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  • An examination of kin and nonkin foster parents’ experiences

    Creator:
    De Costa, Jennifer L. (Jennifer Loretta)
    Abstract:
    The growth of foster care, particularly kin foster care has greatly outpaced our knowledge. The purpose of this exploratory qualitative study was to develop a more informed understanding of foster family functioning from the perspective of foster parents. This study examined the experiences of 9 kin and 12 nonkin foster...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    children are placed in foster family care. Out of home placements may include kin and nonkin foster

  • End-of-life caregiving

    Creator:
    Nelson, Christine A.
    Abstract:
    Over the past decade, changes in health, economic, and social policies have shifted the dying process out of hospitals and into the community. This exploratory,hypothesis-generating study investigated positive and negative caregiving as well as care management resources of community-based end-of-life caregivers and how they related to caregivers' personal growth following...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    collected from 144 respondents in Lane County, Oregon who reported having provided care for at least one

  • 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
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    , and participants’ personal experiences. Children’s access to dental services and proper home care