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Fathers' perceptions of their impact on children's health and well-being : an exploratory study

Creator:: Hill, Tisa Fontaine
Abstract:: Fathers play a critical role in child development and well-being, yet research on how men view their roles as fathers and their influence on their children's health is limited. The present study sought to answer the following questions: 1) What are men's expectations regarding fatherhood? 2) How have these expectations...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: and their developing role as a father, as well as fathers' perceived influence on children's social

Attitudes and behavior toward energy consumption among Oregon residents and their sociodemographic correlates

Creator:: Marganus, Martin
Abstract:: The relationship between attitudes toward energy and conservation behavior was studied in the context of sociodemographic and housing characteristics. Data were obtained by mail survey from a random sample of 1,503 Oregon households (Western Regional Agricultural Experiment Station Project, W-159). The return rate was 55 percent (834). Attitudes toward energy...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Oregon residents and their sociodemographic correlates AN ABSTRACT OF THE THESIS OF Martin Gustav

Assessment of tourism's social impacts in Oregon coast communities using contingent valuation, value-attitude, and expectancy value models

Creator:: Lindberg, Kreg
Abstract:: Tourism development has expanded in Oregon coast communities and in rural communities elsewhere in the nation. This expansion has brought economic gains, but has also brought social costs. The identification and management of tourism's actual and perceived social impacts has received significant attention. This dissertation presents two approaches that extend...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

A review of the social component of ecosystem assessments with recommendations for Oregon

Creator:: Armstrong, Catriona M. M.
Abstract:: Large-scale ecosystem assessments aim to assist ecosystem management by synthesizing current scientific knowledge on an area, and by providing a foundation for policy discussions and decisions on land management. These assessments go beyond traditional research efforts by moving away from narrow scope, system, and institutional boundaries, and by attempting to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: . Title: A Review of the Social Component of Ecosystem Assessments with Recommendations for Oregon

Social challenges in managing natural resources in coastal fishing communities

Creator:: Sharp, Shayla B.
Abstract:: Two topics concerning fisheries management are considered in this thesis. The first concerns the social values that commercial fishing communities associate with commercial fishing. A survey of residents from eleven Oregon Coastal fishing communities was conducted to examine the social values associated with the commercial fishing occupation and fishing heritage....
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: from residents of eleven Oregon coastal fishing communities to identiFy the social and community

Using Racial Humor at Work: Promoting Positive Discussions on Race

Creator:: Foxworth, Teela
Abstract:: Employees from two different organizations, a public university and a hospital in Oregon, were asked to take part in an interview to assess their perceptions of how race is discussed in their workplace, if racial humor is used in their workplace, if this humor offers an opportunity to discuss race...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: in Oregon, were asked to take part in an interview to assess their perceptions of how race is

The Tillamook : stories from a created forest

Creator:: Wells, Gail Elizabeth
Abstract:: Starting more than 60 years ago, a complex of four forest fires occurring at six-year intervals burned almost 400 square miles of virgin Douglas-fir forest in the northwestern Coast Range of Oregon. The area, which became known as the Tillamook Burn, was the focus of an unprecedented reforestation effort drawing...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis

The role of social support in overcoming obstacles to abortion access : Oregon women tell their stories

Creator:: Ostrach, Bayla
Abstract:: Current estimates indicate that between one-third and one-half of women in the United States have at least one abortion in their lifetime, and that many women encounter socioeconomic, logistical, or social obstacles in the process of seeking care (Jones 2005, Guttmacher 2008). The purpose of this study is to critically...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Title The Role of Social Support in Overcoming Obstacles to Abortion Access: Oregon Women Tell Their

A sociological analysis of fishing regulation conflicts : an ethnographic study

Creator:: Dwyer, Jennifer A.
Abstract:: This is an investigative, descriptive study that explored fishing regulation conflicts between commercial fishermen and fishery resource management agencies. The purpose of the study was to develop a rich picture of the conflict phenomenon and apply sociological theory in order to illuminate the underlying structures and functions which contribute to...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: difficult. Therefore, this analysis focuses on one aspect of modern commercial fisheries in Oregon

The impacts of social change in natural resource management : a central Oregon regional study

Creator:: Sharp, Shayla B.
Abstract:: The sentiments expressed by Wells capture the fundamental nature of natural resource and land management in Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook County, Oregon. Driven by the attraction and abundance of natural and scenic amenities in central Oregon, increases in recreation, tourism, population, development and conflict, have contributed to the complexities of...
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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Fathers' perceptions of their impact on children's health and well-being : an exploratory study

Attitudes and behavior toward energy consumption among Oregon residents and their sociodemographic correlates

Assessment of tourism's social impacts in Oregon coast communities using contingent valuation, value-attitude, and expectancy value models

A review of the social component of ecosystem assessments with recommendations for Oregon

Social challenges in managing natural resources in coastal fishing communities

Using Racial Humor at Work: Promoting Positive Discussions on Race

The Tillamook : stories from a created forest

The role of social support in overcoming obstacles to abortion access : Oregon women tell their stories

A sociological analysis of fishing regulation conflicts : an ethnographic study

The impacts of social change in natural resource management : a central Oregon regional study

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