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Get PDFrender, a publication created by Writing and Rhetoric graduate Katherine Nikolau, celebrates the creative work and activism of nine justice-impacted artists, considering how different acts of composing can be healing for people who have experienced incarceration. The nine featured artists create artwork that spans across genres, including poetry, spoken word, visual art, music, theater, and fabric art. At the same time, these artists are also working on the frontlines of criminal justice reform, getting involved with various advocacy organizations and working to heal others in their communities. Through profile pieces chronicling multiple-hour-long interviews conducted with each of these artists, render aims to challenge the stigmas surrounding returning citizens and to instead celebrate this diverse group of creatives and the transformative work they do every day.https://surface.syr.edu/mendbooks/1000/thumbnail.jp
Do Schools Have the Capacity to Provide Free Meals to Every Student?
Get PDFOver 20 million students nationally attend schools that offer universal free meals (UFM). Advocates argue that UFM increases school meal participation, decreases stigma, and reduces administrative costs for schools. Similarly, Breakfast in the Classroom (BIC) distributes breakfast to students after the bell, which increases participation and potentially decreases stigma. However, student participation remains far from universal. This brief summarizes the findings from a study using data from New York City (NYC) public schools between 2011-2014 to analyze the effectiveness of UFM and BIC at increasing student school breakfast and lunch participation in capacity-constrained schools. The authors find that both UFM and BIC increase school meal participation, but UFM is less effective in schools that share buildings with other schools. Conversely, BIC is just as effective in such schools. Neither programs’ effectiveness appears to be compromised in overcrowded schools
Nonfinancial Factors Shape Food Insecurity Among U.S. Older Adults
No full textNonfinancial factors such as poor physical and mental health, lack of access to healthy food, and transportation challenges make it more difficult for older adults to obtain, prepare, and consume healthy food. Based on the book, Food for Thought: Understanding Older Adults Food Insecurity, this brief summarizes how nonfinancial factors function as both causes and consequences of food insecurity in old age
Asian/Asian American College Students’ Help-Seeking Attitudes for ADHD
No full textBackground: Asian/Asian American (AA) college students are least likely to engage with ADHD treatment compared to other racially minoritized groups, which may increase their risk for negative outcomes from untreated ADHD symptoms. Public stigma of ADHD contributes to these negative help-seeking attitudes. This study used the minority stress theory to examine if the distal and proximal stress of internalization of the model minority myth, a racial stereotype, influences the relationship between public stigma and help-seeking attitudes. Methods: Participants were undergraduate students recruited from nine geographically diverse universities in the United States. Data was collected over two academic years and included 364 AA students with three or more current symptoms of hyperactivity-impulsivity and/or inattention that occur ‘often’. All students were treatment naïve for ADHD symptoms. Participants completed measures assessing public stigma of ADHD, openness towards mental health help-seeking, value of mental health help-seeking, internalization of the model minority myth, acculturation, and demographic variables in an online survey. Results: Regression analyses showed that public stigma was positively associated with openness toward help-seeking but negatively associated with perceived value of seeking help. Greater model minority myth internalization strengthened both associations by increasing openness to help-seeking but further decreasing perceived value in the context of high public stigma of ADHD. Exploratory analyses demonstrated non-significant differences in study variables by AA subgroup. Discussion: These findings underscore the complex effects of public stigma on help-seeking attitudes, with the model minority myth intensifying these dynamics. The results suggest that while AA students may be open to seeking help for ADHD, they may devalue its potential effectiveness, especially when internalized cultural pressures emphasize self-reliance and academic success. The findings have important clinical implications for developing culturally sensitive interventions for AA students with ADHD. Interventions should address both public stigma and the internalized pressures of the model minority myth. Future research is needed to further investigate how cultural factors and demographic differences affect ADHD help-seeking behavior in AA populations