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  • The Impact of Medicalization on the Authority of Women Healers

    Creator:
    Long, Myra
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    In the West, the growth of the modern, androcentric medical establishment can be shown to be correlated with the decline in women’s authority and status in the healing arts. As the world of science and medicine expanded exponentially, the understanding of the body changed through the studies of anatomy and...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Committee Member, Melissa Cheyney, representing Anthropology

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

    Creator:
    Young, Elizabeth A.
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    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,...
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    Masters Thesis
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    nothing less than excellence. Thank you to Dr. Melissa Cheyney who provided me with endless support and

  • IUD insertions in nulliparous patients : mitigating pain and anxiety

    Creator:
    Seifert, Madeleine
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    Unintended pregnancy has been found to be one of the most prominent challenges that the public health system is forced to overcome due to the financial and social burdens that accompany it (Yazdkhasti et al., 2015). With nearly 48% of reproductive-age American female patients having experienced at least one unintended...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    —------------------------------------------------------------------------- Melissa Cheyney, representing the School of Language, Culture, and Society

  • The Differences in Reasons for Antepartum Transfer to Hospital by Maternal Characteristics

    Creator:
    Francis, Ashley B.
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    Community births are defined as a planned home or birth center birth. Today, the majority of births in the U.S. occur in the hospital, but the U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rates of any developed country. Although community births have comparable outcomes, there is an extreme preference for hospital...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    Science _____________________________________________________________________ Melissa Cheyney

  • Pre-Med Attrition: Exploring the Pre-Med Experience at OSU

    Creator:
    Xue, Han
    Abstract:
    Pre-med attrition is the loss of students participating in academic pre-medical programs over time. Attrition in medical school has been the subject of many studies, but pre-med attrition is less researched, despite its relevance to the emergence and performance of future medical professionals. Interviewing former pre-med students who chose other...
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    Honors College Thesis
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    _____________________________________________________________________ Melissa Cheyney, Committee Member, representing Anthropology

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

    Creator:
    Ventrella, Jennifer L.
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    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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    your patience, encouragement, and dedication to this work. To Shao Zhang and Missy Cheyney, who

  • Latinx Adolescent Sexual Health Education: Informing a Culturally Centered and Inclusive Program

    Creator:
    Cervantes, Beathriz
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    Latinx youth in the US experience stark inequities in sexual and reproductive health, including rates of unplanned pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. One promising way to reduce these inequities is to provide culturally centered, comprehensive sexual health education. However, such curricula are rarely offered to Latinx youth, in part because...
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    Masters Thesis
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    education in the Latinx community. I would like to thank the rest of my committee: Dr. Melissa Cheyney

  • Erotic Capital and Women’s Online Sexual Marketing

    Creator:
    Perkins, Abby M.
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    The purpose of this paper was to discuss the theory of erotic capital proposed by Catherine Hakim and how this theory affects online advertising done by sex workers. Through analyzing 29 different pages relating to the commercial sex industry, I observed how sexual capital is utilized in marketing strategies and...
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    Masters Thesis
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    Professors Melissa Cheyney and Ronald Mize, as well as my graduate representative Janet Nishihara, I cannot

  • 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...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . Melissa Cheyney, Dr. Liddy Detar, and Dr. Kelly Chandler, who have generously provided me with extensive

  • 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,...
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    .!Melissa!Cheyney,!who!has!motivated!me!to!be!an!advocate!through!research.!! Thank!you!as!well!to!Dr