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

Creator:

Hannigan-Luther, Kristen L.

Abstract:

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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Masters Thesis
Current Use of Dietary Guidelines in Private Clinical Nutrition Practice and its Impacts on the Dietary Patterns of Office Workers in Mexico City

Creator:

Grabinsky, Lisa

Abstract:

For the last 30 years, the population of Mexico has grappled with overweight, obesity, and associated chronic diseases, such as type-2 diabetes and hypertension. To standardize care among healthcare providers and dietitians, an official nutritional guideline was published in the early 2000s, which included a non-modifiable food-based dietary guideline in...

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Masters Thesis

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university walls: José Monroy, Alicia Parra, Ana Cecila Fernández Gaxiola, Guillermo Alfaro, Karime Haua
Advocacy travel, creating social and ideological change : a comparison of travelers to Cuba and Chiapas

Creator:

Donckers, Jana L.

Abstract:

As a result of academic research into the effects of mass travel, an industry of alternative tourism has emerged. Application of this research has resulted in myriad forms of tourism, two of these being ecotourism and educational travel. Ecotourism represents a response to what is the destructive nature of the...

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Masters Thesis