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  • Latinx Adolescent Sexual Health Education: Informing a Culturally Centered and Inclusive Program

    Creator:
    Cervantes, Beathriz
    Abstract:
    Latinx youth in the US experience stark inequities in sexual and reproductive health, including rates of unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. One promising way to reduce these inequities is to provide culturally centered, comprehensive sexual health education. However, such curricula are rarely offered to Latinx youth, in part because...
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Kenneth Maes Latinx

  • Injera in the Kapitalocene: Understanding Women’s Perceptions of Change in Mekelle, Ethiopia

    Creator:
    Arefaine, Micknai
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    Women’s lives in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Mekele, Ethiopia are very organized, systematic, and sophisticated. The women in this study model, express, and reflect the values of community, trust, care, stability, and futurity through their perceptions and sentiments regarding social and political change. I document how these values...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Kenneth Maes Women’s lives in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Mekele, Ethiopia

  • Falling Inward: Ecstatic Dance & Recording the Ephemeral

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    Sarreal, Jennifer T.
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    Little scholarship exists on the contemporary trance dance movement known as Ecstatic Dance. This thesis investigates the myriad of pathways dancers in the Ecstatic Dance communities of Western Oregon experience movement-induced altered states of consciousness. A secondary aim was to provide a more visually and ethnographically accessible dance annotation system...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Kenneth Maes Little scholarship exists on the contemporary trance dance movement known as

  • Expectations and Lived Realities of Iraqi Women Refugees and Refugee Mental Health Providers in Portland: An Ethnographic Study to Inform Refugee Mental Health Services and Policy

    Creator:
    Eiwaz, Massarra Adnan
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    Distress among resettled refugees in the U.S. consistently reflects refugees’ experiences of discrimination, re-traumatization, gaps in healthcare services, and disrupted expectations and lived-realities. This thesis aims to fill a critical need for ethnographic studies investigating how recent anti-immigrant, -Muslim, and -Arab rhetoric and policies combine with chronic gaps in services...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Kenneth Maes Distress among resettled refugees in the U.S. consistently reflects refugees

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

    Creator:
    Marshall, Lindsay J.
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    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...
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    J. Marshall for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied Anthropology presented on November 20

  • Training Community Health Workers in Oregon during a Public Health Crisis: Reflections on the Importance of Mental Health in Care-based Work

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    Bompensa, Amanda A.
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    This ethnographic study addresses the concerns of Oregon based Community Health Workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Through their shared perspectives on the importance of mental health and self-care, CHWs highlight the critical need to learn practical skills in their training in order to better support their communities. Recommendations made by...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Kenneth C. Maes A Community Health Worker (CHW) is a front-line public health worker who is a

  • "Legality" on Hold: An Exploratory Study on DACAmented Student’s Experiences of Uncertainty and Fear

    Creator:
    Kingsley, Rachel C.
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    The purpose of this study is to explore the uncertainty and fear that DACAmented college and university students experience with the potential termination of the United States Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program. There is limited research on the experiences of DACAmented individuals during this time of uncertainty for...
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    : ______________________________________________________ Kenneth C. Maes The purpose of this study is to explore the uncertainty and fear that

  • Shattered lives : understanding obstetric fistula in Uganda

    Creator:
    Ruder, Bonnie J.
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    In Uganda, there are an estimated 200,000 women suffering from obstetric fistula, with 1,900 new cases expected annually. These figures, combined with a persistently high maternal mortality rate, have led to an international discourse that claims the solution to improving maternal health outcomes is facility-based delivery with a skilled birth...
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    Uganda AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Bonnie J. Ruder for the degree of Master of Arts in Applied

  • Queering the Birthing Body: Coming Out Fatigue and the Medical Gaze

    Creator:
    Danna, Maria N.
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    Queer birthing parents in the Pacific Northwestern United States have multifaceted and variable paths when it comes to conceiving a family. With the innovations in assisted reproductive technology accompanying the wider acceptance and recognition of gender and sexual difference in mainstream society, a greater number of queer birthing parents are...
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    Melissa J. Cheyney Queer birthing parents in the Pacific Northwestern United States have

  • "All the things you ask of me" : Law Enforcement Experiences of Infant Death Investigation

    Creator:
    Schindell, Jennifer R.
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    The sudden and unexpected death of a seemingly healthy infant sets in motion a number of linked processes with potentially complex and far-reaching ramifications. While individuals, families and communities grapple with the shock and heartbreak associated with the loss of a young life, a chain of multidisciplinary investigative responsibilities is...
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    :  ______________________________________________________   Melissa  J.  Cheyney         The  sudden  and  unexpected  death