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  • "It Brings You into the Fold": Understanding Patients' Experiences of Mobile Health Technologies

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    Lee, Jenney R.
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    Chronic disease is costly to treat and burdensome for those living with its impacts. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (2017), 117 million Americans currently live with chronic disease, and one in four adults live with two or more chronic diseases. The burden placed on the U.S....
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    Abstract approved: ______________________________________________________ Melissa J. Cheyney

  • "It's not about place it's about space" : place-of-birth decision-making in Cork, Ireland

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    Houtman, Leah S.
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    Despite apparently supportive national policies, including nation-wide legalization of home birth and coverage by the national health care system of the costs associated with that option, these births account for less than 1% of all births in the Republic of Ireland. Using data collected during participant observation, both in person...
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    :   _________________________________________________________________________________________________   Melissa  J.  Cheyney       Despite  apparently  supportive  national

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

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    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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    Abstract approved: Melissa J. Cheyney In this thesis, I examine the experiences of

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

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    Grinager, Grace C.
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    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...
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Melissa J. Cheyney In this ethnographic study, I examine how women living in downstate

  • "A fragile job" : Haitian traditional midwives (matwons) and the navigation of clinical, spiritual and social risk

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    Watson, Annaliese
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    Haiti's political and economy history has led to a maternity care system that lies out of reach, geographically and financially, of most Haitians, resulting in excessively high maternal and infant mortality. The most common birth practitioners are homebirth midwives (matwòns), who attend roughly three-fourths of all births in Haiti (UNICEF),...
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    and Social Risk Abstract approved: Melissa J. Cheyney Haiti’s

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

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    Ostrach, Bayla
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    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...
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    Melissa Cheyney, PhD, CPM, LDM ABSTRACT: Current estimates indicate that between one

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

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    Young, Elizabeth A.
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    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,...
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    nothing less than excellence. Thank you to Dr. Melissa Cheyney who provided me with endless support and

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

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    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

  • Making the Shift: Narratives of Transfer from Planned Home Birth to the Hospital in the Pacific Northwest

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    Houtman, Leah S.
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    About 1% of U.S. births each year are planned home births (Vital Statistics Reports 2017). Of these, roughly 10% transfer to a higher level of care during labor (Melissa Cheyney et al. 2014), yet their experiences are rarely heard. Storytelling has long been used not only as entertainment, but as...
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    approved: ______________________________________________________ Melissa J. Cheyney About 1% of

  • Shattered lives : understanding obstetric fistula in Uganda

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    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 Abstract approved: Melissa J. Cheyney In Uganda, there are an estimated