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

Creator:: Marshall, Lindsay J.
Abstract:: 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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: provide a more comprehensive range of primary care and pregnancy related services, both clinical and

Who's afraid of a little nitrate? : discovering impediments and incentives in following best management practices related to water quality within the southern Willamette Valley groundwater management area

Creator:: Rolston, Irene
Abstract:: Thesis summarizes interviews with growers residing within the Groundwater Management Area (GWMA) in the Southern Willamette Valley of Oregon. Informal and semi-structured interviews were used to identify perceived impediments and incentives perceived by local farmers in following best management practices related to water quality. Results from the interviews were coded...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Area (GWMA) in the Southern Willamette Valley of Oregon. Informal and semi-structured interviews were

Where Old West meets New West : confronting conservation, conflict and change on Utah's last frontier

Creator:: Leaver, Jennifer Jensen
Abstract:: In the United States during the last 30 years there has been a shift from extractive natural resource-based economies of the Old West to a New West defined by environmental protection. Over the past century, a growing national support for environmental protection has influenced a lengthening list of national and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: western United States. Increasingly, urbanites seeking outdoor recreation and enhanced "quality of life

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
Full Text:: markets and the infrastructure of agribusiness affect local smallholder farmers in the Ten Rivers

Using computers for reversing language shift : ethical and pragmatic implications from a Wasco case study

Creator:: Denis, Armelle
Abstract:: Indigenous languages worldwide are rapidly disappearing, forced out of use by the spread of dominant Western culture and its languages. On the Warm Springs reservation of Oregon, the Culture and Heritage department, the tribal agency in charge of language preservation, is offering instruction in all three languages of the reservation:...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: dominant Western culture and its languages. On the Warm Springs reservation of Oregon, the Culture and

Ukimwi ni homa (AIDS is a cold) : HIV vulnerability of Maasai women

Creator:: Hedges, Kristin Naserian
Abstract:: This thesis takes an in-depth look at specific behaviors that are putting Maasai women at risk for HIV/AIDS in Kenya. Methods used include in-depth interviews, focus group discussion, demographic data collection, and nutritional anthropometric measurements. The research took place June September 2004. Analysis reveals a strong connection between poverty and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: first like to acknowledge all of my participants in this research. I had so many families and friends

Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

Creator:: Bruno, Mark P.
Abstract:: This study is an ethnographic investigation of residential turnover, organizational memory, and the persistence of Lost Valley, an Oregon ecovillage founded in 1989. Literature on organizational turnover, memory, and persistence is reviewed and integrated with scholarship on intentional communities and ecovillages, generating a theoretical framework for data collection and analysis....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: degree of Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies in Applied Anthropology, Sociology, and Geography

Tiers of Development: Technology, Education, and Black and Indigenous Life in Bocas del Toro, Panama

Creator:: Pleasant, Traben L.
Abstract:: This dissertation examines development and the implications of information and communication technology, particularly computers, on issues relating to education, labor, and the overall wellbeing of Black and indigenous people in Bocas del Toro, Panama. It details the Black and indigenous legacy of dependency in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries on...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: anthropology and the critical theories in the anthropology of development had become fundamental

Thinness in Asia : eating disorders in Singapore as seen through anthropological eyes

Creator:: Isono, Maho
Abstract:: There has been a growing interest in eating disorders among Singaporean medical professionals since the 1990s, and the Singaporean public is also starting to become aware of the risks of these conditions. This ethnographic research on eating disorders in Singapore, conducted in 2001, however, found that the majority of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and lay people. For example, in 1981, The International Journal of Eating Disorders was founded to

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
Full Text:: affect women's perceptions of the process of seeking abortion care, and of understanding how women

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

Who's afraid of a little nitrate? : discovering impediments and incentives in following best management practices related to water quality within the southern Willamette Valley groundwater management area

Where Old West meets New West : confronting conservation, conflict and change on Utah's last frontier

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

Using computers for reversing language shift : ethical and pragmatic implications from a Wasco case study

Ukimwi ni homa (AIDS is a cold) : HIV vulnerability of Maasai women

Turnover, Memory, Persistence: Four Decades of Ecological Community at Lost Valley

Tiers of Development: Technology, Education, and Black and Indigenous Life in Bocas del Toro, Panama

Thinness in Asia : eating disorders in Singapore as seen through anthropological eyes

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

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