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  • Subsistence Harvest Diversity in Alaskan Food Sharing Networks

    Creator:
    Scaggs, Shane A.
    Abstract:
    Two striking characteristics of human beings are the diversity of resources that we use to sustain our lives and the extent to which we engage in coordinated, collective efforts to obtain and consume these resources. Together, these two characteristics are the foundation of human subsistence patterns. In many remote Alaskan...
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    Masters Thesis
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    AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Shane A. Scaggs for the

  • Conceiving A Colony: A Multi-Level Biocultural Analysis of the Maternal Stress-Preterm Birth Nexus in Puerto Rico

    Creator:
    Horan, Holly L.
    Abstract:
    This dissertation aims to elicit how a neo-colonial context shapes maternal and infant heath (MIH) outcomes by describing how they are socially, politically, historically, and culturally produced. Using a multi-level critical biocultural, medical anthropological research approach, the purpose of this research was to investigate maternal stress in the United States...
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    Dissertation
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    : Conceiving A Colony: A Multi-Level Biocultural Analysis of the Maternal Stress-Preterm Birth Nexus in Puerto

  • "I'm a Mom too!" - Stigma, Support & Contested Identities among Adolescent Mothers in the United States

    Creator:
    Everson, Courtney L.
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    This dissertation aims to provide a comprehensive portrayal of doula care in the lives of pregnant and parenting adolescent mothers. The purpose of this research was to examine the relationships between psychosocial stress, social support, institutionalized constraints, and their impacts on health and well-being among adolescent mothers in the Northwestern...
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    Dissertation
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    "I'm a Mom too!" -- Stigma, Support & Contested Identities

  • Pandemic Narratives Navigating Pregnancy and Social Services in the Time of COVID

    Creator:
    Ketsdever, Michael James
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    This creative writing project employs the use of ethnographic fiction to position the voices of newly mothering women within the literature surrounding gender inequality, access to social services, and pregnancy while being situated during the global COVID-19 pandemic. The voices of four women are brought to life within a broader...
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    Masters Thesis
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    pandemic. The voices of four women are brought to life within a broader commentary surrounding mental

  • Women's experiences of breastfeeding in an out-of-hospital birthing community

    Creator:
    Marshall, Lindsay J.
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    In this thesis, I examine the experiences of breastfeeding mothers who chose to give birth with Certified Professional Midwives at a free-standing birth center, and the factors that influence their known high rates of breastfeeding initiation and duration. Using grounded theory and data collected from participant observation, semi-structured interviews, and...
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    breastfeeding mothers who chose to give birth with Certified Professional Midwives at a free-standing birth

  • "It Brings You into the Fold": Understanding Patients' Experiences of Mobile Health Technologies

    Creator:
    Lee, Jenney R.
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    Chronic disease is costly to treat and burdensome for those living with its impacts. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017), 117 million Americans currently live with chronic disease, and one in four adults live with two or more chronic diseases. The burden placed on the U.S....
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    . healthcare infrastructure by such conditions is likely to continue to grow in coming years, leading to a