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  1. A Case Study of the Development of Oregon's 1985 Public Policy in Youth Substance Abuse

    Youth substance abuse in Oregon reached epidemic proportions in the early 1980s. A response to this social issue from the Governor's Office, the state legislature, and the Office of Alcohol and Drug Programs...

  2. Simplified Reversed Chloroquines to Overcome Malaria Resistance to Quinoline-based Drugs

    Malaria is a major health problem, mainly in developing countries, and causes an estimated 1 million deaths per year. Plasmodium falciparum is the major type of human malaria parasite, and causes the most...

  3. Curanderismo and Health Delivery Services

    This study explores and describes curanderismo (folk curing) and the cultural disease concepts of mollera caida, empacho, mal de ojo, and susto as researched in a rural Oregon community. Chicano cultural...

  4. Here, We Are Walking on a Clothesline: Statelessness and Human (In)Security Among Burmese Women Political Exiles Living in...

    An estimated twelve million people worldwide are stateless, or living without the legal bond of citizenship or nationality with any state, and consequently face barriers to employment, property ownership,...

  5. The influence of tradition on the process of organizational change; a study of two Oregon child care centers: Edgefield...

    This paper traces over time changes in concepts of child care using two care centers in Oregon as examples. Early in the twentieth century, the ideas of the time stressed the need to institutionalize dependent...

  6. Supporting the Aging Workforce: The Impact of Psychosocial Workplace Characteristics on Employees' Work Ability

    It is estimated that by 2020, 25% of the US labor force will be aged 55 or older. Along with this demographic shift, Americans and employees in other industrialized nations are now working longer than before,...

  7. Metaphor Use in Interpersonal Communication of Body Perception in the Context of Breast Cancer

    Female breast cancer patients are often confused, frustrated, and devastated by changes occurring in their bodies and the treatment process. Many women express frustration and concern with the inability to know...

  8. Development of an Atmospheric Pressure Laser Induced Fluorimeter (AP-LIF) for NO₂ and Application of AP-LIF for Study of...

    Nitrogen dioxide (NO₂) is a pollutant of interest for study both because of its controlling role in the oxidant capacity of the atmosphere and the health risks it poses. Concerns about the health effects of...

  9. Verbal accessibility between marital partners as studied in a court of domestic relations

    This study investigated the concept of verbal accessibility in marriage. It is an example of the interactional approach to the study of marriage, which is concerned with the on-going socialization process in...

  10. Black/White Health Disparities in the U.S. The Effect of Education over the Life-Course

    In the United States there exists a clear and disconcerting racial disparity in the distribution of good health, which can be seen in differential levels of morbidity and mortality affecting blacks and whites....

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