Analyzing the Success of Black STEM Students in a Predominately White Institution

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In this study, the primary researcher set out to analyze the success of Black STEM students at a PWI. Focusing on the specific details that affect success the most, such as a differing sense of belonging, racism and race-based stressors,

In this study, the primary researcher set out to analyze the success of Black STEM students at a PWI. Focusing on the specific details that affect success the most, such as a differing sense of belonging, racism and race-based stressors, parental education level, and access to a parent in a STEM field. 

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2022-12
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Positive Influences: Keeping Black Women Living with HIV in Care

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This manuscript option dissertation elucidates the role of patient-provider interactions in keeping HIV positive Black women in medical care. Since 2012, the Arizona State Department of Health has acknowledged that women of African descent are disproportionately affected by HIV and

This manuscript option dissertation elucidates the role of patient-provider interactions in keeping HIV positive Black women in medical care. Since 2012, the Arizona State Department of Health has acknowledged that women of African descent are disproportionately affected by HIV and die at higher rates from AIDS-related complications than other women. The dissertation includes three manuscripts covering a feature of this topic. The first paper is a scoping review of literature on what is known about the influence of patient-provider relationships on adherence and viral suppression among Black women living with HIV in Arizona. The second is an empirical study built upon interviews with Black women living with HIV analyzed through constructivist grounded theory to understand women’s perspectives of provider actions that keep them in care. The third offers practice recommendations based on the interviews with Black women living with HIV, dialog with HIV advocates, and proceedings of the Phoenix Fast Track Cities ad hoc committee to end HIV as an epidemic. Together, the three manuscripts integrate the voices of women, advocates, and past research to support best practices and future steps for HIV retention strategies.
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2021
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