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Browsing Human Development and Social Relations (HDSR) Senior Individualized Projects by Title
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The Edible is Political: Experiential Education as a Means of Engaging Children in Improving Health and Society
(2009)This paper will examine public health, specifically children’s health, farm to cafeteria initiatives, and school garden programs at the national level, in the state of Michigan, and more specifically, the city of Kalamazoo. ... -
Education and Workforce Outcome : A Qualitative Study on Costa Rica
(2013)Education is one of the key driving forces in determining social and economic success in a country. Costa Rica's education system very specifically aims to close the gap between the rich and the poor and improve the overall ... -
Expanding freedoms: Applying Amartya Sen's theory of "Development as Freedom" to poor urban women in Oaxaca, Mexico
(2001)The research presented in this paper illustrates poor, urban women's lives in Oaxaca, Mexico. Women in Oaxaca, the poorest state in Mexico, have a life expectancy rate of 77.1 years, versus men's 71.0 years, but have ... -
Exploring Female Delinquency Through the Voices of KPEP and Juvenile Home Residents
(2003)This study examines the contextual / situational dynamics of the drug use and delinquent behavior of female residents of the Kalamazoo County Juvenile Home and the Kalamazoo Probation Enhancement Program. Theoretical ... -
The Faces of Choice: An Ethnography of the Counseling Department at Planned Parenthood of South Central Michigan
(1994)In this paper I examine the organization of Planned Parenthood through participant observation with the help of the counselors, as I explain in the Methodology. In the Review of Literature, I propose a social evolution of ... -
The Fetishism of Soap and Hygiene and Its Implications for Racist Ideologies
(2010)Our modern world is over stimulated by a torrent of commodity promotion and consumption. Most people continue to consume products at a remarkable rate without ever stopping to think about what it is they are actually ... -
The Formation of Personal Identity: Environmental Influences and Opportunities that Affect Self-Definition throughout Adolescence
(2008)Human beings appear to be the only species that anguish over the question, 'Who am I' In order to make sense of personality characteristics and behaviors and find some kind of fundamental sense of our being, one uses ... -
Getting Us There: Transportation Systems in Urban Regions And The Effect on Quality of Life
(2009)This paper will attempt to explore the complex interconnections between transportation systems and the lives of those who use them. First, an overview of the history of transportation in the United States and a summary ... -
God Concepts and· Social Class: The Impact of the Evangelical Movement
(2009)There exists a complex and ambiguous relationship between socioeconomic class and religion. Modem studies continue to reassess early theories on this relationship proposed by Marx, Weber and Durkheim. This study reexamines ... -
Half the Chance at Life: An Investigation of Racial Disparities in Infant Mortality Rates in Calhoun County, Michigan
(2011)In Calhoun County, Michigan, the rate of infant mortality an1ong black mothers is nearly twice the rate among white mothers. Infant mortality, rooted in complicated and interrelated factors such as poverty, health care ... -
Hip and Harmonious Living: Race and class implications of new revitalization efforts on urban America
(2003)This paper explores the Cool Cities phenomenon, a new revitalization effort in which cities aim to attract young professionals. Richard Florida explains that this emerging "creative class" is the key to bringing cities ... -
The History of The New England Home for Little Wanderers The Behavior Modification and Milieu Therapy Program at Orchard Home
(1995)Philosophies, strategies, and implementation of treatment services for children are constantly changing to make improvements. There is no one perfect solution to eliminate the crises of children. There are many schools ... -
Home Cooked Meals: The negative consequences of food globalization and movement towards local farming
(2007)The following research describes the rise in food globalization and the negative effects it has had on the environment, health and consumers. It begins by addressing the history of globalization following World War II, and ... -
The Home Health Aide Experience: A Qualitative Analysis of the Value of Labor of Homecare Workers in the United States in Relation to Gender, Race, Ethnicity, and Socioeconomic Status
(2013)Home health care is a rapidly growing field and home health aides are at the heart of it. Their jobs put them in direct contact with patients, which is both difficult and demanding. For all their hard work they receive ... -
Homelessness and The Family Dynamic
(2009)Homeless families are the fastest growing population among homeless in America. In spite of this fact, many homeless shelters still implement policies which are only suited to meet the needs to single homeless adults. ... -
I'm Learning How To Be Me and Loving It: A critical case study of support groups for abused women. Participants perspectives at a women's counseling agency in Philadelphia, PA.
(1991)For my senior thesis, I chose a project that joins together three very important aspects of my undergraduate experience: Psychology, Sociology, and Women's Issues. I designed a research project in which all three interests ... -
If You Seek A Pleasant Peninsula: Challenges & Opportunities In Regional Coordinated Land Use Planning In Lower Michigan
(2003)This paper hopes to examine what challenges, opportunities, and possibilities compose Michigan's regional coordinated land use planning issues. The reader should look for the obstacles that stand in the way of implementing ... -
In Touch With Teens, An Effort to Prevent Dating Violence
(2002)This document chronicles the history of rape as seen by the legal syste~ theories (called approaches) as to why rape and relationship violence exist and these theories include the feminist perspective, the biological ... -
Indigent Juvenile Delinquency Defense Services: How Our Political Economy Shapes the Experiences of Troubled Youth
(2004)In this paper the access to and quality of juvenile indigent defense services in Washington State, Texas, Maryland, and Kalamazoo County are investigated. Information was gathered by interviewing judges, juvenile public ...
