Albert Ramirez
Biographic Data
| ID | 3735019 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Albert Ramirez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Albert |
| FAMILY NAME | Ramirez |
| SIGNATURE | RAMÍREZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Alabama |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1969 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Utilization of an Interorganizational Network Analysis to Evaluate the Development of Community Capacity Among a Community–Academic Partnership
Utilization of an Interorganizational Network Analysis to Evaluate the Development of Community Capacity Among a Community–Academic Partnership Heather R. Clark, DrPH, Albert Ramirez, BA, Kelly N. Drake, MPH, Christopher E. Beaudoin, PhD, Whitney R. Garney, MPH, Monica L. Wendel, DrPH, MS, Corliss Outley, PhD, James N. Burdine, DrPH, and Harold D. Player, SMSgt USAF Retired What is the Purpose of this Study? • To use network analysis to evaluate …
Utilization of an Interorganizational Network Analysis to Evaluate the Development of Community Capacity Among a Community–Academic Partnership
This study provides evidence that the community capacity building efforts within these communities have contributed to beneficial changes in interorganizational relationships. Results from this analysis are useful for understanding how a community partnership's efforts to address access to care can strengthen a community's capacity for future action. Increased collaboration also leads to new assets, resources, and the transfer of knowledge and sk…
Dismay and Disappointment: Parental Involvement of Latino Immigrant Parents
Unequal Employment Status and Ethnicity: Further Analysis of the Uspi-Espi Model
This study compares two groups of Chicanos who were exposed to two disparate work environments. The effect of these two different employment systems on a number of psychological and attitudinal variables was investigated. Significant group differences were found, which supported the hypothesis that being in an unequal social power and influence (USPI) work environment, where Chicanos are job segregated, negatively affects their psychological well…
The University as a Pluralistic System: The Case of Minority Faculty Recruitment and Retention
Recently there has been considerable emphasis placed in higher education on the recruitment and retention of minority faculty. There is an expanding literature indicating the problems relating to the inadequate pool of such faculty and strategies and approaches related to effective recruitment and retention. It is apparent that there is considerable interest in this area. Given the predicted demographic patterns and characteristics in the populat…
Causal Attributions of Success and Failure Among Chicano University Students
This study investigated the causal attributions of success among Chicano graduates and of failure among Chicano nongraduates from a major public university. An open- and closed-ended questionnaire was administered to 39 graduates and 36 non graduates concerning the effects of their college experience, factors contributing to graduating or dropping out of college, and their,present employment and income conditions. Results sug gest that students w…
Attitudinal and Behavioral Reactions to Fear-Arousing Communications
The present study tested the hypothesis that the relationship between fear arousal and persuasion is a curvilinear one. High-, moderate-, and low-fear messages were presented to over 900 students in 6 public schools. In addition to paper-and-pencil measures, a behavioral measure of toothbrushing was used. In general, the results did not support the curvilinear hypothesis but did tend to support studies showing a positive relationship between leve…
An Evaluation of the Dental Assistant Utilization Program at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry
Dr. Ramirez and the students assisting him, have performed, and now report an interesting study of the impact of the DA U Program on the practices of dental students of the University of Alabama after they graduate
The Patient Hygiene Performance Method as an Indication of Behavioral Change Following Persuasive Communications; A Study of Validity
Dr. Ramirez and his group have tested the PHP index as a technic to use in the evaluation of the effectiveness of instruction in toothbrushing
Programmed Course in Dental Ethics Compared With Two Other Methods of Instruction
After reading this report of Dr. Miller and his group, some still may wonder whether programmed instruction always provides sound teaching or sometimes exercise with a fad
Prevention for Dental Health; Its Relationship to the Values of the Individual
Dr. Ramirez and his group have engaged in research that demonstrates some of the factors that will have to be considered in efforts to teach and practice the prevention needed so much to meet the impact of Federal health legislation
Dismay and Disappointment: Parental Involvement of Latino Immigrant Parents
Causal Attributions of Success and Failure Among Chicano University Students
