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Direct linkStuart, Reginald – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2011
Hampton University President William Harvey's initial readings of proton therapy for cancer sparked his interest. Within a few months, Dr. Harvey was assigning widely respected Hampton nuclear physicist Dr. Cynthia Keppel to do more exploration. Today, the new $225 million Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute, one of eight therapy sites in…
Descriptors: Cancer, Therapy, Black Colleges, Access to Health Care
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Download full textLengerich, 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
Liu, Chiung-ju – Health Education Journal, 2010
Objective: The purpose of this study was to identify determinants of comprehension of an educational pamphlet on colon cancer, by adults at least 50 years of age living in the United States. Design: Data were analysed from the "2003 National Assessment of Adult Literacy" survey. The survey was designed to assess functional English…
Descriptors: Reading Habits, Pamphlets, Reading Fluency, Physical Activity Level
