The objective of this research is to determine the impact of the food industry on child- hood obesity. Childhood obesity is a growing health problem in the U.S that must be addressed properly and reduced effectively. To ...

This study focuses on architectural transformations to Martin Luther King High School as it transformed to Martin Luther King College Preparatory High School in a gentrified neighborhood on the south side of Chicago called ...

The term gentrification has been utilized to describe economic innovation as well as displacement. Currently cities across the United States are facing issues of gentrification. Various populations have historically settled, ...

Conscientiousness is the most predictive of the Big Five traits in a whole host of relevant life domains. Conscientious individuals experience a multitude of positive benefits including: increased life spans, more invested ...

This study analyzes how the health care system is utilized by people living in the United States. The primary focus is on the use of Emergency Rooms and the forms of payment used by patients, as we are concerned with the ...

The recent case of Trayvon Martin has sparked national public outrage and a sensational, overwhelming media response. The killing of the young African-American teenager has also garnered international headlines and created ...

Social entrepreneurship addresses social problems using innovative business strategies and concepts to create a non-profit or for-profit organization/venture whose primary objective is to lessen a specific problem affecting ...

With the rapid growth in the Latino population in the United States, in the next few decades we will be presented with a new generation of potential college bound students. It is critical to comprehend how the educational ...

This project focuses on the effects of community gardens on impoverished inner-city African-American neighborhoods in Chicago. The thesis for this study is that patterns of social organization associated with stable, ...

Despite the existing literature on child victimization, the extent of research on youth victimization is limited (Deakin, 2006). This shortage highlights the importance and need for mental health practitioners to examine ...