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Perceptions of Community Climate Among Latino Immigrants in Three Rural Communities in the Midwest
(Cambio Center, 2010)
The current study is part of a large-scale project that is examining the strategies that newcomers use to accumulate assets, minimize vulnerabilities, and to integrate into their communities. Using focus group data, this ...
Developing Social Capitals Latino Immigrants in Three Rural Missouri Communities
(Cambio Center, 2010)
The current study employs the sustainable livelihoods strategies model to examine the integration process in three rural communities in Missouri. Community development specialists and rural economists have widely used SLSM, ...
U.S. Race Politics: Learning from the Experiences of African Americans
(Cambio Center, 2010)
This research details three markers in the history of race and ethnic relations through a theoretical lens that addresses them from an African American perspective to illustrate what Latin Americans can learn from the ...
I Found it at the Library
(2010)
Ron Powers describes his view of libraries during a talk to the Friends of the University of Missouri Library.
Human Social and Cultural Capitals among Latino Gardeners in Denison and Marshalltown, Iowa
(Cambio Center, 2011)
This paper explores different community capitals among Latinos participating in community gardens and farmer starter programs in Denison and Marshalltown, Iowa. Using the community capital framework, this study describes ...
Teaching the Right Curriculum Strengthening the Values of Latino Families
(Cambio Center, 2011)
Research in the field of family studies shows increasing evidence that the health of the couple relationship in a family has significant impact on children's development. In practice, however, addressing this vital part ...
Immigration and Trauma: Examining Coping and Resiliency Among Latina/o Immigrants
(Cambio Center, 2014)
Latinas/os are the largest racial/ethnic minority group, accounting for 16% of the U.S. population (Census, 2010). Between 2000 and 2010, more than half of the growth in the United States was due in part to Latinas/os (Census, 2010). Historically...
The importance of social networks on Latino Immigrants' Well-being in Rural Missouri
(Cambio Center, 2010)
Latino immigrants have been changing their settlement and migration patterns. Recent immigration has seen a different breed of immigrants headed to rural areas, composed of both genders and settled longer in receiving ...
Representation of immigrants and other social actors in a local Missouri newspaper: A linguistic analysis
(Cambio Center, 2010)
Each summer hundreds of migrants, the majority of whom were born in Spanish-speaking countries, arrive in Lafayette County (Missouri) to work on the apple orchards in the towns of Lexington, Waverly, Dover and Wellington. ...
Reexamining Citizenship: Best Practices of St. Louis Spanish Immersion Schools
(Cambio Center, 2010)
When introducing the concepts of citizenship in our schools, how an American citizen looks, speaks, and thinks is often presented in assumptions and stereotypes. As the demographics of the nation have shifted, these ...
Windbreak removal in Eastern Nebraska
(2013)
. During the summer of 2012 in an effort to document the removal, we undertook a more definite survey of windbreak removal for the period 2003 to 2010. Using digital imagery from the Nebraska Spatial GIS Database, we compared 12, one mile wide transects...
Peasant Households Strategies in the Andes and Potential Users of Climate Forecasts: El Niño of 1997-1998
(2010-11)
Production strategies pursued by households and individuals in a peasant community of the Bolivian Altiplano are shaped by access to resources, social networks and institutions, wealth, and the ability to develop urban ...
Rural Livelihoods and Agroforestry Practices in the Missouri Flood Plains
(2010-11)
Agroforestry practices, new to many small farms in the United States, may offer many economic and environmental benefits. Small farmers in Northeast and Southeast Missouri were interviewed to understand the relationship ...
Technologies to Watch: Top Emerging Technologies for Archives and Special Collections
(2011)
Whether building stronger relationships with patrons, highlighting collections and exhibits in new and creative ways, or preserving digital information for future generations, the following emerging technologies will help ...
Casa de Salud: A Community and University Partnership
(Cambio Center, 2011)
Louis University campus, opened its doors on January 18, 2010. Championed by Father Biondi, President of Saint Louis University, and Bob Fox, Chair of the Casa de Salud Board of Directors, Casa de Salud is committed to welcoming the immigrant community...
Promotoras de Salud: A Health Literacy Approach to Improving Immigrant Access to Health Care
(Cambio Center, 2011)
Newcomers to the United States undergo many changes in habits and customs when they arrive that make them more vulnerable to different problems such as obesity, diabetes, STD/HIV, medication errors, and a host of other ...
Networks and Context of Reception in Accumulation Strategies of Latinos in Rural Communities of the Midwest - A Quantitative Analysis
(Cambio Center, 2010)
Migration patterns of Hispanics changed dramatically in the 1990s from large metropolis to rural towns (Lazos and Jeanetta 2002). Migration patterns have also changed, from temporary and male to permanent male and female ...
Rural Hispanic Women in Missouri: A Needs Assessment
(Cambio Center, 2011)
An interdisciplinary team of public health researchers in women's health from the University of Missouri Sinclair School of Nursing, School of Social Work and the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Nursing received ...
The policy dimensions of the context of reception for immigrants (and Latinos) in the Midwest
(Cambio Center, 2012)
Latino/as comprise approximately 16.1% of the nation's population (Grieco, 2010). Approximately 37.2% of Latino/as are foreign-born, comprising approximately 6.0% of the nation's population. Nationally, the number of Latinos/as living in the United...
Acculturation, Context of Reception and Capitals Affecting Economic Integration of Latino Newcomers to the Midwest in 2009
(Cambio Center, 2011)
Latino immigration to rural areas of the Midwest increased during the 1990s. Through the period 2008-2009 a household survey was conducted in three regions of the Midwest experiencing distinct labor pull factors. The ...