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Creator:: McCulley, Elizabeth
Abstract:: The purpose of this project was to explore health and nutrition concerns and priorities of parents and caregivers of children enrolled in Kids and Company (KidCo) Head Start using Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR). The project examined the feasibility of conducting CBPR with Head Start in the relatively short timeframe...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Elizabeth McCulley for the degree of Master of Science in Nutrition

Creator:: Biddle, Jeanette M.
Abstract:: This study examines participants' perceptions of the significant messages and meanings communicated to them through the ceremony of the Blessingway (a ritual titled after the Navajo Blessingway), a contemporary women's birth ritual performed by midwives. A narrative approach was used for data gathering based on Fisher's rationale that meaning emerges...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: start the healing process. We grieved for Christopher and rejoiced in the birth of Elizabeth. In time

Creator:: Simmons-Rogers, Alexandra L.
Abstract:: Red Light Ladies presents a perspective on prostitution in North America, within the context of the western mining frontier. A biographical profile of the frontier prostitutor is presented, along with an archaeological model of settlement patterns and material culture. Settlement patterns and demographic changes in the prostitutor population are hypothetically...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , including: Mary Ann Davis, Julie Barnes, Tom Churchill, Mary Weber, Debi Soper, Robert Nesbit, Roderick

Creator:: Taylor, Christine G.
Abstract:: International health literature clearly describes the importance of breastfeeding for children''s health. The risks of bottle feeding in impoverished and unhygenic environments are also widely documented. Gastroenteritis, one of the most common problems associated with bottle feeding in the Third World, is the leading cause of death for Jamaican children...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: meetings in St. Elizabeth. Thanks also go to Talita Fennell, Jenny Miller, Sister McCalla and the staff

Creator:: Johnson, Becky A.
Abstract:: From July to September, 2002 I spent ten weeks in Kenya conducting full-time research on the macroeconomic impact of HIV/AIDS and community action towards combating the epidemic in locations dominated by members of the Luo tribe in Nyanza Province, Kenya. Gathering data from both the Ministry of Health and non-governmental...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Mary, Heikki, Eeva, and Rushell for their love and friendship and becoming my Kenyan family. May our

Creator:: Smith, Stephanie Rae
Abstract:: As the effect of ocean acidification (OA) on marine calcifiers is better understood, a range of potential mitigative strategies have been proposed, many of which are plagued by concerns of scale and feasibility. One oft-cited option is to increase the biomass of photosynthetic organisms to remove CO₂ from the water...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Cale Miller, Rebecca Mabardy, Elizabeth Brunner, I am so lucky to have had your help in all things

Creator:: Osterman-Sussman, Irene
Abstract:: The Mark 0. Hatfield Marine Science Center (HMSC) public education opportunities include interpretive programs offered along the Estuary Nature Trail. The purpose of this study was to determine the effectiveness of three informal education programs, interpretive signs, a self-guided trail brochure, and guided naturalist walks, in imparting information on the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Redacted for Privacy Dedicated to Adam and Brenna and the memory of Mary-Michele

Creator:: Fluharty, Suzanne M.
Abstract:: This dissertation looks at one landscape component of the Coquille Indian Tribe's ancestral lands in order to understand the place meaning created and assigned to Euphoria Ridge, Oregon. I focus on three cultural overlays across time that together with the unique biophysical components, generate an importance for the locale to...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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