Assessing a Health Needs Assessment
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This 8 page paper assesses a research paper called A Health Needs Assessment of Black and Minority Ethnic Children’s Needs, which was conducted in the Leeds area in the UK. The paper is in three parts. The first part looks to determine if the report make use of information from primary health care sources and how this be improved. The second part of the paper considers the way the report is written and if it follows a logical pattern and the last part of the paper considers the role health assets could play in the research. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
Filename: TEleedshna.rtf

Assessment (Case Study of a Homeless Man)
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This 9 page paper provides an assessment of a 51 year old homeless man who has been a drug addict from an early age. Although no names are used to protect the identity of the client, this evaluation is based on an actual case study submitted by a student. No bibliography.
Filename: SA344hom.rtf

Assessment of Data in Relation to the Message of Bowling Alone
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A 7 page paper discussing Robert Putnam's book evaluating America's diminished attention to maintenance of social capital. We have become a nation of loners, of busy people who jealously guard the little "down time" we do have. The paper compares data collected in national surveys in 1974 and 1994 indicating that the decline is still increasing, and explores several options as to why that is so. Includes 2 charts. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSbowling.wps

Asylum issues in the UK
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A seven page paper which considers the policy frameworks and processes in the UK with reference to asylum seekers and refugees, in terms of the ideological constraints which underpin them and the current initiatives extant in the EU with regard to asylum policy. Bibliography lists 7 sources
Filename: JLasyl.rtf

Attitudes to death
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A paper which looks at changing attitudes towards death and dying, and the way in which the concept of death is divorced from everyday life whilst it constitutes a primary focus of media entertainment. Bibliography lists 7 sources
Filename: JL2death.rtf

Attitudes Toward Aging
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This 12 page paper examines ethnic differences in respect to attitudes about aging. Various issues are explored including death and dying and how retirement is embraced. A questionnaire is included. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: SA504age.rtf

Attitudinal Variations Among Marijuana-Users and Non-Users
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This 14 page paper provides a hypothetical research study using a sample of 100 high school students. The inquiry has to do with whether or not drug users have different social attitudes. Results of the study are evaluated. A section on general methodology is included. The introduction contains a review of literature on the subject. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: SA416pot.rtf

Attributing Sexual Consent
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A 5 page paper which reviews and analyzes the essay/research titled "Attributing Sexual Consent" by Grace Y. Lim and Michael E. Roloff. The essay appeared in the February, 1999 edition of JACR. No additional sources cited.
Filename: RAsexcons.wps

Bad Driving Habits
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A 3 page essay that focuses on the dangers of driving while talking on a cell phone. Everyone knows that driving while under the influence of alcohol (or any inebriating substance) is dangerous, and results in senseless fatalities. There are laws that prohibit driving while drunk in all 50 states. Yet, people who would never drive while intoxicated routinely indulge in a behavior that is just as dangerous--talking on a cell phone while driving. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: khdrceph.rtf khdrceph.rtf

Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America”
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A 5 page review of Ehrenreich’s findings on class and power in contemporary America formulated based on her experiences working in numerous blue collar jobs and trying to get by. The contention that the wealthy hold the power, the middle class wield that power, while the poor carry out their wishes with little reward and even littler power themselves is presented. No additional sources are included.
Filename: PPwmNick.rtf

Battered Women
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A very thorough 20 page research paper discussing the various prejudices and other social problems faced by Battered women. Focuses on many relevant sub-topics including : immigrant women, adolescent women, women's inability to "leave" their abuser, and the difficulties they face in receiving proper medical treatment. Bibliography lists 14 sources. Keywords : spousal abuse, domestic abuse, etc.
Filename: Batterd2.wps

Battered Women # 2
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A 5 page overview of Battered women, their psyche, and the problems that they face in our contemporary society. Discusses how the actual 'problem' belongs not to the women- but to the men who abuse them and offers insight into various causal factors. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Keywords : spousal abuse, domestic abuse, etc.
Filename: Batterdw.wps