Wednesday, March 05, 2008

New periodical subscriptions





International Journal of African Renaissance Studies: Multi-, Inter-, and Transdiciplinarity




Published by the Centre for African Renaissance Studies at the University of South Africa.

Current issue available in the BCC Library: Vol. 1, no.2

Contents: The disciplinary, interdisciplinary and global dimensions of African Studies / Paul Tiyambe Zeteza -- Transdisciplinarity: The dawn of an emerging approach to acquiring knowledge / Rushiella Songca -- Inaugural lecture of the South African Parliamentary Millennium Group: Perspectives on Africa / Thabo Mbeki -- Participation of African member states in the World Trade Organization (WTO) multilateral trading system / Z. Ntozintle Jobodwana -- A historical and dignity-centred perspective on Haiti's struggle for justice / Mildred Aristide -- Towards a new paradigm for pan-African knowledge production and application in the context of the African Renaissance / Shadrack B. O. Gutto -- Poverty and invisibility: the development process and the lethal consequences of the denial of the Third World capacity / John Maxwell -- A media perspective of the African Renaissance / Phil Molefi -- African Studies in Africa / Naledi Pandor -- National Curricular guidelines for the education of ethnic-racial relations and for the teaching of Afro-Brazilian and African history and culture.


The Journal of the National Black Nurses Association (http://www.nbna.org/)
JNBNA publishes scholarly papers, research reports, critical essays, resource listings, documents and reviews focusing on issues related to factors affecting health care in Black communities and nurses.

Current issue available in the BCC Library: Vol. 18, no. 2

Contents: Examining racial and ethnic disparities and predictors of medication use among California's African-American, Latino, and White children with asthma / Kymna Wright -- Community income, smoking, and birth weight disparities in Wisconsin / Mario Sims, Tammy Harris Sims, Marino A. Bruce -- A Quick Survey of an HBCU's first year nursing students' perception of the HIV/AIDS phenomenon / Joseph A. Adepoju, Mary P. Watkins, Agnes M. Richardson -- Assessing knowledge of breast self exams in older African-American women / Andrea Jennings-Sanders -- Health-promoting behaviors of English-speaking Caribbean women in the United States / Sabita Persaud -- Patient perspectives on disparities in Healthcare from African-American, Asian, Hispanic, and Native American samples including a secondary analysis of the Institute of Medicine focus group data / Fannie Gaston-Johansson, Felicia Hill-Briggs, Lola Oguntomilade, Vanessa Bradley, Phyllis Mason -- Promoting breast health among women in the U.S. Virgin Islands: a focused study on the needs of Caribbean women / Sandra Underwood, Edith Ramsay Johnson, Gloria Callwood, Edris E. Evans -- Racial disparities in access to care within the cardiac revascularization population / Pamela S. Miller -- The incidence of cardiovascular disease in menopausal women on hormone replacement therapy: a clinical evidence-based medicine review / Clinton A. Toles.

Friday, February 22, 2008

African American Facts in Numbers

AFRICAN AMERICAN FACTS IN NUMBERS Did you know…? Below are some of the figures from the U.S. Census Bureau’s “Facts for Features, Black History Month: February 2008”.
1.3 million “Among Blacks 25 and older, the number who had an advanced degree in 2006 (e.g., master’s, doctorate, medical or law). In 1996, 683,000 blacks had this level of education.”
Source: Educational Attainment in the United States: 2006 http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/education/009749.html 24.3% “Poverty rate in 2006 for single-race Blacks. This rate was down from 31.1 percent in 1986.” Source: Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2006 http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/income_wealth/010583.html 26% “The percentage of single-race Blacks 16 and older who work in management, professional, and related occupations. There are
44,900 black physicians and surgeons, 80,000 postsecondary teachers, 48,300 lawyers, and 52,400 chief executives.” Sources: 2006 American Community Survey and Upcoming Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2008 http://factfinder.census.gov and http://www.census.gov/compendia/statab Facts for Features, Black History Month 2008: http://www.census.gov/Press-Release/www/releases/archives/cb08ff-01.pdf