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Reproductive decision-making in young women breast cancer survivors

Creator:: Everson, Courtney Louise
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to use an integrated biocultural perspective to examine the decision-making processes of young survivors as they navigate breast cancer treatment and reproductive health care options. This retrospective study utilizes a mixed-methods approach that integrates quantitative survey data (Phase I) with interview (Phase II) and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The role of social support in overcoming obstacles to abortion access : Oregon women tell their stories

Creator:: Ostrach, Bayla
Abstract:: Current estimates indicate that between one-third and one-half of women in the United States have at least one abortion in their lifetime, and that many women encounter socioeconomic, logistical, or social obstacles in the process of seeking care (Jones 2005, Guttmacher 2008). The purpose of this study is to critically...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

Creator:: Stanton, Michael
Abstract:: This ethnographic study examined some of the ways that global markets and the infrastructure of agribusiness affect local smallholder farmers in the Ten Rivers region who are transitioning toward more sustainable and traditional agricultural methods. The purpose of this research was to discover what barriers smallholder farmers face in developing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Community perceptions of flooding, water quality, and riparian habitat in Thomas Creek watershed of Oregon

Creator:: Doolittle, Lisa
Abstract:: The complexity of human/riverine systems has led to an increasing focus on land use patterns and policy. My goal is to understand the dynamics of a coupled human and natural system. The central question is how people in the community of Scio, Oregon perceive flooding, water quality, and riparian habitat....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and actions concerning the different water-related issues. A previous graduate student, Angela Wright

The political economy of birth choice : mothers' experiences seeking homebirth care in a felonious state

Creator:: Grinager, Grace C.
Abstract:: In this ethnographic study, I examine how women living in downstate Illinois decide to give birth at home. I view decision-making as a process that unfolds throughout pregnancy and continues into the postpartum period, contextualizing "choice" in a region where homebirth is a politically and socially marginalized practice. The methodology...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Obermeyer 2000;; Otis and Brett 2008;; VanHollen 2003). Common themes from this body of

The Indian diaspora : situating family building patterns in a migrant community

Creator:: Satra, Rupal
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to ethnographically examine traditionally prescribed notions of sons and daughters in an Indian diasporic community located on Devon Avenue in Chicago. Informed by the association between "ideal" and "actual" family building patterns, this study situates reproductive behaviors and demographic outcomes in its local context...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: complex phenomenon that is entrenched in the social fabric of Indian society (Obermeyer & Cardenas, 1997

Neighborhood emergency networks in Uzhhorod, Ukraine and Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A. : women's neighborhood network and Linn-Benton neighborhood emergency training

Creator:: Weidner, Naomi
Abstract:: This thesis examines two neighborhood emergency preparedness programs: the Linn-Benton Neighborhood Emergency Training (LB NET) program in Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A., and the Women's Neighborhood Networking Program (WNNP) in Uzhhorod, Ukraine. In Corvallis, the LB NET began in 1996, in part out of concerns that in a large disaster the local...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Emergency Networks Study Informed Consent Form ......... 147 L. Guide questions used in second interviews

Oregon Health & Science University's understanding of cultural competency

Creator:: Racansky, Pamela A.
Abstract:: The United States population continues to increase and diversify. The cultural composition within the United States embodies a multitude of people from a variety of belief systems, religious backgrounds, and ethnicities. Within current biomedical practice, many of these differences are often marginalized, leaving populations with unsatisfactory experiences in seeking health...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , br. Som Saha and br. German Nüiez for all their help and encouragement. I also wish to thank Angela

Preferred customers? : barriers for Hispanics in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program

Creator:: Keys, Robert T. III
Abstract:: From February to September of 2001, a significant body of qualitive data was collected to investigate barriers for Hispanic participation in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program. As a means to investigate this topic, comments were solicited from physicians, hospital administrators, social service agencies, and low-income Hispanics through semi-structured focus groups...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

An exploration of information and communication technology use on the part of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy

Creator:: Opas, Matthew E.
Abstract:: Thesis explores the ways in which Information and Communication Technology (ICT)use, specifically that of telephones and the Internet, impacts the lives of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy. Informal interviews, semi-structured interviews, and participant observation were carried out in a 'center of second reception.' Results show that information obtained through the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Reproductive decision-making in young women breast cancer survivors

The role of social support in overcoming obstacles to abortion access : Oregon women tell their stories

What are the environmental, economic, and social barriers to achieving agricultural sustainability in the Ten Rivers region of western Oregon?

Community perceptions of flooding, water quality, and riparian habitat in Thomas Creek watershed of Oregon

The political economy of birth choice : mothers' experiences seeking homebirth care in a felonious state

The Indian diaspora : situating family building patterns in a migrant community

Neighborhood emergency networks in Uzhhorod, Ukraine and Corvallis, Oregon, U.S.A. : women's neighborhood network and Linn-Benton neighborhood emergency training

Oregon Health & Science University's understanding of cultural competency

Preferred customers? : barriers for Hispanics in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program

An exploration of information and communication technology use on the part of Eritrean refugees in Rome, Italy

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