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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
Full Text:: nothing less than excellence. Thank you to Dr. Melissa Cheyney who provided me with endless support and

Design and Testing of the FUEL System: Integrating Engineering and Ethnographic Methods in Global Development Efforts

Creator:: Ventrella, Jennifer L.
Abstract:: Clean cooking technologies and fuels have been cited as a viable way to slow climate change and reduce the health and environmental impacts associated with traditional cooking devices used by 40% of the world. While engineers in the Design for Development sector have created hundreds of stove designs that perform...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: your patience, encouragement, and dedication to this work. To Shao Zhang and Missy Cheyney, who

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: education in the Latinx community. I would like to thank the rest of my committee: Dr. Melissa Cheyney

Erotic Capital and Women’s Online Sexual Marketing

Creator:: Perkins, Abby M.
Abstract:: The purpose of this paper was to discuss the theory of erotic capital proposed by Catherine Hakim and how this theory affects online advertising done by sex workers. Through analyzing 29 different pages relating to the commercial sex industry, I observed how sexual capital is utilized in marketing strategies and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Professors Melissa Cheyney and Ronald Mize, as well as my graduate representative Janet Nishihara, I cannot

Narratives of Motherwork, Agency, and Resilience: An Oral History of Afghan Immigrant Mothers in the Pacific Northwest Diaspora

Creator:: Rezai, Fatima
Abstract:: Using intersectional, matricentric feminist of color approaches, this study interrogates the particularities of Afghan immigrants' mothering experiences—as one of the hidden facets of their lived experience—in the United States from a life-course perspective. Using a combination of feminist oral historical approaches, semi-structured interviews, and participant observation, this thesis explores the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Melissa Cheyney, Dr. Liddy Detar, and Dr. Kelly Chandler, who have generously provided me with extensive

Hybrid healthscapes : mothers' health care and food practices in the Ecuadorian Andes

Creator:: Hammer, Michaela
Abstract:: After decades of expert-based modernization efforts that have had profound negative impacts on human and environmental health, Ecuador is currently pursuing a rights-based, participatory development paradigm known as sumak kawsay or "the good life". Despite its promises of inclusion and interculturality, this approach continues to rely on highly trained specialists,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .!Melissa!Cheyney,!who!has!motivated!me!to!be!an!advocate!through!research.!! Thank!you!as!well!to!Dr

Walking the narrow path : narratives of migration and mental health among Saudi Arabian women at Oregon State University

Creator:: Gentry, Kristen Elizabeth
Abstract:: Since the inauguration of the King Abdullah-Aziz Foreign Scholarship Program in 2005, the number of Saudi university students in the United States has increased exponentially, and an unprecedented amount of Saudi women are seeking international degrees. The absence of scholarly research within these women’s home and host countries highlights the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: contribution to the research and writing process. I want to also thank Melissa Cheyney and Mehra Shirazi, for

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:: also wish to thank my graduate committee members Drs. Melissa Cheyney, Chenhuei Chi, and Andrea Marks

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...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: study, to Sunil Khanna and Melissa Cheyney for the help and encouragement towards the progress of this

Integrating Systemic and Applied Anthropology Approaches to Identify Barriers and Enablers to Accessing Healthcare in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

Creator:: Copple, Ethan L.
Abstract:: Healthcare access exhibits differing levels of complexity, often requiring multi-disciplinary approaches to study its barriers and enablers. Though Argentina has achieved nominal universal healthcare coverage through its public healthcare system, full effective coverage has not been achieved. The public system also has a parallel private care system, adding further complexity...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Thank you to Dr. Hector Vergara, Dr. Melissa Cheyney, and Dr. Shawn Rowe for serving as members of my

ScholarsArchive@OSU

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

Design and Testing of the FUEL System: Integrating Engineering and Ethnographic Methods in Global Development Efforts

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

Erotic Capital and Women’s Online Sexual Marketing

Narratives of Motherwork, Agency, and Resilience: An Oral History of Afghan Immigrant Mothers in the Pacific Northwest Diaspora

Hybrid healthscapes : mothers' health care and food practices in the Ecuadorian Andes

Walking the narrow path : narratives of migration and mental health among Saudi Arabian women at Oregon State University

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

Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

Integrating Systemic and Applied Anthropology Approaches to Identify Barriers and Enablers to Accessing Healthcare in the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina

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