Valerie Borum
Biographic Data
| ID | 141835 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Valerie Borum |
| GIVEN NAMES | Valerie |
| FAMILY NAME | Borum |
| SIGNATURE | BORUM V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fordham University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 20 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
African American Parents’ Perceptions of an American Deaf Community: Where’s the Poetic Justice
Poetic prose, a creative qualitative technique, is used to present the findings (emerging themes) of in-depth, thematic interviews with 14 African American parents with deaf children. This is presented in a multi- vocal, interactive, and interwoven style. This style of interweaving voices of participants in a creative poetic prose is indicative of African American cultural and oral traditions. It also permits and deepens the reader’s ability to e…
African Americans' Perceived Sociocultural Determinants of Suicide: Afrocentric Implications for Public Health Inequalities
The cultural values of African Americans have not been adequately incorporated as a theoretical base to develop new public health models. The major objectives of this study were to explore, with a purposive sample, via seven focus groups, 40 African American college students, the following: How do (a) ethnic culture and (b) a "minoritized" status influence perceptions of sociocultural determinants in explaining increases in the incidence of suici…
African American Women’s Perceptions of Depression and Suicide Risk and Protection: A Womanist Exploration
This article reports the findings of a qualitative study that examined the perceptions of depression and suicide risk and protection among 40 African American women. Seven focus groups were conducted. The thematic findings of the focus group discussions included perceptions of depression as a sense of “spiritual forsakenness” and a healthy alternative to suicide. Living in spirit as well as in community with others was viewed as protection agains…
African Americans, U.S. Poverty, and International Law: An Afrocentric Cultural Revolution
Statistical rates of poverty among African Americans often hide the cultural and historical nature of their intended consequences. Unfavorable outcomes for social change can occur when viewing poverty among African Americans in isolation from their unique historical and cultural experiences and U.S. social, political, and capitalistic influences. While pressures to subordinate African Americans continue, African Americans also exert pressure (e.g…
Why We Can't Wait: An Afrocentric Approach in Working with African American Families
An Afrocentric theoretical approach is utilized as a framework in guiding practitioners working with African American families. Afrocentricity places African American history, culture, and African heritage at the center of persons of African American families. An Afrocentric perspective also epitomizes the political, economic, and social freedom of African American families and communities. More importantly, understanding the cultural dynamics of…
Reading and Writing Womanist Poetic Prose: African American Mothers With Deaf Daughters
Poetic prose-a creative, novel, qualitative technique developed by the author-is used to present in a multivocal, interactive, and interwoven style the findings of in-depth, thematic interviews with 12 African American mothers with deaf daughters. This style of interweaving the voices of participants in a creative prose is indicative of African American cultural and oral tradition. It permits and deepens the reader's ability to emotionally and sp…
Spirituality
African Americans' Perceived Sociocultural Determinants of Suicide: Afrocentric Implications for Public Health Inequalities
The cultural values of African Americans have not been adequately incorporated as a theoretical base to develop new public health models. The major objectives of this study were to explore, with a purposive sample, via seven focus groups, 40 African American college students, the following: How do (a) ethnic culture and (b) a "minoritized" status influence perceptions of sociocultural determinants in explaining increases in the incidence of suici…
African American Women’s Perceptions of Depression and Suicide Risk and Protection: A Womanist Exploration
This article reports the findings of a qualitative study that examined the perceptions of depression and suicide risk and protection among 40 African American women. Seven focus groups were conducted. The thematic findings of the focus group discussions included perceptions of depression as a sense of “spiritual forsakenness” and a healthy alternative to suicide. Living in spirit as well as in community with others was viewed as protection agains…
Why We Can't Wait: An Afrocentric Approach in Working with African American Families
An Afrocentric theoretical approach is utilized as a framework in guiding practitioners working with African American families. Afrocentricity places African American history, culture, and African heritage at the center of persons of African American families. An Afrocentric perspective also epitomizes the political, economic, and social freedom of African American families and communities. More importantly, understanding the cultural dynamics of…
African American Parents’ Perceptions of an American Deaf Community: Where’s the Poetic Justice
Poetic prose, a creative qualitative technique, is used to present the findings (emerging themes) of in-depth, thematic interviews with 14 African American parents with deaf children. This is presented in a multi- vocal, interactive, and interwoven style. This style of interweaving voices of participants in a creative poetic prose is indicative of African American cultural and oral traditions. It also permits and deepens the reader’s ability to e…
Reading and Writing Womanist Poetic Prose: African American Mothers With Deaf Daughters
Poetic prose-a creative, novel, qualitative technique developed by the author-is used to present in a multivocal, interactive, and interwoven style the findings of in-depth, thematic interviews with 12 African American mothers with deaf daughters. This style of interweaving the voices of participants in a creative prose is indicative of African American cultural and oral tradition. It permits and deepens the reader's ability to emotionally and sp…
Spirituality
Reading and Writing Womanist Poetic Prose: African American Mothers With Deaf Daughters
Poetic prose-a creative, novel, qualitative technique developed by the author-is used to present in a multivocal, interactive, and interwoven style the findings of in-depth, thematic interviews with 12 African American mothers with deaf daughters. This style of interweaving the voices of participants in a creative prose is indicative of African American cultural and oral tradition. It permits and deepens the reader's ability to emotionally and sp…
African Americans, U.S. Poverty, and International Law: An Afrocentric Cultural Revolution
Statistical rates of poverty among African Americans often hide the cultural and historical nature of their intended consequences. Unfavorable outcomes for social change can occur when viewing poverty among African Americans in isolation from their unique historical and cultural experiences and U.S. social, political, and capitalistic influences. While pressures to subordinate African Americans continue, African Americans also exert pressure (e.g…
Why We Can't Wait: An Afrocentric Approach in Working with African American Families
An Afrocentric theoretical approach is utilized as a framework in guiding practitioners working with African American families. Afrocentricity places African American history, culture, and African heritage at the center of persons of African American families. An Afrocentric perspective also epitomizes the political, economic, and social freedom of African American families and communities. More importantly, understanding the cultural dynamics of…
African American Women’s Perceptions of Depression and Suicide Risk and Protection: A Womanist Exploration
This article reports the findings of a qualitative study that examined the perceptions of depression and suicide risk and protection among 40 African American women. Seven focus groups were conducted. The thematic findings of the focus group discussions included perceptions of depression as a sense of “spiritual forsakenness” and a healthy alternative to suicide. Living in spirit as well as in community with others was viewed as protection agains…
African Americans' Perceived Sociocultural Determinants of Suicide: Afrocentric Implications for Public Health Inequalities
The cultural values of African Americans have not been adequately incorporated as a theoretical base to develop new public health models. The major objectives of this study were to explore, with a purposive sample, via seven focus groups, 40 African American college students, the following: How do (a) ethnic culture and (b) a "minoritized" status influence perceptions of sociocultural determinants in explaining increases in the incidence of suici…
African American Parents’ Perceptions of an American Deaf Community: Where’s the Poetic Justice
Poetic prose, a creative qualitative technique, is used to present the findings (emerging themes) of in-depth, thematic interviews with 14 African American parents with deaf children. This is presented in a multi- vocal, interactive, and interwoven style. This style of interweaving voices of participants in a creative poetic prose is indicative of African American cultural and oral traditions. It also permits and deepens the reader’s ability to e…
Sociology (7 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Qualitative research (3 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (3 works) · Aesthetics (2 works) · African american (2 works) · Art (2 works)