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Prayers for the people : homicide and humanity in the Crescent City
\"Rebecca Carter's Prayers for the People explores the intersection of urban life, death, and social and spiritual transformation in New Orleans's diverse religious communities. Following, in particular, the \"Liberty Street Baptist Church,\" a predominantly black congregation in the Crescent City neighborhood, Carter shows how its ministers preach hope amid the despair of grieving mothers of young black men who fall victim to homicide.\"--Provided by publisher.
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Homeownership and Housing Displacement After Hurricane Katrina Among Low-Income African-American Mothers in New Orleans
Objective. We evaluate the effect of pre-Katrina housing tenure and postdisaster financial resources on the odds of housing displacement after Hurricane Katrina for a sample of low-income African-American mothers. Methods. Using longitudinal data from a sample of low-income African-American mothers with pre-Katrina measures of housing tenure and individual characteristics and post-Katrina indicators of disaster impacts, we estimate a multinomial logistic regression model predicting post-Katrina housing outcomes. Results. Among low-income African-American mothers, homeowners' odds of being in their pre-Katrina home rather than a new home are greater than those of renters, while renters' odds of being in a pre-Katrina home are greater than those of subsidized housing residents, ceteris paribus. The difference in homeowners' and renters' odds is reduced to insignificance when access to private insurance is added to the model, although the difference for subsidized housing residents remains. Conclusion. Homeownership and disaster assistance protect against housing displacement. Renters, especially those in subsidized housing, were more vulnerable to housing loss after this disaster.
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A kind of freedom : a novel
Revolving around the city of New Orleans, this \"debut spans three generations in a city deeply impacted by segregation, economic inequality, and racial tensions\"--Amazon.com.
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African-American Women and Self-Disclosure of HIV Infection: Rates, Predictors, and Relationship to Depressive Symptomatology
The rate of HIV/AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome) diagnosis for African American women is 17 times higher than for white women. In the context of considerable stress, these women must grapple with the question of whom they can disclose their diagnosis to with minimal risk of negative consequences. Focus here is on patterns of disclosure to significant others, predictors of disclosure, & the relationship between disclosure & psychological functioning, based on questionnaire & other data from 100 HIV-infected African American women in New Orleans, LA. Findings show that these women disclosed at varying rates to six different categories of others. Disclosure to mothers (66%) was most common, followed by disclosure to partners (56%). Rates of disclosure to children (28%) & fathers (25%) were lowest. Women's illness status predicted disclosure to father & friends. Only disclosure to partner was significantly related to women's psychological functioning. Fewer symptoms of depression were evident in women who had disclosed their HIV status to their partners compared to those who had not disclosed. 3 Tables, 29 References. Adapted from the source document.
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Orphans of the AIDS epidemic in the United States: Transition-related characteristics and psychosocial adjustment at 6 months after mother's death
This study has two purposes: (1) to describe the characteristics related to the transition to orphanhood for children whose mothers die from AIDS and (2) to examine the psychosocial adjustment of these children at six months following maternal death. Twenty orphans and a control sample of 40 children from the same neighbourhoods, as well as their mothers or care-givers, served as participants. Two assessments occurred: (1) prior to the death of the mother in the orphan group and (2) six months after her death. The results indicated that relatives, particularly maternal grandparents, became the new care-giver of the orphans, no more than one residential move had occurred following the mother's death, and the new care-givers were providing a stable home environment. Child psychosocial adjustment did not change following maternal death.
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Parenting Self-Efficacy of HIV-Infected Mothers: The Role of Social Support
Parenting self-efficacy is a crucial component of parenting competence. In this study, we examine differences in parenting self-efficacy and the relationship of social support to parenting self-efficacy for HIV-infected and uninfected mothers. We test competing hypotheses about how social support may relate to self-efficacy in the two groups of women. Participants were 205 African American mothers, one third of whom were infected with HIV. Results indicate that HIV-infected mothers reported lower levels of parenting self-efficacy than did mothers who were not infected. Furthermore, the relationship between social support and parenting self-efficacy differed according to HIV status.
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The Sisters of the Holy Family and the Veil of Race
In 1872, a young novice, Sister Marie, appeared at the door of the private study of Napoleon Perche, archbishop of New Orleans. This was not Sister Marie's first visit to the archbishop's residence. As a member of the religious order “last in rank” in the city, she was regularly called on to perform housekeeping duties for the archbishop and had worked for him in this capacity first as a postulant and later as a novice. Today, the reason for her visit was different: she appeared before him for the first time in a religious habit, which her order's mother superior, Josephine Charles, had designed and made. Mother Josephine was one of three founders of the Soeurs de Sainte-Famille or Sisters of the Holy Family (SSF), the order lowest in rank in New Orleans because its members were women of African descent.
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The Impact of the AFDC and Food Stamp Programs on Child Nutrition: Empirical Evidence From New Orleans
This study tests the hypotheses that the participation in the Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) and Food Stamp programs has a positive impact on children's nutritional status, after controlling for other potentially important household- and individual-level characteristics. The analysis is based on the responses of a health facility survey of 246 pairs of low-income mothers and children in New Orleans. The results indicate that participation in the AFDC and Food Stamp programs is associated with increased anthropometric status of children, but the foods consumed by children in families receiving welfare benefits were of significantly lower nutritional value than foods consumed by other children. Among the study's conclusions are the following: (1) in this low-income setting, AFDC and Food Stamp benefits are associated with higher food expenditures, higher anthropometric levels, but inferior diets, and (2) female-headed households spend more on food expenditures than other households, after controlling for other individual- and household-level characteristics.
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Getting out or Staying Put: An African American Women's Network in Evacuation from Katrina
This article examines the emergency evacuation from New Orleans in a network of low-income African Americans in the day before Hurricane Katrina. I argue that the quick action of key women mobilized the successful evacuation of 25 individuals who could not otherwise have left the city. The network was successful during evacuation for three reasons. First, government warnings did not appear to carry the same authority as the passing of informal knowledge through these trusted women-centered networks. Second, women were able to pull together network members and resources already embedded in their daily lives. Third, network members recognized pre-existing personal ties and expanded network membership when necessary. I conclude that any formal disaster planning should take into consideration, in a practical way, not only the existence but the usefulness of women's networking skills for the survival of vulnerable individuals in harm's way.
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Displacement, Gender, and the Challenges of Parenting after Hurricane Katrina
In emergency situations and in the aftermath of disaster, parents are essential in caring for children. Yet very little has been written explicitly about the experiences of mothers and fathers--either as individuals or partners--in postdisaster contexts. With the understanding that parenting is a gendered endeavor that occurs in a society stratified by race and class, this article focuses on the responses of mothers and fathers to Hurricane Katrina. This article draws on data gathered in Louisiana through observations, focus groups, and in-depth interviews with parents and other adults responsible for the care of children. Through a qualitative analysis, this research examines the strategies that mothers and fathers used to deal with the challenges of parenting in the aftermath of Katrina, the role of advocates who worked on behalf of families, the importance of kin networks, and the uniqueness of New Orleans and what the city means for families struggling to recover after the storm.
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