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Creator:: Mason, Michael J.
Abstract:: This investigation assessed the effectiveness of an adolescent substance abuse treatment program that incorporated "Rites of Passage." Named Gender Based Treatment (GBT), the treatment program sought to address the adolescents' developmental needs through the use of rituals, myth and story telling, and rites of initiation. Employing quantitative and qualitative analysis,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ; Kimball, 1960; Moore, 1983; Stevens, 1982; Turner, 1969; ZoJa, 1989). These theorists state that the

Creator:: Buerger, Catherine F.
Abstract:: This thesis examines the impact of urban renewal on individual health, specifically focusing on an urban planning model called Smart Growth that is being used in Portland, Oregon. Findings are based on qualitative and quantitative analyses of interview and survey data from study participants living in a community where renewal...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: -Briggs and Austin-Turner 2005: 1). This research focuses on variables such as neighborhood

Creator:: Opfer, Pamela R.
Abstract:: This study analyzes food access patterns on the Southern Oregon Coast using GIS technology. The utility and capacity issues of GIS technology are explored as well as the ability for community-based organizations to apply GIS analysis at a local level. A comprehensive literature review is presented which addresses the definition...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Creator:: Finneran, Kathleen B.
Abstract:: This thesis explores the use of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits at the Corvallis and Albany, Oregon Farmers' Markets and its role in food access for SNAP participants. Utilizing a mixed-methods approach combining a farmers' market survey and household interviews, the study investigated who uses SNAP at the farmers'...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Creator:: Michinobu, Toshiyuki
Abstract:: Guided by the emerging interest in gender of siblings as one important sociological component in American family studies, the major objective of this study was to examine the effect of sex composition of siblings on women's levels of educational attainment in the Japanese setting. The present study hypothesized that the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: " (ryosai kenbo) (Monk-Turner and 8 Baba, 1987:294): A 1993 government survey shows that about 70

Creator:: Galipeau, Brendan A.
Abstract:: This ethnographic research examines socioeconomic vulnerabilities to resettlement from a large hydropower dam and agricultural commodification in a Tibetan village in Yunnan Province, Southwest China. After providing an initial background on the dynamics of the research region and hydrodevelopment on its rivers, the research framework of examining vulnerability through a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: hidden in the Himalayas in the likes of James Hilton’s 1933 novel Lost Horizon, or in the more modern

Creator:: Niazi, Amarah
Abstract:: This dissertation examines women's lives in a rapidly urbanizing rural community in Southern Pakistan to understand their responses to modernity in developing societies. Applying a mixed-methods approach, socio-demographic data is collected and contrasted with oral history and personal narratives to analyze social change through women's access to education and reproductive...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: rapport the outsider needs to carry out field work (Rehman-Turner, 2009). The cultural mores and

Creator:: Smith-Nolan, Mary K.
Abstract:: Several popular cultural movements emphasizing indigenous spirituality have arisen in the United States and Europe within the past thirty years. Spiritual discourses attributed to Native Americans, among other groups, are borrowed by Euro-Americans in search of alternatives to dominant ideologies. In such a circumstance, Native Americans become part of a...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

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