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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
Full Text:: study, to Sunil Khanna and Melissa Cheyney for the help and encouragement towards the progress of this

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:: nothing less than excellence. Thank you to Dr. Melissa Cheyney who provided me with endless support and

The third wave : not your mothers' feminism

Creator:: Bjorkman, Gail M.
Abstract:: Examination of all known U.S. Third Wave feminist literature reveals that there is no coherent unitary theory. Explication of the Third Wave addresses the generational and cultural strife within the feminist family and provides a modern feminist response to the changing faces and locations of the isms. Identification of the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Gail M. Bjorkman, Author ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thank you to my committee members, Dr. Melissa

The Indian diaspora : situating family building patterns in a migrant community

Creator:: Satra, Rupal
Abstract:: The purpose of this study is to ethnographically examine traditionally prescribed notions of sons and daughters in an Indian diasporic community located on Devon Avenue in Chicago. Informed by the association between "ideal" and "actual" family building patterns, this study situates reproductive behaviors and demographic outcomes in its local context...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: also wish to thank my graduate committee members Drs. Melissa Cheyney, Chenhuei Chi, and Andrea Marks

Walking the narrow path : narratives of migration and mental health among Saudi Arabian women at Oregon State University

Creator:: Gentry, Kristen Elizabeth
Abstract:: Since the inauguration of the King Abdullah-Aziz Foreign Scholarship Program in 2005, the number of Saudi university students in the United States has increased exponentially, and an unprecedented amount of Saudi women are seeking international degrees. The absence of scholarly research within these women’s home and host countries highlights the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: contribution to the research and writing process. I want to also thank Melissa Cheyney and Mehra Shirazi, for

Hybrid healthscapes : mothers' health care and food practices in the Ecuadorian Andes

Creator:: Hammer, Michaela
Abstract:: After decades of expert-based modernization efforts that have had profound negative impacts on human and environmental health, Ecuador is currently pursuing a rights-based, participatory development paradigm known as sumak kawsay or "the good life". Despite its promises of inclusion and interculturality, this approach continues to rely on highly trained specialists,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: .!Melissa!Cheyney,!who!has!motivated!me!to!be!an!advocate!through!research.!! Thank!you!as!well!to!Dr

Design and Testing of the FUEL System: Integrating Engineering and Ethnographic Methods in Global Development Efforts

Creator:: Ventrella, Jennifer L.
Abstract:: Clean cooking technologies and fuels have been cited as a viable way to slow climate change and reduce the health and environmental impacts associated with traditional cooking devices used by 40% of the world. While engineers in the Design for Development sector have created hundreds of stove designs that perform...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: your patience, encouragement, and dedication to this work. To Shao Zhang and Missy Cheyney, who

Expectations and Lived Realities of Iraqi Women Refugees and Refugee Mental Health Providers in Portland: An Ethnographic Study to Inform Refugee Mental Health Services and Policy

Creator:: Eiwaz, Massarra Adnan
Abstract:: Distress among resettled refugees in the U.S. consistently reflects refugees’ experiences of discrimination, re-traumatization, gaps in healthcare services, and disrupted expectations and lived-realities. This thesis aims to fill a critical need for ethnographic studies investigating how recent anti-immigrant, -Muslim, and -Arab rhetoric and policies combine with chronic gaps in services...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: East House. Special thanks to my committee members, Melissa Cheyney, Mehra Shirazi, Chunhuei Chi, and

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

Narratives of Motherwork, Agency, and Resilience: An Oral History of Afghan Immigrant Mothers in the Pacific Northwest Diaspora

Creator:: Rezai, Fatima
Abstract:: Using intersectional, matricentric feminist of color approaches, this study interrogates the particularities of Afghan immigrants' mothering experiences—as one of the hidden facets of their lived experience—in the United States from a life-course perspective. Using a combination of feminist oral historical approaches, semi-structured interviews, and participant observation, this thesis explores the...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Melissa Cheyney, Dr. Liddy Detar, and Dr. Kelly Chandler, who have generously provided me with extensive

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Family dental care : perspectives from women recovering from methamphetamine addiction

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

The third wave : not your mothers' feminism

The Indian diaspora : situating family building patterns in a migrant community

Walking the narrow path : narratives of migration and mental health among Saudi Arabian women at Oregon State University

Hybrid healthscapes : mothers' health care and food practices in the Ecuadorian Andes

Design and Testing of the FUEL System: Integrating Engineering and Ethnographic Methods in Global Development Efforts

Expectations and Lived Realities of Iraqi Women Refugees and Refugee Mental Health Providers in Portland: An Ethnographic Study to Inform Refugee Mental Health Services and Policy

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

Narratives of Motherwork, Agency, and Resilience: An Oral History of Afghan Immigrant Mothers in the Pacific Northwest Diaspora

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