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Crossing educational borders : the impact of international experiences on teachers
(Cambio Center, 2013)
Schools serve as a site for the development of complex social, cultural, and linguistic identities; the permeability of borders is not only evident in students, but also in teachers. As an effort to promote the learning of various world languages...
Emission of the greenhouse gas nitrous oxide from riparian forest buffers, warm-season and cool-season grass filters and crop fields
(2009)
; nitrate (NO3--N) and dissolved N2O in groundwater; and soil properties in riparian forest buffers, warm-season and cool-season grass filters, and a crop field located in the Bear Creek watershed in central Iowa. Results suggest that N2O emissions from...
Reframing the Conversation on Diversity
(Cambio Center, 2013)
As the United States in general, and Missouri in particular, grows more and more diverse not only in terms of race, languages and religions; but also in terms of age, sexual orientation and family structure; we are facing ...
Immigration Reform: Comprehensive Solutions for Complex Problems
(Cambio Center, 2009)
In January 2004, after more than two years of silence, President George Bush reignited the national immigration debate when he proposed a new guest worker program. Members of Congress of both political parties have entered ...
Trauma exposure during immigration: important considerations for professionals working with Latina immigrant populations
(Cambio Center, 2013)
Latina immigrants represent a population that has been historically under-served an exploited (Ojeda, Flores, Meza & Morales, 2011). Therefore, it is the responsibility of professionals that work with this vulnerable group ...
Production physiology of three native ornamental shrubs intercropped in a young longleaf pine plantation
(2009)
The production of woody floral products -- the fresh or dried stems that are used for decorative purposes -- may be an attractive option for southeastern landowners looking to generate income from small landholdings. Since ...
Competition for applied 15N fertilizer in a longelaf pine/native woody ornamental intercropping system
(2009)
The cultivation of ornamentals to produce woody floral products -- the fresh or dried stems that are used for decorative purposes -- may be an attractive option for southeastern landowners looking to generate income from ...
A cross-cultural collaboration to improve healthy retail practices in tiendas : the Shop Healthy Iowa initiative
(Cambio Center, 2019)
"Chronic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, disproportionately affect Latinx populations as compared to white populations. For example, estimates suggest that Latinx individuals are 50 [percent] more likely to die ...
A cross-cultural collaboration to improve healthy retail practices in tiendas : the Shop Healthy Iowa initiative
(Cambio Center, 2019)
"Chronic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes, disproportionately affect Latinx populations as compared to white populations. For example, estimates suggest that Latinx individuals are 50 [percent] more likely to die ...
Exploring individual, family, and community factors predicting business success in Hispanic and Latino experiences
(Cambio Center, 2012)
This research examines what selected individual, family, and community factors best predict Hispanic/Latino male and female entrepreneurs? engagement in entrepreneurial activities and business success. In this study, ...
Casa de Salud: A Community and University Partnership
(Cambio Center, 2011)
DuBard and Gizlice (2008) reported that Spanish language preference is a marker for poorer access to care and preventive health services. Carr (2006) cited fear of detection and cultural/language barriers to care as major factors influencing access...
Riparian forests with and without grass filters as buffers of concentrated flow from crop fields
(2009)
of unrooted woody plant debris, which does not adequately buffer concentrated runoff. Seventy-four CFPs were found in row crop fields along 10 natural forest buffers with or without grass filters established using USDA conservation practice standards. Natural...
Meanings and Strategies for Good Health: The Perspectives of Latina Immigrant Mothers in Rural Iowa
(Cambio Center, 2014)
Limited research has examined the variety of strategies Latino immigrants, especially those living in rural communities, use to maintain or improve their health. This study identified Latina immigrant mothers? conceptualizations ...
On Being a Mexican American: An Autoethnographic Analysis of Identity Construction
(Cambio Center, 2014)
This article uses autoethnography to frame a larger conceptual/theoretical discussion of the identity categories based in the intersections of race/ethnicity, nationality, and immigration for the immigrant third generation and beyond...
Reducing racial and ethnic disparities in the Juenile Justice System: A blueprint for community engagement and action
(Cambio Center, 2012)
as Caucasian youth. By working intensively in three counties, we have built community teams to analyze local policies, practices, and procedures that produce these disparities. We will discuss how and why we formed local teams, the data analysis process...
Potential commercialization of Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) fruit grown on silvopastures in Texas and Oklahoma
(2013)
. Isoflavonoids have been overlooked as a potential source of biomass for renewable energy. There is enough evidence to further explore developing renewable energy from cultivating Osage Orange (Maclura pomifera) in Oklahoma and Texas....
Pathways to Community Leadership in Rapidly Diversifying Communities: Preliminary Results
(Cambio Center, 2014)
This proposed research begins with the idea that leadership becomes more challenging as groups that include a diversity of cultures and agendas become involved. How do integrative leaders communicate with, inspire, and ...
Health, Wellbeing, and Social Connectedness of Rural Hispanic Populations
(Cambio Center, 2014)
Studies explored two rural Kansas communities with Hispanic populations that ranged from 30 percent to 51 percent. This research addresses a social capital literature that traditionally targeted a White majority population ...
Poverty and Health of Children from Racial/Ethnic Minority and Immigrant Families in the Midwest
(Cambio Center, 2011)
with immigrants consistently found that acculturation is detrimental to health (Cho, Frisbie, Hummer, & Rogers, 2004; Hummer, Powers, Pullum, Gossman, & Frisbie, 2007; Landale, Oropesa, & Gorman, 2000). The basic premise of those studies is that culturally-based...
Lessons from consumer boycotts led by farmworkers : a strategy to address harsh working conditions and low wage rates
(Cambio Center, 2018)
The Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) is leading consumer boycott efforts against food corporations that buy specialty crops from growers allegedly hiring farmworkers under harsh working conditions and low wage rates. ...