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- Title
HEADWATERS: A STUDENT/FACULTY PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH PROJECT IN AN EASTERN KENTUCKY COMMUNITY.
- Authors
Banks, Alan; Jones, Alice; Blakeney, Anne
- Abstract
The article provides information on the Letcher County Headwaters Project, which combines student training and participatory research on issues affecting Appalachian communities in Kentucky. The project was carried out by students and faculty from Eastern Kentucky University. The main objective of the initiative is to help community leaders better understand and monitor how land use affects water quality. Students conduct surveys on views of local health care providers and residents about water quality.
- Subjects
LETCHER County (Ky.); KENTUCKY; LAND use; RESEARCH; WATER quality; APPALACHIANS (People); ENVIRONMENTAL monitoring; EASTERN Kentucky University
- Publication
Journal of Appalachian Studies, 2005, Vol 11, Issue 1/2, p104
- ISSN
1082-7161
- Publication type
Article