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Creator:: Johnston, Candace G.
Abstract:: The problems of Russian speaking refugees from the Ukraine region of the former Soviet Union are the basis for ethnographic inquiry and the delineation of the role of voluntary agencies who assist their resettlement in Portland, Oregon. Interpretive methods are the foundation for an analysis of Ukrainians' perceptions of problems...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Anthropology for believing in me. My appreciation goes beyond campus boundaries, Alex Kennedy and Victor Leo

Creator:: Everson, Courtney Louise
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to use an integrated biocultural perspective to examine the decision-making processes of young survivors as they navigate breast cancer treatment and reproductive health care options. This retrospective study utilizes a mixed-methods approach that integrates quantitative survey data (Phase I) with interview (Phase II) and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Pearce, Laurie Kathleen
Abstract:: Low-income women in an Oregon city of approximately 35,000 inhabitants have limited access to prenatal care services during their pregnancies. The purpose of this study was to uncover the impacts of several factors on the experiences of twenty-seven health department clients with public health department prenatal care practitioners and with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: care community that was the focus of my work is comprised of several "actors" as Leo Chavez terms the

Creator:: Whiddon, Jeremiah J.
Abstract:: This thesis was designed and written with advertising stakeholders in mind. The aim of my thesis is to illustrate how listening to and understanding the behavior and voices of consumers from the perspective of a trained anthropologist can improve advertising strategies. My instruments for conducting this research include an in-depth...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: technique is called "snowball sampling" (Bernard 1994: 97). E:1 The interviews One-on-one semi

Creator:: Bestvina, Bodarc
Abstract:: This thesis seeks to better understand the most pressing cultural barriers to progress in the sustainability movement, and to offer suggestions for overcoming barriers. This research includes a two-year long case study of the sustainability movement at OSU, where the researcher coordinated projects encouraging behavior change. Despite increasing severity and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . This skill takes time for anthropologists to develop (Bernard 2006). To discuss cultural barriers at

Creator:: Van Laere, M. Susan
Abstract:: The Coast Reservation of Oregon was established under Executive Order of President Franklin Pierce in November, 1855, as a homeland for the southern Oregon tribes. It was an immense, isolated wilderness, parts of which had burned earlier in the century. There were some prairies where farming was possible, but because...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Leaver, Jennifer Jensen
Abstract:: In the United States during the last 30 years there has been a shift from extractive natural resource-based economies of the Old West to a New West defined by environmental protection. Over the past century, a growing national support for environmental protection has influenced a lengthening list of national and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: " and provided me with great company, friendship and assistance; my uncle, Leo, for his limitless

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