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Customers' perceptions of dietitian services in an Oregon community hospital

Creator:: Schneider, Constance L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this research was to explore patients' perceptions of services provided by hospital dietitians. The two-phase study included: (1) personal interviews of thirty-one patients to determine service attributes believed important when receiving a dietitian's service, and (2) development of a survey instrument, NUTRI-SERVE. Responses were obtained from 103...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: satisfaction with the dietitian's services favorably. Service and outcome dimensions were highly correlated

An Integrated Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Public Housing

Creator:: Sharafeddin, Asma
Abstract:: Public housing (PH) provides a substantial portion of the housing in both developed and less developed countries, and the demand for it is increasing. The PH projects, however, are facing many challenges that are affecting their performance and cause their failures. The United States has demolished large portions of their...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Title: An Integrated Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Public Housing Abstract approved

Recommendations for preparing college and university learning assistance professionals developed from a descriptive study of practitioners in public postsecondary institutions in California

Creator:: Bezayiff, David Allen
Abstract:: This study examined the education and preparation of 220 full-time learning assistance professionals in California's public Community College, State University, and University of California systems. The purpose of the study was to describe selected characteristics of the professionals and to assess their implications for future training programs. The results were...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: learning assistance professionals developed from a descriptive study of practitioners in public

Examining equity in out-of-pocket expenditures and utilization of healthcare services in Malawi

Creator:: Mwandira, Ruth
Abstract:: Best international health practice requires that all people benefit equally from health care services regardless of their socio-economic status and that healthcare payments be based on ability to pay. Although recent household surveys in Malawi show progress in a number of health indicators population averages, many inequalities in health outcomes...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: sector to increase access to health care services for the majority population through public private

Essays on Public-Private Contracting

Creator:: Gultom, Yohanna M. L.
Abstract:: In this work, I address foundational concerns at the interface of institutions, governance structure, transaction costs, and efficiency in public-private contracting. Following transaction cost economic perspective, I build and justify the theoretical models explaining that institutions may affect the economic performance of public-private contracting through the effect of transaction costs....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and essential way of delivering public goods and services when the transaction cost economizing

Factors influencing individuals attitudes toward voluntary active euthanasia and physician assisted suicide

Creator:: Champeau, Donna A.
Abstract:: Issues of right to life, as well as death have surfaced as topics of hot debate. In particular, questions about when and if individuals have the right to end their own lives have emerged and gained considerable attention as health policy issues having the potential to affect all Americans.. The...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health presented on November 23, 1994. Title: Factors

Advocacy Coalitions, Shifting Priorities and Disability Services: An Integrative and Iterative Approach to Explaining Policy Change

Creator:: Giordono, Leanne S.
Abstract:: Under the label “Supported Employment,” services that promote competitive, integrated employment (CIE) for working-age adult with intellectual and developmental disabilities have been federally funded since the 1980s, alongside other more traditional day habilitation and segregated or sub-minimum wage employment services. However, since the early 2000s, over 30 states have adopted...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: remained low through the 2010s, there was no public mass defection of service providers from the Choice

Health Service Utilization among Medicaid Enrollees in Oregon : Assessing Variation by Level of Rurality

Creator:: Larson, Annie E.
Abstract:: Research Objective: Nearly 60 million people in the United States reside in a rural area. Residents in rural areas have higher rates of chronic disease, risky health behaviors, disability, infant mortality, and age-adjusted mortality than their urban counterparts. Health insurance and access to care mitigate those risks, in part because...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and Services Administration Primary Care Service Area data. Linear probability models were used to

Factors impacting intimate partner violence and access to services among women in the occupied Palestinian territories

Creator:: Fitzgerald, Meghan R.
Abstract:: A study which analyzes the impact of husband's exposure to political violence on intimate partner violence perpetration and identifies factors associated with help-seeking among women in Gaza and the West Bank. Further, a qualitative component examines Gazan women's narratives regarding IPV and help-seeking and barriers faced.
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Fitzgerald for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health presented on May 13, 2019. Title

The Impact of Commercial Insurance on Utilization and Cost of Healthcare Services among Patients with Cirrhosis

Creator:: Shi, Lu
Abstract:: Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is one of the leading causes of cancer death in the United States. Patients with cirrhosis are more likely to develop HCC. More than 80% of HCC patients are found have preexisting cirrhosis. The prevalence of cirrhosis increased from 0.26% to 0.3.% between 1999 to 2010 and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health presented on June 9, 2022. Title: The

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Customers' perceptions of dietitian services in an Oregon community hospital

An Integrated Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Public Housing

Recommendations for preparing college and university learning assistance professionals developed from a descriptive study of practitioners in public postsecondary institutions in California

Examining equity in out-of-pocket expenditures and utilization of healthcare services in Malawi

Essays on Public-Private Contracting

Factors influencing individuals attitudes toward voluntary active euthanasia and physician assisted suicide

Advocacy Coalitions, Shifting Priorities and Disability Services: An Integrative and Iterative Approach to Explaining Policy Change

Health Service Utilization among Medicaid Enrollees in Oregon : Assessing Variation by Level of Rurality

Factors impacting intimate partner violence and access to services among women in the occupied Palestinian territories

The Impact of Commercial Insurance on Utilization and Cost of Healthcare Services among Patients with Cirrhosis

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