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  • The Impact of Medicalization on the Authority of Women Healers

    Creator:
    Long, Myra
    Abstract:
    In the West, the growth of the modern, androcentric medical establishment can be shown to be correlated with the decline in women’s authority and status in the healing arts. As the world of science and medicine expanded exponentially, the understanding of the body changed through the studies of anatomy and...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Committee Member, Melissa Cheyney, representing Anthropology

  • Seeking primary care in Oregon : utilization of the emergency room services in a Salem hospital

    Creator:
    Young, Elizabeth A.
    Abstract:
    This thesis examines how changes made to the Oregon Health Plan (OHP) in 2003 impacts those now utilizing the emergency room (ER) for primary health care. This thesis also examines how these changes impact staff members working in the ER of Salem Hospital. Through the utilization of qualitative research methods,...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    nothing less than excellence. Thank you to Dr. Melissa Cheyney who provided me with endless support and

  • Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

    Creator:
    Hanks, Melissa A.
    Abstract:
    This research focuses on the economic and social impacts to women’s and children’s dental health after methamphetamine abuse. Family oral health status, access to professional services, health literacy and home hygienic practices are evaluated in the frameworks of critical medical anthropology, applied anthropological praxis and matrix and bio-psycho-social addiction models...
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    Masters Thesis
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    study, to Sunil Khanna and Melissa Cheyney for the help and encouragement towards the progress of this

  • Factors associated with school teachers' attitudes toward HIV prevention education in Lusaka, Zambia

    Creator:
    Henning, Margaret Jo
    Abstract:
    In Zambia, there are approximately 920,000 people living with HIV/AIDS. Children are often referred to as a "window of hope" due to a low HIV/AIDS prevalence rate (UNAIDS/WHO, 2006). With growing numbers of infections and an increased strain on the social and economic structure due to HIV/AIDS there is a...
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    Dissertation
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    research process. Thank you to Dr. Melissa Cheyney, and Dr. Margaret Dolcini, for suggestions on the