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Assessing equity in health system finance and health care utilization : the case of Chile, and a model to measure health care access

Creator:: Núñez Mondaca, Alicia Lorena
Abstract:: Chile has experienced great success in terms of economic growth in the last decades. This growing economy brings changes in the Chilean health care system. Its health care system was primarily funded by state sources until 1981, when a major reform was introduced that established new rules for the health...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: practitioner services, specialty care and emergency care. An assessment of horizontal equity was also

Responsible Generation: How Care Ethics Can Activate a Just Energy Transition

Creator:: Grubby, Emily C.
Abstract:: At the urging of international scientists, large industrialized nations like the United States must transition away from fossil fuel energy and toward renewable energy by 2030 in order to stay the tide of climate change. To complete this energy transition citizens must take up responsibilities to change the known paradigms...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: transition, but the theory of care ethics presents strong potential to obligate individuals and communities

Vaccine beliefs of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) providers in Oregon

Creator:: Bean, Sandra J.
Abstract:: Health care providers, including complementary and alternative medical (CAM) practitioners, exert a significant influence on parental pediatric vaccination decisions. Use of CAM therapies is increasing in Oregon. Concomitantly, there has been a decade-long increase in parental vaccine refusal in Oregon, rising from 1 to 5 percent from 2000-2009. For example,...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: ). Some mainstream health care providers fail to recommend vaccines, and even oppose some of them

Risky business : evaluating the vulnerability and impacts from simulated oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico

Creator:: Nelson, Jake R.
Abstract:: Exploration and production of oil in the Gulf of Mexico has seen an astonishing increase since the first well was drilled in 1936. Much of the current exploration is occurring in waters greater than 5000 feet. The largest and most unprecedented oil spill in the United States occurred on April...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Evaluating the Vulnerability and Impacts from Simulated Oil Spills in the Gulf of Mexico Abstract

The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act : A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse

Creator:: Taylor, Casey Lynn
Abstract:: The Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) is considered by many to be among the most powerful and most contentious environmental laws in the United States. Persistent challenges to the Act’s implementation make reaching conservation goals problematic. Most notably, the very nature of the law—providing protections for species already at...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: habitat development and fragmentation. Connelly et al. (2011) describe the critical elements of the sage

Improving Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Surveillance: Focusing on Enhancing Surveillance Methods and Evaluation

Creator:: Yang, Liu
Abstract:: Work-related hazards and exposures affect human health and well-being. Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) surveillance is fundamental to the public health approach. OSH surveillance provides important data on the occurrence and magnitude of the problem and risk/protective factors. A wide variety of OSH surveillance programs and systems have been established...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: data on the occurrence and magnitude of the problem and risk/protective factors. A wide variety of

Blood, bondage and chains : a legacy of kinship between black-red people

Creator:: Bertha, Clarissa
Abstract:: My research is looking at the cultural and kinship ties of African and Native peoples and how our worlds were forged together by colonization, bonded during the institutionalize state of shackles and slavery and how the legacy of these tools of genocide are now tearing us apart. Being of mixed...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Master of Arts in Applied Anthropology presented on May 13, 2008. Title: Blood, Bondage and Chains: a

A Culture of Resilience: Social Capital and Climate Adaptation in Post-Flood Boulder County

Creator:: Shepard, Stephanie
Abstract:: Scientists say that climate change is very likely to cause more frequent and more severe weather events. In order to understand how communities respond to changing weather patterns, an exploration of the connection between extreme weather events and climate change awareness, collective action, and policy is warranted. This case study...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: and evacuation plans, emergency management, and local governance. Typically, the primary focus of

Methods for Engaging Leaders in Climate Science and Providing Local Decision Support

Creator:: Winters, Kirsten
Abstract:: Oregon Sea Grant and its partner states have received a Sectoral Applications Research Project (SARP) grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to refine outreach methods for coastal communities with specific attention to climate change. This paper will focus on the SARP project and a related case study...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project
Full Text:: Wall Street Journal and subsequent criticisms of this article. It

Community-based sea turtle monitoring and management at Helen Reef, Hatohobei State, Republic of Palau

Creator:: Barr, Julie M.
Abstract:: Remote areas are frequently homes to regional subpopulations of endangered green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) and their essential habitat. Local communities are often the users and primary stewards of this valuable and charismatic resource. Recognizing this, a Hatohobeian community group in Palau has engaged in longterm monitoring and conservation management...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: : Communitybased Sea Turtle Monitoring and Management at Helen Reef, Hatohobei State, Republic of Palau

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Assessing equity in health system finance and health care utilization : the case of Chile, and a model to measure health care access

Responsible Generation: How Care Ethics Can Activate a Just Energy Transition

Vaccine beliefs of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) providers in Oregon

Risky business : evaluating the vulnerability and impacts from simulated oil spills in the Gulf of Mexico

The Challenges and Opportunities of a Proactive Endangered Species Act : A Case Study of the Greater Sage Grouse

Improving Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) Surveillance: Focusing on Enhancing Surveillance Methods and Evaluation

Blood, bondage and chains : a legacy of kinship between black-red people

A Culture of Resilience: Social Capital and Climate Adaptation in Post-Flood Boulder County

Methods for Engaging Leaders in Climate Science and Providing Local Decision Support

Community-based sea turtle monitoring and management at Helen Reef, Hatohobei State, Republic of Palau

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