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  • Oregon Health & Science University's understanding of cultural competency

    Creator:
    Racansky, Pamela A.
    Abstract:
    The United States population continues to increase and diversify. The cultural composition within the United States embodies a multitude of people from a variety of belief systems, religious backgrounds, and ethnicities. Within current biomedical practice, many of these differences are often marginalized, leaving populations with unsatisfactory experiences in seeking health...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Pamela A. Racansky for the degree

  • Silenced voices : maids in Singapore

    Creator:
    Gaulocher, Suzanne M.
    Abstract:
    This paper is a compilation of micro and macro consequences of women migrating into Singapore to work as domestic workers. Singapore's governmental push for Singaporean women to have babies and a career simultaneously has required modern families to seek alternative forms of child care as a means of fulfilling household...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Silenced Voices: Maids in Singapore. Abstract approved: _ Sunil Khanna This paper is a compilation of

  • Is "Smart Growth" smart? : health effects of urban renewal in Portland, Oregon

    Creator:
    Buerger, Catherine F.
    Abstract:
    This thesis examines the impact of urban renewal on individual health, specifically focusing on an urban planning model called Smart Growth that is being used in Portland, Oregon. Findings are based on qualitative and quantitative analyses of interview and survey data from study participants living in a community where renewal...
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    Masters Thesis
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    living in a community where renewal projects are underway. The sample included community residents

  • Expressions of modernity in rural Pakistan : searching for emic perspectives

    Creator:
    Niazi, Amarah
    Abstract:
    This dissertation examines women's lives in a rapidly urbanizing rural community in Southern Pakistan to understand their responses to modernity in developing societies. Applying a mixed-methods approach, socio-demographic data is collected and contrasted with oral history and personal narratives to analyze social change through women's access to education and reproductive...
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    Dissertation
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    This dissertation examines women’s lives in a rapidly urbanizing rural community in Southern Pakistan

  • Preferred customers? : barriers for Hispanics in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program

    Creator:
    Keys, Robert T. III
    Abstract:
    From February to September of 2001, a significant body of qualitive data was collected to investigate barriers for Hispanic participation in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program. As a means to investigate this topic, comments were solicited from physicians, hospital administrators, social service agencies, and low-income Hispanics through semi-structured focus groups...
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    Masters Thesis
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    February to September of 2001, a significant body of qualitive data was collected to investigate barriers

  • Health literacy among end stage renal disease patients

    Creator:
    Wolfe, RoxiAnn Blanche
    Abstract:
    This research examines the impact of low health literacy among patients with End Stage Renal Disease. The sample included individuals who participated in a health education class (Pre-Renal Education Program) offered at the Samaritan Dialysis Services in Corvallis, Oregon. Data collection techniques included participant observation, individual interviews, evaluation of the...
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    Masters Thesis
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    individuals who participated in a health education class (Pre-Renal Education Program) offered at the