Attitudes Toward Controversial Human Services among Minority Populations

少数群体对有争议的人类服务的态度

• 批准号: 9308857
• 负责人: Lois Takahashi
• 金额: $ 1.39万
• 依托单位: University of California-Irvine
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-08-01 至 1995-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9308857&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Attitudes; Toward; Controversial; Human; Services

9308857 TAKAHASHI Considerable research has been devoted by scholars to analysis of individual and collective reactions to the siting of controversial facilities, which are recognized as necessary but are seen as undesirable when situated nearby. Although many studies have focused on the dynamics of "NIMBY" (not in my back yard) responses to "LULUs" (locally undesirable land uses) that have negative physical environmental externalities, much less attention has been given to the analysis of reactions to human- service facilities like homeless shelters and facilities for treatment of people infected with AIDS. Initial studies of community reactions to such facilities disclosed that gender, income, and other socio-economic characteristics are highly correlated with individual and collective acceptance of these activities. National attitudinal studies indicated that interregional, intraregional, and other locational factors may also influence community acceptance of human-service facilities. This Research Planning Grant will enable a capable and productive young geographer to begin examination of attitudinal variations among different ethnic and racial minority groups. Questions in a national survey first administered in the late 1980s will be adapted to take into account cultural and linguistic differences among several minority populations, with pilot tests of modified instruments conducted on a set of minority groups in Orange County, California. Results from these pretests will be used to refine national survey instruments so that they elicit better information regarding socio-demographic variations in attitudes toward human-service facilities and other LULUs. This award will move a promising line of research on an important topic through a critical phase in the development and testing of instruments designed to elicit critical information about variations in attitudes among different groups of people. By improving data-collection procedures, this line of research will better contribute to general understandings about the human geography of individual and community attitudes regarding siting of contentious land uses. The award also will provide a valuable boost to the independent research career of a highly qualified woman who has not previous received federal research support. ***

9308857 TAKAHASHI学者们已经投入了大量的研究来分析个人和集体对有争议的设施选址的反应，这些设施被认为是必要的，但当它们位于附近时却被认为是不受欢迎的。虽然许多研究都集中在“邻避”（不是在我的后院）对具有负面物理环境外部性的“LULUs”（当地不受欢迎的土地使用）的反应动力学上，但很少有人关注对无家可归者收容所和艾滋病感染者治疗设施等人类服务设施的反应分析。对社区对这些设施反应的初步研究表明，性别、收入和其他社会经济特征与个人和集体对这些活动的接受程度高度相关。国家态度研究表明，区域间、区域内和其他区位因素也可能影响社区对人性化服务设施的接受程度。这项研究计划资助将使一位有能力和生产力的年轻地理学家开始研究不同民族和种族少数群体之间的态度差异。将对1980年代末首次进行的一项全国调查中的问题进行调整，以考虑到几个少数民族人口之间的文化和语言差异，并在加利福尼亚州奥兰治县的一组少数民族群体中对修改后的工具进行试点测试。这些预测试的结果将用于改进国家调查工具，以便获得关于社会人口对人类服务设施和其他lulu态度变化的更好信息。这一奖项将推动在一个重要课题上的一条有前途的研究路线，通过开发和测试工具的关键阶段，这些工具旨在获取有关不同人群之间态度变化的关键信息。通过改进数据收集程序，这一研究路线将更好地促进对个人和社区对有争议土地用途选址的态度的人文地理学的一般理解。该奖项还将为一位以前没有获得联邦研究支持的高素质女性的独立研究事业提供宝贵的推动。＊＊＊