Advocacy is an essential component of the professional role of the registered nurse and may be an even more critical component of the nursing role in a military operation where soldiers are separated from family. While the nursing literature suggests that advocating for patients…
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This dissertation focuses on the movement for ratification of the 1924 Federal Child Labor Amendment. The examination of the movement for passage of the Amendment, and its eventual defeat, explored the mechanism through which cultural and ideology have influenced the process of.…
Microfinance, by providing small loans and savings facilities to those who are excluded from formal banking institutions, is seen by many as one way to help the poor increase their income and productivity. Access to credit is promoted as a way to assist the poor to become self-e…
Models of economic sanction efficacy range from studies of GDP and price changes to qualitative examinations. The present model examines changes in macroeconomic welfare caused by economic sanctions. Intertemporal substitution and wealth effects change the welfare of the target …
The transmigration programme, a large-scale development scheme in Indonesia, attempts to address two on-going and problematic issues within that country: population control via population redistribution, and economic development. Both issues directly impact women, mostly because…
Discourses related to world trends in il/literacy are replete with accounts of the ameliorative potential of literacy vis-a-vis the subordinate condition of women in Sub-Saharan Africa. But, despite the extensive coverage of the problem in academic literature, there is a paucity…
This study investigates the Indonesian experience in managing the privatization of State Controlled Enterprises (SCEs) during the period from 1983 to 1993. The main objective of this study is to assess and explore the following research question: Why has there been little owners…
Using qualitative research with personal interviews, and acknowledging the diverse diaspora experiences (post-1930) of Canadian Jewry and former Soviet Jewry, this thesis asks: (a) Is aid received from the Jewish Immigrant Aid Service, Toronto, and other Jewish social services, …
This study examined the traumatic experiences and psychological symptoms of 60 refugees who were recently resettled in the United States. Subjects were from Cuba, Iraq, Haiti, Sudan, and Bosnia. Data was collected for each subject on traumatic experiences occurring prior to thei…
During the Progressive Era, Illinois women launched a lively campaign to reduce maternal and infant mortality. A maternalist ideology highlighted women's responsibility for private family health and empowered them to join local public health reform efforts on a variety of levels…
Situated in the northeast corner of the South Asian sub-continent, Bangladesh is a developing country with high population density, low life expectancy, low rate of literacy and extremely low access to modern energy sources. Lack of access to electrification remains a major cons…
Social policy differences between Canada and the U.S. impact the quality of life and levels of material hardship experienced by the working poor. This dissertation examines the role of specific policy differences through a cross-national comparative study of hotel industry emplo…
The purpose of this research was to investigate the feasibility of utilizing self-help housing approaches to improve the low-income housing delivery system in Malaysia. Squatters were identified as the unit of measurement for the low-income households. Twenty-six independent var…
The research is based on a case study of farmers from Tigray, northern Ethiopia. The data was collected in a field research conducted in 1992. The research shows that traditional peasants use various survival strategies to reduce the risk of total output failure due to drought. …
This dissertation consists of four essays. The first two essays are devoted to an empirical analysis of poverty and inequality in Bangladesh. The third essay consists of a optimal control model of homelessness and poverty in the United States. The fourth essay is based on a case…
As governments rely increasingly on user fees and other forms of cost recovery (CR) to cover health care costs, concern grows that the poor will consume sub-optimal levels of care. This dissertation uses a theoretical model to study a policy tool for protecting the poor under CR…
Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, 126 million people in 2000. It accounts for 47 per cent of the region's population (World Bank 2002). Its history riddled with repressive military governments, fragmented society and a structurally adjusted economy has had unfavorabl…
This study addresses the determinants of women's economic activity in three low-income communities in Amman, Jordan. In the Arab Middle East, where women's work for remuneration is a relatively recent phenomenon, labor statistics only measure female labor force in the formal sec…
Similar to the U.S., increasing demand for and costs of long-term care has driven other countries' efforts to serve more people in need at home while controlling costs. This paper explores the common concerns and current modifications in seven other nations: Canada, Israel, Japa…