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Lengerich, Eugene J.; Kluhsman, Brenda C.; Bencivenga, Marcyann M.; Lesko, Samuel M.; Garcia-Dominic, Oralia; Aumiller, Betsy B.; Anderson, Marcia – Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, 2010
The Northern Appalachia Cancer Network (NACN) is a community-academic partnership to develop, implement, and evaluate evidence-based interventions intended to reduce the burden of cancer in Appalachian Pennsylvania and New York. The NACN began in 1992 as a loose network of community coalitions intended to implement local programs for cancer…
Descriptors: Participatory Research, Prevention, Cancer, Access to Health Care
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Ruglis, Jessica – International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), 2011
This article will put forth an introductory argument and evidence for school non-completion as a form of biopower, and school dropout to be considered a form of biopolitical youth resistance in the United States (US). Beginning with a brief overview of the empirical relationship of education to health and current graduation rates in the United…
Descriptors: Action Research, Graduation Rate, Dropouts, Focus Groups