This study investigated the causal attributions of success among Chicano graduates and of failure among Chicano nongraduates from a major public university. An open- and closed-ended questionnaire was administered to 39 graduates and 36 non graduates concerning the effects of their college experience, factors contributing to graduating or dropping out of college, and their,present employment and income conditions. Results sug gest that students w…
Prevention for Dental Health; Its Relationship to the Values of the Individual
Dr. Ramirez and his group have engaged in research that demonstrates some of the factors that will have to be considered in efforts to teach and practice the prevention needed so much to meet the impact of Federal health legislation
Programmed Course in Dental Ethics Compared With Two Other Methods of Instruction
After reading this report of Dr. Miller and his group, some still may wonder whether programmed instruction always provides sound teaching or sometimes exercise with a fad
The Patient Hygiene Performance Method as an Indication of Behavioral Change Following Persuasive Communications; A Study of Validity
Dr. Ramirez and his group have tested the PHP index as a technic to use in the evaluation of the effectiveness of instruction in toothbrushing
An Evaluation of the Dental Assistant Utilization Program at the University of Alabama School of Dentistry
Dr. Ramirez and the students assisting him, have performed, and now report an interesting study of the impact of the DA U Program on the practices of dental students of the University of Alabama after they graduate
Attitudinal and Behavioral Reactions to Fear-Arousing Communications
The present study tested the hypothesis that the relationship between fear arousal and persuasion is a curvilinear one. High-, moderate-, and low-fear messages were presented to over 900 students in 6 public schools. In addition to paper-and-pencil measures, a behavioral measure of toothbrushing was used. In general, the results did not support the curvilinear hypothesis but did tend to support studies showing a positive relationship between leve…
Causal Attributions of Success and Failure Among Chicano University Students
This study investigated the causal attributions of success among Chicano graduates and of failure among Chicano nongraduates from a major public university. An open- and closed-ended questionnaire was administered to 39 graduates and 36 non graduates concerning the effects of their college experience, factors contributing to graduating or dropping out of college, and their,present employment and income conditions. Results sug gest that students w…
The University as a Pluralistic System: The Case of Minority Faculty Recruitment and Retention
Recently there has been considerable emphasis placed in higher education on the recruitment and retention of minority faculty. There is an expanding literature indicating the problems relating to the inadequate pool of such faculty and strategies and approaches related to effective recruitment and retention. It is apparent that there is considerable interest in this area. Given the predicted demographic patterns and characteristics in the populat…
Unequal Employment Status and Ethnicity: Further Analysis of the Uspi-Espi Model
This study compares two groups of Chicanos who were exposed to two disparate work environments. The effect of these two different employment systems on a number of psychological and attitudinal variables was investigated. Significant group differences were found, which supported the hypothesis that being in an unequal social power and influence (USPI) work environment, where Chicanos are job segregated, negatively affects their psychological well…
Dismay and Disappointment: Parental Involvement of Latino Immigrant Parents
Utilization of an Interorganizational Network Analysis to Evaluate the Development of Community Capacity Among a Community–Academic Partnership
Utilization of an Interorganizational Network Analysis to Evaluate the Development of Community Capacity Among a Community–Academic Partnership Heather R. Clark, DrPH, Albert Ramirez, BA, Kelly N. Drake, MPH, Christopher E. Beaudoin, PhD, Whitney R. Garney, MPH, Monica L. Wendel, DrPH, MS, Corliss Outley, PhD, James N. Burdine, DrPH, and Harold D. Player, SMSgt USAF Retired What is the Purpose of this Study? • To use network analysis to evaluate …
Utilization of an Interorganizational Network Analysis to Evaluate the Development of Community Capacity Among a Community–Academic Partnership
This study provides evidence that the community capacity building efforts within these communities have contributed to beneficial changes in interorganizational relationships. Results from this analysis are useful for understanding how a community partnership's efforts to address access to care can strengthen a community's capacity for future action. Increased collaboration also leads to new assets, resources, and the transfer of knowledge and sk…
Psychology (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Political science (5 works) · Medical education (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Pedagogy (3 works) · Community health (2 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Dental Health and Care Utilization (2 works)