Out-of-pocket payments are an important source of health care financing in many countries. However, when care is unaffordable, consumers either pay for services and experience financial burden or forgo care and face potential health consequences. This dissertation explores both …
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For decades after independence many African nations have invested a significant portion of their national budget into education development. Global enrollment rates however, are still low in many Sub-Saharan countries. Moreover, the enrollment rate hides gender disparity and con…
While the potential efficiency gains to be realized through water utility privatization have been extolled, the impacts of such programs on different categories of service users are not well understood or closely scrutinized in the literature. Along with efficiency, do privatiza…
The presence of the Old Testament (OT) citations throughout the Book of Hebrews is unmistakable. It is argued that prominent citations serve both a structural and argumentative role in the theology of the book. The connected discussion of these citations (Ps 110:1, 4; Ps 8:4–6; …
This dissertation investigates the relationship between physical accessibility to family planning facilities, measured by travel time, and contraceptive prevalence. The purpose of this research is to quantify the manner in which accessibility affects the likelihood of use of dif…
The purpose of this study was to determine the accessibility of higher education in developing countries through a comparative analysis of enrollment, attainment, and gender equity data between developed and developing countries. Implicit in these analyses was the notion that ad…
This dissertation is an attempt at a wholistic approach to the study of the soteriology of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Such an approach is necessary because scholarly studies on the soteriology of the epistle are mainly focused on either the warning passages or on individual asp…
Several factors influence the health status and outcomes of any nation's population. Remarkable disparity also exists between the industrialized nations and the developing countries in terms of the health status and outcomes of their populations. The literature review indicates …
Improving Early Childhood Care and Education (ECCE) is growing as an international priority, expressed through multiple research, policy initiatives, social intervention and advocacy. ECCE programs of high quality have the potential to improve the health and nutrition of young c…
This descriptive and exploratory study examined the Turkish government's policy regarding access to study abroad, and Turkish student views regarding: (a) access patterns to universities and colleges in the U.S., (b) motivations for study abroad in general and U.S. schools, and …
This project examines the emergence and expansion of Legato, the Turkish collegiate lgbt network, from the perspective of the globalization of digital technologies and lgbt identities. The triple perspectives of globalization studies, research on lgbt youths' use of digital tech…
Recent studies suggest that the growth of financial sector depth and access can drive poverty reduction and economic growth, popularizing the idea that financial development can be used as a development tool. Combined with a growing awareness in the West of Islamic taboos agains…
During the last quarter of a century the Persian Language collections in American Libraries have increased tremendously. The accessibility of these materials is directly related to the use of an adequate transliteration scheme, cataloging rules for establishment of the entry and…
My dissertation is written as a reflexive or narrative ethnography. I examine my own life experiences and interactions as part of a disabled subculture. This extends previous scholarship, reflecting on how society has propagated lies or myths about disability. Using my experienc…
The Affordable Care Act expanded access to Medicaid programs and required them to provide essential health benefits, which can include prevention services. This study assesses the costs and benefits to using Medicaid funding to implement a well-known evidence-based program, Func…
The increasing population of working immigrant women in Canada demands special considerations surrounding their mental health. This exploratory-descriptive qualitative research has investigated the influences on the mental well-being of 14 working immigrant women in Calgary. Par…
Rhetorical studies are deeply concerned with the way that human beings use language and symbols to interact and persuade others to follow a particular point of view, or plan of action. In the male dominant culture of 15th century France, Christine de Pizan recognized the limitat…
The complex fields of disability studies and technical communication are becoming increasingly prevalent. Examining these fields together provides a rich area of study all its own that addresses questions of access, innovation, and representation. In this thesis, both fields and…
The enactment of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA) in 2008 sought to eliminate longstanding discriminatory insurance practices against behavioral health disorders by requiring health insurers of large group plans to apply no more restrictive financial re…