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Using distance education to educate and empower community coalitions: a case study
A Kreisler1, B A Snider, N E Kiernan
1The Pennsylvania State University, University Park.
Abstract:
This article focuses on a community activism program about the issue of youth tobacco control across fourteen communities. The article highlights an interesting and innovative methodology to provide staff development workshops to each community site where participants received consistent messages with preparation for coalition building and local action planning to address youth tobacco control issues. The article concludes with recommendations for educators considering the use of distance education technologies to educate and empower collective activism in a limited time period.
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