Sarita K Davis

Biographic Data

ID3792174
NAMESarita K Davis
GIVEN NAMESSarita K
FAMILY NAMEDavis
SIGNATUREDAVIS S K
AFFILIATIONSGeorgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS12
WORKS AS AUTHOR6
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
H-INDEX2

  • Obstacles and Options to Faith-Based HIV Service Delivery to Low-Income Inner City Residents

    Open AccessSarita K Davis, Nicholas Forge et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Studies2014

    The growing presence of HIV in urban communities with sizable Black commuter congregations demands that social service providers understand niche opportunities for faith-based HIV service delivery. Focus groups were conducted with 16 clergy serving commuter congregations about the feasibility of faith-based HIV service delivery to low-income residents. Using thematic analysis, four major themes emerged: (a) Clergy see the need, but are not sure h…

  • The Sojourner Syndrome

    Open AccessSarita K Davis, Sarita DavisARTICLETransforming Anthropology2014Cited by: 4References: 35

    This study examines how the intersection of race, class, and gender influence HIV risk among 50 black women living in a poor urban community in Atlanta—the Bluff. The study posits that an intersectional approach to examining the dynamic interaction of race, class, and gender tells us more about disproportionate HIV rates among Black women than do statements about lifestyle choices. The study also applies an interpretive framework, the Sojourner S…

  • The Effects of Social Determinants on Black Women’s HIV Risk

    Open AccessSarita K Davis, Aisha Tucker-BrownARTICLEJournal of Black Studies2013

    Black women continue to be disproportionately affected by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) that causes AIDS. To theorize additional approaches to HIV prevention targeting Black women, this study explores how social determinants related to sexual oppression, poverty, racial segregation, and mass incarceration of Blacks place Black women at increased risk of HIV exposure. The role of other risk factors such as sexual exploitation of the Black…

  • An Afrocentric Approach to Building Cultural Relevance in Social Work Research

    Open AccessSarita K Davis, Aisha D Williams et al.ARTICLEJournal of Black Studies2010

    Social work researchers who identify and define social problems run the risk of leaving their social fingerprints on such problems, as well as their favored solutions to them. As a result, the direction of the research agenda is driven by the focus of the research problem formulation, instead of the cultural relevance. The purpose of this article is to offer guiding principles for integrating cultural relevance into the social work research proce…

  • Re-Visiting the Use of Behavior Theory in Graduate Education

    Sarita K Davis, Sarita Davis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Teaching in Social Work2007Cited by: 1References: 4

    The purpose of this study is to improve educators' feedback mechanisms in ways that will reduce student anxiety. The relationship between graduate student anxiety levels, instructor feedback, and the effects of the use of red or green ink as instruments of feedback is examined. The sample (N =52) comprised first year full-time and parttime MSWstudents enrolled in an introductory Research Methods course, a course in which writing assignments were …

  • Statistics Anxiety Among Female African American Graduate-Level Social Work Students

    Sarita K Davis, Sarita DavisARTICLEJournal of Teaching in Social Work2003Cited by: 7References: 3

    Studies have found that statistics anxiety among female and minority graduate students is higher than that of their Caucasian counterparts. Both gender and culturally sensitive approaches to teaching statistics need to be developed to reduce student anxiety, especially in graduate programs that are dominated by women and minorities. The current study presents data on pre- and post-course statistics among female African American MSW students enrol…