Electoral Decentralization in Ghana: What do Ghana's Local Governments Really Need for Economic Development? (open access)

Electoral Decentralization in Ghana: What do Ghana's Local Governments Really Need for Economic Development?

Paper accompanying a presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This paper discusses electoral decentralization in Ghana and what Ghana's local governments really need for economic development.
Date: April 11, 2015
Creator: Nukpezah, Julius A. & Bediako, William Asare
Object Type: Paper
System: The UNT Digital Library

Africa: Sustainability, Poverty, Education

Presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This presentation discusses sustainability, poverty, and education in Africa.
Date: April 11, 2015
Creator: Ingman, Stanley R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library
Managing for Citizen Satisfaction: Is Good Not Enough? (open access)

Managing for Citizen Satisfaction: Is Good Not Enough?

Article proposes a theory that suggests the quantity of public goods and services is important to citizen satisfaction.
Date: April 2019
Creator: Collins, Brian K.; Kim, Hyun Joon & Tao, Jie
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
New-Student Orientations: Supporting Success and Socialization in Graduate Programs (open access)

New-Student Orientations: Supporting Success and Socialization in Graduate Programs

This article describes the use of an orientation logic model to examine whether certain orientation program characteristics, such as resources and tenets, are associated with student retention, grade achievement, and socialization.
Date: April 18, 2018
Creator: Benavides, Abraham David & Keyes, Laura
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Roles revealed: An examination of the adopted roles of emergency managers in hazard mitigation planning and strategy implementation (open access)

Roles revealed: An examination of the adopted roles of emergency managers in hazard mitigation planning and strategy implementation

Article describes study where thirty emergency management coordinators from the North Central Texas region were interviewed to examine how they define their roles in hazard mitigation planning; then, grounded theory analysis generated six themes regarding the broad roles they practice.
Date: April 11, 2019
Creator: Samuel, Carlos & Siebeneck, Laura K.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Running Head: Faithful Health Norms (open access)

Running Head: Faithful Health Norms

This article applies a structural theory analysis to understand the ways by which religious adherents adopt and enact health norms.
Date: January 18, 2018
Creator: Mpofu, Elias
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Disclosure of Children's Positive Serostatus to Family and Nonfamily Members: Informal Caregivers in Togo, West Africa (open access)

Disclosure of Children's Positive Serostatus to Family and Nonfamily Members: Informal Caregivers in Togo, West Africa

Article on the disclosure of children's positive serostatus to family and nonfamily members.
Date: April 14, 2011
Creator: Moore, Ami R. & Williamson, David Allen
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
“I’m Gonna Get Busy Living”: Examining the Trajectories of Affect, Behavioral Health, and Psychological Resilience Among Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Southeastern U.S. Health District (open access)

“I’m Gonna Get Busy Living”: Examining the Trajectories of Affect, Behavioral Health, and Psychological Resilience Among Persons Living With Human Immunodeficiency Virus in a Southeastern U.S. Health District

Article describes results of a study seeking to provide further insight into how core affect influences the adaptability of persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (PLWH) after diagnosis.
Date: April 30, 2019
Creator: Hill, Miranda; Huff, Amber & Chumbler, Neale
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library

Futuro sin Pobreza: Future without Poverty

Presentation for the 2015 University of North Texas (UNT) Student and Faculty Research Symposium on African Studies. This presentation discusses the initiatives and groups working to reduce global poverty.
Date: April 11, 2015
Creator: Ingman, Stanley R.
Object Type: Presentation
System: The UNT Digital Library