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  • Pregnancy, class and biomedical power : factors influencing the prenatal care experiences of low-income women in an Oregon community

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    Pearce, Laurie Kathleen
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    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...
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    a graduate student. Dr. Nancy Rosenberger agreed to be my major professor before she even met me

  • Ecuador's informal sector : an analysis of gender and empowerment programs

    Creator:
    Ota, Brandy
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    Over the last 25 years structural adjustment programs have challenged Ecuador's ability to provide adequate social services and employment opportunities. In the wake of these policies, many women have turned to non-governmental agencies for possible solutions and assistance. Empowerment programs as a form of development work in particular have been...
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    Analysis of Gender and Empowerment Programs. Abstract approved: Nancy Rosnberger Over the last 25 years

  • Perception and action : an analysis on communication between U.S. sponsorship and Russian speaking immigrants

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    Johnston, Candace G.
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    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...
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    . Abstract approved: Nancy Rosenberger The problems of Russian speaking refugees from the Ukraine region of

  • Development projects and questions of empowerment: a Salvadorean women's cooperative

    Creator:
    Hannigan-Luther, Kristen L.
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    Many development organizations now recognize the importance of culturally sensitive project design and implementation. Unfortunately most of these groups continue to disregard the significance of gender. This qualitative research examines a women's cooperative in rural El Salvador which formed in order to find a means of generating income and to...
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    encouraged me through many courses and examsJudi, Dawn, Pips, Laura, Nick and Heather. To Nancy Rosenberger

  • The emergency department as a provider of nonemergent care

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    Stiles, Catherine M.
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    Emergency departments (ED) provide access to care for large numbers of patients who have nonemergent medical needs. More than half of the patients presenting to the ED at Salem Hospital in Salem, Oregon, were found to be seeking care for nonemergent medical needs. In an effort to provide an alternative...
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    sincere appreciation to my committee members. In particular I would like to thank Dr. Nancy Rosenberger

  • Latinos, loggers and old hippies : rural revitalization in the Pacific Northwest

    Creator:
    Kubein, Adele
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    This ethnography looks at the processes a rural Oregon community is undergoing as some members attempt to re-animate the community by creating a community center after the loss of its school and market, two vital services that provided venues for social interaction and engagement. The methodology for this research includes...
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    Nancy Rosenberger ABSTRACT This ethnography looks at the processes a rural Oregon community is

  • Serving Amid Institutional Camouflage : The Invisibility of School Food Service Workers

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    Byrd, Janette
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    The products, processes, and tools of school feeding programs have been examined from multiple perspectives and disciplines in an attempt to improve child nutrition outcomes, to support local and national agriculture, and increase sustainability practices. There is little qualitative research on the role, needs, and experiences of school food service...
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    Masters Thesis
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    : Nancy R. Rosenberger The products, processes, and tools of school feeding programs have been

  • Portlandia's Other Children : Refugee Communities in Urban Life

    Creator:
    Kubein, Adele M.
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    This research analyzes the relations of ethnic refugee communities and particularly their businesses to gentrification and community vitality in a neighborhood in Portland, Oregon. The data indicates that gentrification is not a linear process of displacement of African Americans by Whites seeking affordable housing and new frontiers, but rather is...
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    Dissertation
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    : ______________________________________________________ Nancy R. Rosenberger This research analyzes the relations of ethnic refugee

  • A Public Elementary School as a Cultural Context : Japanese Children Learning to Perceive their Environment

    Creator:
    Sugai, Taichi
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    This thesis examines the cultural context in which Japanese children are constructing their own perspective of the environment because in the development of environmental education in Japan, the perspectives of children and teachers have not been taken into consideration. Although educators have made efforts to give direction to environmental education,...
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    Perceive their Environment Abstract approved: Nancy R. Rosenberger This thesis examines