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  • Understanding health care utilization : a theoretically-based analysis of the Ecuadorian health care system

    Creator:
    López-Cevallos, Daniel F.
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    One in four Ecuadorians do not have access to health services; while more than two-thirds have no health insurance and insufficient resources to pay for the health care services they might require. The following three studies examined utilization of health care services using Andersen’s Health Care Utilization Behavior Theory. Secondary...
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    Dissertation
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    Andersen’s Health Care Utilization Behavior Theory. Secondary data (in a multilevel multivariate framework

  • A cost effectiveness analysis of anthelminthic intervention for community control of Ascariasis : traditional vs. pharmaceutical therapy

    Creator:
    Ortega, Fernando
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    A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a targeted intervention for community control of Ascariasis was carried out in three rural communities near Quito, Ecuador. Targeted treatment with Paico (Chenopodium ambrosioides) and Albendazole (ABZ) was applied to children aged 5 to 15 years attending primary local schools in Aglla, Checa and Iguinaro. Prevalence...
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    THESIS OF Fernando Ortega for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health presented on May 5

  • ¿Reforma de salud en Ecuador como modelo de éxito? Crítica al número especial de la Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública

    Creator:
    López-Cevallos, Daniel F. and Torres, Irene
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    En mayo de este año, la Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública dedicó un número especial a promover el proceso más reciente de reforma de salud en Ecuador como un caso exitoso en la región. En el artículo editorial, la directora de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS), Carissa Etienne,...
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    Promotion in Ecuador: A Solution for a Failing System. Health. 2014;4(10). 2. Lucio R, Villacrés N

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

    Creator:
    Hammer, Michaela
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    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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    Masters Thesis
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  • Healthy behaviors as mediating factors in promoting health during times of stress

    Creator:
    Graff-Haight, Dawn
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    The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between stress, health, and health behaviors. The population for the study was made up of 231 full-time employees from Eastern Montana College. The subjects completed the Social Readjustment Rating Scale (SRRS), the Seriousness of Illness Scale (SIRS), the La Crosse...
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    Deviations 57 4.2 Distribution of Subjects by Demographic Variables 58 4.3 Health Behavior Scores Summary

  • Adolescent health-risk behavior : a study of 15,650 images

    Creator:
    Benthin, Alida C.
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    Despite recognition in the literature that adolescence represents a relatively high-risk developmental period for health-risk behaviors, only limited attention has been given to the subjective meanings adolescents assign to such behaviors. One potentially fruitful avenue to explore in understanding the adolescent perspective on health-risk behaviors is the use of word...
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    Dissertation
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    Adolescent health-risk behavior : a study of 15,650 images

  • The effect of a mail-mediated intervention on exercise behavior

    Creator:
    Levy, Susan S.
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    Self-determination theory suggests that social contexts that promote a sense of autonomy, competence, and relatedness will increase internalization of behavioral regulation and lead to more self-determined forms of motivation, the prototype of which is intrinsic motivation. A positive relationship between internalization of exercise behavior regulation and actual levels of exercise...
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    Behavior INTRODUCTION Despite the overwhelming evidence of the physiological and psychological health

  • Behavioral determinants of insulin resistance in non-diabetic patients with coronary artery disease

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    Littrell, Tanya R.
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    Greater degrees of insulin resistance are associated with increased rates of coronary artery disease (CAD) progression. However, the specific behavioral determinants of insulin resistance are not well known in patients with CAD. Although abdominal obesity contributes to insulin resistance, the extent to which abdominal obesity may modify the relationship between...
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    Masters Thesis
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 2. Intercorrelation Matrix (pearson r values) Between Health Behavior Variables in 26 Non

  • Health knowledge competencies and essential health skills of entry level college freshmen enrolled in Oregon's research universities

    Creator:
    Beeson, Luana J.
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    The purposes of the study were to: 1) evaluate health knowledge competencies, 2) assess health skills, and 3) determine interrelationships among health knowledge, health skills, and self-reported behavioral demographic variables for Oregon entry-level college freshmen who had graduated from Oregon schools. An instrument, the "Health Education Survey," was developed with...
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    related to health and health behavior. C. A planned, sequential Pre-K to 12 curriculum based upon

  • Vaccine beliefs of complementary and alternative medical (CAM) providers in Oregon

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    Bean, Sandra J.
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    Health care providers, including complementary and alternative medical (CAM) practitioners, exert a significant influence on parental pediatric vaccination decisions. Use of CAM therapies is increasing in Oregon. Concomitantly, there has been a decade-long increase in parental vaccine refusal in Oregon, rising from 1 to 5 percent from 2000-2009. For example,...
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    for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Public Health presented on May 21, 2014. Title: Vaccine