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The ripple effect : relationship changes in the context of a family literacy program

Creator:: Merrill, Marina L.
Abstract:: Using a qualitative approach, this study explored how participation in a family literacy program can impact important relationships beyond the targeted parent-child dyad. Interviews with 108 parents, were collected over four program years, 1996-1999, as part of the statewide evaluation of Oregon's Even Start Family Literacy programs, were analyzed using...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

Helping children cope

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service
Abstract:: Losing a job affects all members of the family. Adults frequently become so preoccupied they forget unemployment has an emotional, as well as financial, impact on their children. Children depend on their parents for emotional security. When parents are tense, upset, and inattentive, much of this security is gone.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . If older children can find jobs to supplement family income, decide together how their money will be

Enriching foster family relationships through problem solving : guidelines for foster parents

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service, Ozretich, Rachel A., Vuchinich, S., Pratt, C., and Bowman, Sally R., 1949-
Abstract:: Foster families provide care and support for more than 500,000 foster children in the United States. Foster families, like all families, face conflicts and stresses that demand effective problem solving. This guide outlines some simple ideas for effective problem solving in foster families.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: Family Policy Program at Oregon State University and funded by the Administration for Children, Youth

Raising fragile : the experiences & perspectives of the families of male Fragile X individuals

Creator:: Shorb, JoAnne E.
Abstract:: The purpose of this qualitative research study was to address the experiences and perspectives of those who have grown up with and raised males who have Fragile X syndrome. The methods used in the study included surveying and interviewing the family members of adult individuals with Fragile X, reviewing resources...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: family member's decisions on having children of their own. Brief History: Mental Retardation Due

The impact of children with chronic health problems on marriage

Creator:: Eddy, Linda L.
Abstract:: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of having a child with a chrome illness or handicapping condition on marital quality and perceived marital stability. The subject is important because the belief that marriages in parents of chronically ill or handicapped children are uniformly less happy and...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Finding safe homes : a quantitative analysis of child wellbeing across placement qptions

Creator:: Buerger, Christopher M.
Abstract:: This paper will examine the outcomes in child well-being across placement options for children who have experienced child abuse and/or child neglect. Specifically, this paper will compare the relative success of children placed with kin relatives versus those placed wit non-kin adoptive parents. Success is determined by a variety of...
Resource Type:: Capstone Project

Building community support for families of people with AIDS

Creator:: Oregon State University. Extension Service and Hare, Jan
Abstract:: AIDS attacks more than the immune system of HIVinfected people. AIDS also attacks the well-being of families by draining their relationships as well as their economic, emotional, spiritual, and social resources.
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: . Many of them suffer in silence. Jan Hare, Extension family life specialist, Oregon State University

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

Predictors of participation in a prison-based parenting program

Creator:: Schumer, Jean Ellen
Abstract:: The focus of this study was threefold. This research examined the extent to which parenting alliance between incarcerated parents and the caregivers of their children, influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs. This research explored the extent to which family contact influences participation of inmate parents in parenting programs....
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Full Text:: , their co- parents2, and their children through parenting, co-parenting and relationship – building

Oregon's Fishing Community Adapting to Change in Policy, Management, and Markets : Documenting Women's Roles and Adaptive Capacity in an Evolving Industry

Creator:: Calhoun, Sarah M.
Abstract:: Commercial fishing research often focuses on ecological (gear, stock assessment, traceability) or economic factors. Truly understanding the social-ecological system requires considering the entire "human dimension" and this includes the social, cultural, and legal/policy aspects as well. An understudied yet important factor is women's contribution to fishing at the family and...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: 3 Family, Business, and Community: The Lives of Fishermen's Wives. Oregon Sea Grant Communications

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The ripple effect : relationship changes in the context of a family literacy program

Helping children cope

Enriching foster family relationships through problem solving : guidelines for foster parents

Raising fragile : the experiences & perspectives of the families of male Fragile X individuals

The impact of children with chronic health problems on marriage

Finding safe homes : a quantitative analysis of child wellbeing across placement qptions

Building community support for families of people with AIDS

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

Predictors of participation in a prison-based parenting program

Oregon's Fishing Community Adapting to Change in Policy, Management, and Markets : Documenting Women's Roles and Adaptive Capacity in an Evolving Industry

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