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Creator:: Frank, Sandra K.
Abstract:: The purpose of this cross-sectional population study was to provide an assessment of weight status of a county's preschool population utilizing the new growth charts and expressed as Body Mass Index, or BMI, -for- age percentile. This study was conducted in conjunction with an annual health screen for incoming kindergartners...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: , Oregon, 2000). In Tillamook County, 20.7% of the children were below poverty per the 1997 model-based

Creator:: Woods, John B. (John Burton), 1890- and Hann, John H.
Abstract:: "One of the basic problems of forest management is that of restoring to productivity denuded areas which cannot be expected to restock through natural means. The most efficient method of regenerating such lands is that method which provides adequate restocking in the shortest time with the least expense. Successful direct...
Resource Type:: Technical Report
Full Text:: experiment in airplane seeding on a 600 acre tract in Tillamook county. The seeded area which presented a

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

Creator:: Edgar, Thom G.
Abstract:: With the expansion of the Tillamook Creamery, in Tillamook Oregon, to double or more its cheese production, the demand for milk presents an economic opportunity for the member dairies of the Tillamook County Creamery Association. Before area dairies can expand their herd size to increase milk production for the creamery,...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: for Privacy Dr. Andrew G. Hashimoto With the expansion of the Tillamook Creamery, in Tillamook Oregon

Creator:: Berry, Cheryl Anne
Abstract:: Asthma prevalence in children under age 18 has risen steadily in the U.S. since the mid-1970s. Most researchers attribute this increase to air pollutants, socioeconomic status or urban residence. This study examined asthma prevalence in Lane County, Oregon, using children's asthma hospital discharges (1990-1995), and data from 10 of 16...
Resource Type:: Masters Thesis
Full Text:: Asthma prevalence in school children in Lane County, Oregon

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