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  • Hybrid healthscapes : mothers' health care and food practices in the Ecuadorian Andes

    Creator:
    Hammer, Michaela
    Abstract:
    After decades of expert-based modernization efforts that have had profound negative impacts on human and environmental health, Ecuador is currently pursuing a rights-based, participatory development paradigm known as sumak kawsay or "the good life". Despite its promises of inclusion and interculturality, this approach continues to rely on highly trained specialists,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    ………………………………………….! 9! ! ! Development!in!Ecuador…………………………………………………….! 12! ! ! Dynamics!of!medical!knowledges

  • Experiences and Correlates of Healthcare Discrimination Among Saudis in the United States

    Creator:
    Sinky, Tassnym Hussein
    Abstract:
    Healthcare discrimination is associated with various health-related attitudes, behaviors, intentions, and outcomes including provider avoidance, underutilization or increased use of healthcare services, use of alternative means of healthcare, delays in medical care, less satisfaction with care, poor health behaviors, and poorer health outcomes. Since 2001, Muslims and Arabs in the...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    healthcare services, use of alternative means of healthcare, delays in medical care, less satisfaction with

  • Seeking primary care in Oregon : utilization of the emergency room services in a Salem hospital

    Creator:
    Young, Elizabeth A.
    Abstract:
    This thesis examines how changes made to the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) in 2003 impacts those now utilizing the emergency room (ER) for primary health care. This thesis also examines how these changes impact staff members working in the ER of Salem Hospital. Through the utilization of qualitative research methods,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    well as those without any health care coverage. Guided by the theories of Critical Medical