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Assessing Community Understanding of Local Environmental Issues in Two Areas of Uganda
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Ferrie, Gina M.; Bettinger, Tammie L.; Kuhar, Christopher W.; Lehnhardt, Kathy; Apell, Peter; Kasoma, Panta – Applied Environmental Education and Communication, 2011
Although there are many conservation education projects working in Uganda, there is currently little evaluation of educational initiatives in the communities. A survey was developed to better understand the environmental knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors of people in 2 districts of Uganda. The main environmental problem listed by the respondents…
Descriptors: Conservation Education, Conflict, Wildlife, Environmental Education
Experiments in Community Consensus-Building: A Coorientational Analysis.
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Meiller, Larry R.; Broom, Glen M. – 1976
This systems theory study dealt with communication in community consensus building. Elected officials, community leaders, and a sample of citizens in three rural Wisconsin communities were interviewed about community problems. One community served as a control group; the other two communities received feedback reports based on the survey results.…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Community Problems, Community Relations, Community Study
Extension Helps Communities Locate their "Leaders"
McMurtry, Gene – Extension Service Review, 1971
Urges the development of community leaders whose performance can skillfully and sensitively deal with the needs of the community. (Author/JB)
Descriptors: Community Development, Community Leaders, Community Problems, Community Study
Mass Media Influences on Public Conceptions of Social Problems
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Hubbard, Jeffrey C.; And Others – Social Problems, 1975
Explores possible relationships between the mass media of communication and social problems by three-way comparisons between the incidence of social problems suggested in media portrayals, conceptions of the incidence of these problems held by the public, and the relative frequency of such problems reflected in statistics accumulated by official…
Descriptors: Community Organizations, Community Problems, Community Surveys, Incidence
The Community Survey: A Basis for Policy Analysis and Planning.
Adams, Charles F.; Davison, Ronald G. – 1990
The rationale for conducting a community survey to obtain information on a specific problem or issue for local school board policy formation is illustrated in this case study. A survey mailed to 10 percent of all district households in a small midwestern city yielded a 31 percent response rate. Survey analysis was utilized by the school board to…
Descriptors: Boards of Education, Community Attitudes, Community Planning, Community Problems
Drug Impact Index.
Western Center for Drug-Free Schools and Communities. – 1990
The Drug Impact Index provides a set of indicators designed to determine the extent of the local drug problem in a community. Each indicator includes a technical note on the data sources, a graph showing comparative statistics on that indicator for the Portland area and for the State of Oregon, and brief remarks on the implications of the data.…
Descriptors: Community Characteristics, Community Problems, Community Study, Community Surveys
Getting What's Inside, Outside.
Masters, Mitchell; Lohr, Cheri – Small School Forum, 1984
Reports on an Arkansas survey that illustrates a technique for analyzing the school-related concerns and perceptions of teachers and community members. Shows how the survey can identify problem areas in the schools and explains how administrators can use the survey to improve school-community relations. (SB)
Descriptors: Community Attitudes, Community Cooperation, Community Involvement, Community Problems