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Associations Between Family Nutrition and Physical Activity, Food Security, and Childhood Obesity in Rural Oregon

Creator:: Jackson, Jennifer A.
Abstract:: Childhood obesity and food insecurity are public health issues that often coexist, and both conditions are more prevalent among rural compared to non-rural populations. Social ecological prevention efforts are recommended, yet limited research has examined how rural family-home environments may influence obesity-preventing and -promoting behaviors. The purpose of this dissertation...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: of overweight and obesity among children in six rural Oregon communities exceeds national averages

A survey of school transportation in Oregon

Creator:: Ryan, Paul Joseph
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: school. Only two of the thirty-six countie in Oregon do not provide transportation of children. The

Factors contributing to prosocial behavior among pre-school children from low-income families

Creator:: Vale, Elizabeth
Abstract:: This exploratory study examined whether temperament, home environment, and family stress impact the amount of prosocial behavior displayed by pre-school age low-income children and examined how much of an impact each factor has. Each factor was explored in depth along sub-scale dimensions including, (1) self-regulatory temperament, negative reactive temperament, and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: enrolled in the program located at Oregon State University and fifteen of the children (7 males and 8

An evaluation of a differential education program for able and gifted high school students in southwestern Oregon

Creator:: Lamb, Ronald Deane
Abstract:: The purpose of this investigation was to evaluate the effects of a six week residential summer program of differential education for gifted high school students. It was designed to determine the extent to which participants in the program were proficient in aspects of critical and creative thinking, and in the...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: and gifted high school students in southwestern Oregon AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF RONALD DEANE

Selected factors contributing to preservice teachers' perceptions of the social and cognitive competence of preschool children

Creator:: Pettit, Rebecca Ward
Abstract:: As increasing numbers of poor children enter child care programs due to changes in work requirements under the Welfare Reform Act, there is a critical need to examine factors that may affect the quality of care that these children receive. One factor that has received limited attention in the literature...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: Program (OPP) grant from the Oregon Department of Education. Children enrolled in the CDC under the OPP

Perceived needs of special education as identified by school personnel in small rural school districts in six eastern Oregon counties

Creator:: Veal, Lawrence Lyman
Abstract:: The purpose of the study, which was conducted in 33 school districts in six Eastern Oregon counties, was threefold: 1. To assess the perceived needs of administrators, counselors and/or specialists and special teachers of the handicapped and disadvantaged, to determine special education needs in small rural school districts; 2. To...
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: school personnel in small rural school districts in six eastern Oregon counties AN ABSTRACT OF THE

Contributions of family size, birth order, socioeconomic status, and parent-child relationships to young children's intellectual development

Creator:: Liang, Shu
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship of family size, birth order, socioeconomic status, and parent-child relationships to young children's intellectual development. Seventy-four children, 39 boys and 35 girls, with a mean age of 4 years-8 months, and their parents (mothers and fathers), selected from 9 preschool...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: children's intellectual development. Seventy-four children, 39 boys and 35 girls, with a mean age of 4

Relationships among weight status, dairy food consumption, food and physical activity behavior, and nutritional status parameters of preschoolers in Tillamook County, Oregon

Creator:: Frank, Sandra K.
Abstract:: The purpose of this cross-sectional population study was to provide an assessment of weight status of a county's preschool population utilizing the new growth charts and expressed as Body Mass Index, or BMI, -for- age percentile. This study was conducted in conjunction with an annual health screen for incoming kindergartners...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: higher prevalence of at risk of overweight and overweight levels than children their age nationwide

Weekday religious education in certain elementary schools of Oregon

Creator:: Burke, Edna Lawrence
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: EDUCATION IN CERTAIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS OF OREGONn. Submitted to the OREGON STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE

Transition from Early Childhood Special Education Programs to School Based Programs for Children Diagnosed with Developmental Delay in the State of Oregon : A Secondary Data Analysis

Creator:: Twardzik, Erica E.
Abstract:: Background: Current policy in Oregon under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) indicates that children diagnosed with developmental delay (DD) are eligible for services before school, but not eligible for the receipt of services in school-based programs. Due to this definition of eligibility, children with DD face additional barriers...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: the state of Oregon, and in 19 other states across the country, children are only eligible for the

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Associations Between Family Nutrition and Physical Activity, Food Security, and Childhood Obesity in Rural Oregon

A survey of school transportation in Oregon

Factors contributing to prosocial behavior among pre-school children from low-income families

An evaluation of a differential education program for able and gifted high school students in southwestern Oregon

Selected factors contributing to preservice teachers' perceptions of the social and cognitive competence of preschool children

Perceived needs of special education as identified by school personnel in small rural school districts in six eastern Oregon counties

Contributions of family size, birth order, socioeconomic status, and parent-child relationships to young children's intellectual development

Relationships among weight status, dairy food consumption, food and physical activity behavior, and nutritional status parameters of preschoolers in Tillamook County, Oregon

Weekday religious education in certain elementary schools of Oregon

Transition from Early Childhood Special Education Programs to School Based Programs for Children Diagnosed with Developmental Delay in the State of Oregon : A Secondary Data Analysis

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