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Health literacy among end stage renal disease patients

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Wolfe, RoxiAnn Blanche

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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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Samaritan Dialysis Services in Corvallis, Oregon. Data collection techniques included participant
Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

Creator:

Hanks, Melissa A.

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This research focuses on the economic and social impacts to women’s and children’s dental health after methamphetamine abuse. Family oral health status, access to professional services, health literacy and home hygienic practices are evaluated in the frameworks of critical medical anthropology, applied anthropological praxis and matrix and bio-psycho-social addiction models...

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Masters Thesis

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by men In Oregon, 47.5% of clients in treatment for meth use are women (Oregon DHS). To
Acculturation and food : a study of Vietnamese women in Portland, Oregon

Creator:

Sarasin, Heather M.

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This study is intended to provide information about the situation of first-generation Vietnamese women to the IRCO Parent and Child Program Department in Portland, Oregon. Nutrition intervention and food assistance currently offered to Vietnamese women enrolled in this program is the focus of the study. The women interviewed characterize themselves...

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Masters Thesis

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: A Study of Vietnamese Women in Portland. Oregon. Abstract Approved: Sunil Khanna This study is