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  • Customers' perceptions of dietitian services in an Oregon community hospital

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    Schneider, Constance L.
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    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...
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    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
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    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...
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    Title: An Integrated Conceptual Framework for Sustainable Public Housing Abstract approved

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

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    Mwandira, Ruth
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    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...
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    sector to increase access to health care services for the majority population through public private

  • Essays on Public-Private Contracting

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    Gultom, Yohanna M. L.
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    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....
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    and essential way of delivering public goods and services when the transaction cost economizing

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

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    Giordono, Leanne S.
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    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...
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    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

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    Larson, Annie E.
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    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...
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    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.
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    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.
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    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

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    Shi, Lu
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    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...
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    for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health presented on June 9, 2022. Title: The

  • The relationship between income and food insecurity : the role of social support in rural and urban Oregonians

    Creator:
    De Marco, Molly M.
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    Millions of U.S. households experienced hunger in 2005 and millions more experienced food insecurity. Previous research indicates that low-wage work and little social support contribute to food insecurity. Research also suggests that individuals cope by finding alternate food sources and drawing on social support. Further, researchers have found that rural...
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    DISSERTATION OF Molly M. De Marco for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health presented on July

  • Experiencing service-learning in prison

    Creator:
    Kopet, Julie G.
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    The purpose of this qualitative, phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of incarcerated women who participated in a service-learning program to help the homeless. Service-learning is effective pedagogy for involving students in civic engagement, and their involvement has been shown to increase the self-esteem of participating college students....
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    Service-Learning In Prison. Abstract approved: ____________________________________________________