in a free association exercise to evaluate their perceptions and attitudes toward dementia. Before and after the workshop, participants wrote words and phrases that occurred to them when they thought of dementia. Content analysis was used to identify themes. Before the workshop, participants’ responses tended to include negative language (e.g., fear, memory loss, sadness). After the workshop, participants expressed more positive words (e.g., support, hopefulness, caring). These findings suggest that education can change congregants’ perceptions about dementia and potentially reduce dementia-associated stigma. This change will allow families to feel comfortable both interacting with and seeking help from those in their faith communities.

scholarly journals Addressing the Needs of African American Male Smokers Through Community Outreach and Tailored Smoking Cessation Strategies

2018 ◽  
Vol 12 (6) ◽  
pp. 2055-2063
Author(s):  
Shelby C. Lautner ◽  
Whitney R. Garney ◽  
Idethia S. Harney
Keyword(s):  
Smoking Cessation ◽  
African American ◽  
Social Norms ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
African American Males ◽  
African American Male ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Community Outreach ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
The Social

The prevalence of adult smokers within the state of Texas population is 19.2% with 25% of those smokers being African American. Although the smoking rate of African Americans in Texas is very high, they only represent about 18% of the calls to the Texas Tobacco Quitline. To investigate this phenomenon, researchers from Texas A&M University completed a qualitative study to investigate the social norms and awareness of the Quitline among African American males. Focus groups were conducted in a rural community to determine perceptions and attitudes towards smoking among the African American population, as this was an exploratory study. The focus group participants were 71% smokers and 90% identified as African American. Data collected during the focus groups revealed information three major themes which were derived from the research question. These themes were social norms of smoking, smoking cessation, and services needed for smoking cessation. Information learned was insightful because little information exists about successful smoking cessation strategies specifically for African American male subpopulations. With this information, data can be further synthesized and outreach strategies can be further developed to help decrease the gap in health equity as it related to African American males and smoking and increase calls to the Quitline.

scholarly journals African American Women's Perceptions and Attitudes Regarding Participation in Medical Research: The Mayo Clinic/The Links, Incorporated Partnership

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (8) ◽  
pp. 681-687 ◽  
Author(s):  
LaPrincess C. Brewer ◽  
Sharonne N. Hayes ◽  
Monica W. Parker ◽  
Joyce E. Balls-Berry ◽  
Michele Y. Halyard ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Medical Research ◽  
Mayo Clinic ◽  
Perceptions And Attitudes ◽  
Women’S Perceptions

The Hearing Aid Effect in African American and Caucasian Males as Perceived by Female Judges of the Same Race

1999 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-172 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Davis ◽  
Rhonda Jackson ◽  
Tina Smith ◽  
William Cooper
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Hearing Aids ◽  
Undergraduate Education ◽  
Hearing Aid ◽  
Semantic Differential ◽  
Semantic Differential Scale ◽  
Education Majors ◽  
Female Undergraduate ◽  
Lay Persons ◽  
Males And Females

Prior studies have proven the existence of the "hearing aid effect" when photographs of Caucasian males and females wearing a body aid, a post-auricular aid (behind-the-ear), or no hearing aid were judged by lay persons and professionals. This study was performed to determine if African American and Caucasian males, judged by female members of their own race, were likely to be judged in a similar manner on the basis of appearance, personality, assertiveness, and achievement. Sixty female undergraduate education majors (30 African American; 30 Caucasian) used a semantic differential scale to rate slides of preteen African American and Caucasian males, with and without hearing aids. The results of this study showed that female African American and Caucasian judges rated males of their respective races differently. The hearing aid effect was predominant among the Caucasian judges across the dimensions of appearance, personality, assertiveness, and achievement. In contrast, the African American judges only exhibited a hearing aid effect on the appearance dimension.

Final Consonant Deletion in African American Children Speaking Black English

1993 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 161-166 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Moran
Keyword(s):  
African American ◽  
Black English ◽  
African American Children ◽  
Vowel Length ◽  
Minimal Pairs ◽  
Speech Evaluation ◽  
American Children

The purpose of this study was to determine whether African American children who delete final consonants mark the presence of those consonants in a manner that might be overlooked in a typical speech evaluation. Using elicited sentences from 10 African American children from 4 to 9 years of age, two studies were conducted. First, vowel length was determined for minimal pairs in which final consonants were deleted. Second, listeners who identified final consonant deletions in the speech of the children were provided training in narrow transcription and reviewed the elicited sentences a second time. Results indicated that the children produced longer vowels preceding "deleted" voiced final consonants, and listeners perceived fewer deletions following training in narrow transcription. The results suggest that these children had knowledge of the final consonants perceived to be deleted. Implications for assessment and intervention are discussed.

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