Category: Research Spotlight
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Designing and Evaluating an Educational Initiative Promoting Condom Use Among HIV+ Hispanic Men
Background Hispanics in the United States include a diverse mixture of ethnic groups and cultures. With more than 25 million Hispanics, the U.S. has the fifth-largest Hispanic population in the world, following Mexico, Spain, Argentina, and Colombia (Blanco & Garcia, 2021). Infectious diseases (IDs) (particularly HIV infection) are a severe threat to the Hispanic community…
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Fostering Faculty Self-Efficacy: Insights from Bandura’s Social Learning Theory
Research Problem Institutions of higher education are seemingly aware of the many changes in the student population. Students come from different cultural, linguistic, and educational backgrounds, forcing faculty and the institution to align with students’ needs and expectations. However, the lack of professional development in this area affects faculty’s ability to perform effectively in the…
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Contrast between face-to-face teams vs. virtual teams
For most organizations today, it represents a challenge to stay competitive. Beyond the competition related to products and services that go directly to the consumer, human resources are a determining variable. Suriya et al. (2002) mention that since the beginning of the 21st century, globalization, the incursion and changes of technology, and changes in communication…