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Pan, techo y libertad : women, gender and development in the Afro-Ecuadorian highlands

Creator:: Guerron-Montero, Carla Maria
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Carla MarIa Guerrón-Montero for

Current Use of Dietary Guidelines in Private Clinical Nutrition Practice and its Impacts on the Dietary Patterns of Office Workers in Mexico City

Creator:: Grabinsky, Lisa
Abstract:: For the last 30 years, the population of Mexico has grappled with overweight, obesity, and associated chronic diseases, such as type-2 diabetes and hypertension. To standardize care among healthcare providers and dietitians, an official nutritional guideline was published in the early 2000s, which included a non-modifiable food-based dietary guideline in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Sarah Bak-Geller, Daniel López- Cevallos, Jonathan Garcia, Drew Gerkey, Stephanie Grutzmacher, Mark

Remapping the Margins: Women's Narratives and Perspectives about Health and Access on the State of Amazonas

Creator:: Lenzi Miori, Maria Cristina
Abstract:: According to the Girls’ Opportunity Index formulated by Lenhardt, et al, (2016), Brazil is the least favorable country in South America to succeed being born a woman, ranking the 102nd position out of 144 analyzed countries. This macro-level statistic speaks to the present landscape of gender inequality, shaped since the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: about Health and Access on the State of Amazonas AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Maria Cristina

The light within us : Quaker women in science

Creator:: McCabe, Leslie N.
Abstract:: This thesis explores the role of Quaker women in science in an attempt to arrive at some understanding of what motivated Quaker women in nineteenth century America to go into the sciences. George Fox founded the Society of Friends in the mid-seventeenth century in England and the Quaker theology centered...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , astronomer Maria Mitchell, naturalist Graceanna Lewis, and medical doctor Ann Preston, were all truth

Evaluation of the 2001 pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

Creator:: Saylor, Kirsten N.
Abstract:: The Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), piloted in Oregon in 2001, provided $100 worth of vouchers (aka coupons) to low-income seniors to buy fresh local produce from farmers at farmers' markets and roadside stands. Presented in a political ecology framework, this research integrated the perspectives of beneficiaries and their...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Literacy politics and literacy education : thematic perspectives in contemporary Chicana/o narrative

Creator:: Bowman, Christine D.
Abstract:: Literacy is often considered to be a basic set of skills to be mastered by the student; the conventional wisdom maintains that the individual who has mastered these skills is then literate. Scholars in the field of literacy studies, however, argue that such assumptions about literacy fail to take into...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Education: Thematic Perspectives in Contemporary Chicana/o Narrative. Abstract approved: Signature

The Yellow House: Stories of Place, Space and Community

Creator:: Gann, Tamara S.
Abstract:: This thesis is an IRB-exempt oral history focused on the non-profit Corvallis Multicultural Literacy Center (CMLC) in Corvallis, Oregon. The CMLC, formerly on 9th Street, was known to many community members as the Yellow House. The Yellow House was a dedicated community-based space where people of all cultures could come...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 4.20 Save the CMLC/Save the Sunflower House button………….…….…………..60 4.21 Maria González, TAAP

The Feminist Itinerant School: A Feminist Pedagogical Approach to Curriculum Transformation for Public School Teachers in Brazil

Creator:: Melchor, Carolina R.
Abstract:: This Thesis examines Brazil’s political and historical context to explore and understand the logics behind the high rates of violence in our society. It focuses in education as one of our main vehicles of disseminating knowledge and therefore culture, language and values that might be contributing and perpetuating sexism, racism,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . ..........................................................................................23 1.3.5. M.A.R. Maria Angélica Ribeiro

Empowerment or a 'citizenship project'? : microcredit with education in Cuzco, Peru

Creator:: Kearney, Emily Q.
Abstract:: Microfinance, or the technique of lending small amounts of money to the world's poor for productive activities, has emerged as a dominant approach to poverty alleviation among international development organizations. However, consensus does not yet exist as to the best mechanism for delivery of loans. While most organizations simply offer...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

LGBTQ Latinx Student Activist and Leaders in the State of Oregon: A Preliminary Study

Creator:: Zayas, Minerva
Abstract:: In 2016, the Oregon Community Foundation reported that twelve percent of Latinx folks graduated with their bachelor’s and/or master’s degree compared to the 31 percent of White counterparts (Latinos in Oregon Report, 2016). While Latinx students continue to be the largest minority in the United States, Latinx students enroll in...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Ricardo, Ana, Elizabeth, Phaedra, Diane, Maria, Fola, Amrita, Carol, Mia, Lisa and Nette, for their

ScholarsArchive@OSU

Pan, techo y libertad : women, gender and development in the Afro-Ecuadorian highlands

Current Use of Dietary Guidelines in Private Clinical Nutrition Practice and its Impacts on the Dietary Patterns of Office Workers in Mexico City

Remapping the Margins: Women's Narratives and Perspectives about Health and Access on the State of Amazonas

The light within us : Quaker women in science

Evaluation of the 2001 pilot Oregon Senior Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

Literacy politics and literacy education : thematic perspectives in contemporary Chicana/o narrative

The Yellow House: Stories of Place, Space and Community

The Feminist Itinerant School: A Feminist Pedagogical Approach to Curriculum Transformation for Public School Teachers in Brazil

Empowerment or a 'citizenship project'? : microcredit with education in Cuzco, Peru

LGBTQ Latinx Student Activist and Leaders in the State of Oregon: A Preliminary Study

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