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    (CRIM 105 South Bend) Connie Wawrzyniak 02/02/2011 The Theories Of Risk And Protective Factors Among Youth Offenders In today’s world there are many risk factors that play into a youths life. A risk factor approach assumes that there are multiple‚ and overlapping‚ risk factors in an individuals background that lead to adverse outcomes. Examples of risk factors which may lead to a youth being a offender are non-attendance at school‚ school failure‚ substance abuse‚ being abused‚ unemployment

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    believed it translated into Qaug dab peg. What was misunderstood is that quag dab peg were not really perceived as the same thing in Hmong culture as Epilepsy is in western medicine‚ In the Hmong culture‚ QDP is believed to be caused by a bad spirit called a dab. It is believed that dabs are responsible for stealing souls and making its victims sick. Epilepsy is recognized by western medicine as a serious neurological condition. Although Epilepsy and Quag dab peg may have the same physical symptoms

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    Cindy Copeland The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Chapter 1 “Foua never thought to ask‚ since she speaks no English‚ and when she delivered Lia‚ no one present spoke Hmong.” (pg 6) I cannot imagine being somewhere where no one spoke the same language – let along receiving medical care and/or delivering a baby without anyone speaking the same language. That must have been not only a scary experience‚ but a lonely one too. To have no one there and no one there that spoke my language

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    The Spirit Catches You And You Fall Down by Ann Fadiman is a very interesting book. It’s amazing how difficult it is for Americans to understand other cultures because the United States is such a diverse country. However‚ as an American‚ I understood the frustrations that Lia Lee’s doctors’ felt when trying to diagnose and treat her properly. In this book both the American doctors and the Hmong peoples faced many hardships and barriers when trying to communicate with each other. After having read

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    Counseling The Culturally Diverse THE SPIRIT CATCHES YOU AND YOU FALL DOWN By: Yvette Bradley Professor: Dr. K. Doka The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by: Anne Fadiman In the book The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down starts with the traditional nurturing of the Hmong people. The most significant tradition is the burying of the placenta. The Hmong people believe that the placenta must be purposefully buried in a particular spot under the dwelling of the Hmong’s between

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    Drug Use Protective Factors among Latino Men High School Students in El Paso‚ TX. Andrés Arvizu‚ Edna Martínez‚ Erika Jiménez Molina‚ and Dinora Velarde The University of Texas at El Paso Applied Research Design  Drug Use Protective Factors among Latino Men High School Students in El Paso‚ TX. Educational/Psychological Problem Adolescence constitutes an important period of growth in which adolescents develop physically‚ socially‚ psychologically‚ and cognitively (Stagman‚ Schwarz‚ & Powers‚ 2011)

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    Risk Factors Risk factors are variables that increase the likelihood of juveniles becoming involved in gangs. Some of the major risk factors of juvenile gang involvement include: “negative influences in the child’s life‚ child maltreatment‚ poor parental supervision/involvement‚ substance use‚ such as alcohol and drugs‚ poor educational or employment potential‚ and community disorganization” (Hawkins and Pollard‚ 1999). According to a Seattle study‚ children and youth are two to four times more

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    Davies (2011) defines risk factors as influences from within the environment that increase the possibility of negative future outcomes for children. It was explained that there are three types of risk factors. The first one is the child being exposed to vulnerabilities such as mental disabilities or chronic illness. The second one is impaired parenting and the third one was socioeconomic and institutional status. From the film‚ Walter has had to experience all three risk factors. The first being born

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    Cardiovascular risk factors  There are many risk factors associated with coronary heart disease and stroke. Some risk factors such as family history‚ ethnicity and age‚ cannot be changed.  Other risk factors that can be treated or changed include tobacco exposure‚ high blood pressure (hypertension)‚ high cholesterol‚ obesity‚ physical inactivity‚ diabetes‚ unhealthy diets‚ and harmful use of alcohol. Of particular significance in developing countries is the fact that while they are grappling with

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    Corbett A “Runaway” Now‚ Before the Theme Catches You Theme is something that can seem different to everyone. It is the meaning of a story or any piece of writing‚ but we all see meanings differently. There are a seemingly infinite number of themes in just one story and it is hard to choose the meaning that means most to you. In “Runaway” there are multiple themes to choose from and make deductions about. These themes range from how a person associates with themselves and with others‚ to how

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