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An assessment of risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and provider practices for post-GDM care

Creator:: Hunsberger, Monica L.
Abstract:: The number of women diagnosed with diabetes, including gestational diabetes, will continue to increase in the face of epidemic rates of obesity. The concurrent rise in obesity and diabetes makes it important to determine the risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and the nature and extent of care offered...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: GDM care. Results indicated that over 95% of Oregon physicians were testing for GDM during

The praxis of cultural competence in medical education : using environmental factors to develop protocols for action

Creator:: Stohs, Sheryl Magee
Abstract:: Cultural competence is a topic that concerns social scientists and medical anthropologists who pay attention to demographic changes and health disparities. This study demonstrates practical approaches to developing cultural competence in medical education by using factors from the social environment to develop protocols for action. With current concerns in domestic...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: information that validates and/or standardizes assessments of medical students in a health care environment

Preferred customers? : barriers for Hispanics in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program

Creator:: Keys, Robert T. III
Abstract:: From February to September of 2001, a significant body of qualitive data was collected to investigate barriers for Hispanic participation in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program. As a means to investigate this topic, comments were solicited from physicians, hospital administrators, social service agencies, and low-income Hispanics through semi-structured focus groups...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the Oregon Health Plan...................................... 14 Hispanics and Managed Care Medicaid

An evaluation of community pharmacists applying the patient centered care approach to ambulatory Oregon Health Plan asthmatics in a Managed Care setting

Creator:: Crowder, Terry J.
Abstract:: Purpose: The Purpose of this research was to design, implement and evaluate a patient centered asthma intervention pilot program directed by physicians and administered by community pharmacists to a group of Managed Care contracted Oregon Health Plan asthmatics. The evaluation was to determine if the proposed intervention could improve the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Centered Care Approach to Ambulatory Oregon Health Plan Asthmatics in a Managed Care Setting

Pregnancy, class and biomedical power : factors influencing the prenatal care experiences of low-income women in an Oregon community

Creator:: Pearce, Laurie Kathleen
Abstract:: Low-income women in an Oregon city of approximately 35,000 inhabitants have limited access to prenatal care services during their pregnancies. The purpose of this study was to uncover the impacts of several factors on the experiences of twenty-seven health department clients with public health department prenatal care practitioners and with...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Biomedical Power: Factors Influencing the Prenatal Care Experiences of Low-Income Women in an Oregon

The impact of Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations on Prenatal Care Access and Quality : A Difference-in-Differences Analysis

Creator:: Muoto, Ifeoma O.
Abstract:: Background: Prenatal care (PNC) is an important preventive health service that can influence the health of the four million women who give birth annually in the United States, and the health their infants. Despite efforts to increase women’s access to PNC services, significant disparities in PNC utilization and maternal/child health...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Oregon established Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) as comprehensive providers of care for

A study of the frequency of utilization of the Oregon State University health services in relation to selected characteristics of students

Creator:: Stanaway, Timothy John
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to identify some of the factors associated with student usage of the Student Health Services (SHS) and of the Infirmary at Oregon State University. The population for the study was the freshman class entering Oregon State University in September, 1968. The original enrollment of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: wishes to provide the best possible medical care for the Oregon State community, staff directors are

Oregon Health & Science University's understanding of cultural competency

Creator:: Racansky, Pamela A.
Abstract:: The United States population continues to increase and diversify. The cultural composition within the United States embodies a multitude of people from a variety of belief systems, religious backgrounds, and ethnicities. Within current biomedical practice, many of these differences are often marginalized, leaving populations with unsatisfactory experiences in seeking health...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Perspective________________ 27 Critique of the Levels of Health Care Systems____________ 28 Oregon Health & Science

Traditional Medicine and Self-Determination in Resolving Mental Health Problems Among Southwest Oregon Native Americans

Creator:: Otis, Alison Taylor
Abstract:: Native Americans in southwest Oregon are a heterogenous group comprising one-quarter of the state's total Indian population. Despite their notable size, Native Americans in this six county area are either ineligible for, or inaccessible to, federally sponsored Indian health facilities available to Native peoples elsewhere. Research was conducted over an...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: - swers to self-determination in southwest Oregon Native American mental health care will become more

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

Creator:: Young, Elizabeth A.
Abstract:: 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,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: presented on May 20, 2008 Title: Seeking Primary Care in Oregon: Utilization of the Emergency Room

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An assessment of risk factors for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and provider practices for post-GDM care

The praxis of cultural competence in medical education : using environmental factors to develop protocols for action

Preferred customers? : barriers for Hispanics in Oregon's managed care Medicaid program

An evaluation of community pharmacists applying the patient centered care approach to ambulatory Oregon Health Plan asthmatics in a Managed Care setting

Pregnancy, class and biomedical power : factors influencing the prenatal care experiences of low-income women in an Oregon community

The impact of Oregon’s Coordinated Care Organizations on Prenatal Care Access and Quality : A Difference-in-Differences Analysis

A study of the frequency of utilization of the Oregon State University health services in relation to selected characteristics of students

Oregon Health & Science University's understanding of cultural competency

Traditional Medicine and Self-Determination in Resolving Mental Health Problems Among Southwest Oregon Native Americans

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

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