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The Wheel Of Oppression: Rolling Towards Substance Use In Central Appalachia, Sydney Cox
The Wheel Of Oppression: Rolling Towards Substance Use In Central Appalachia, Sydney Cox
DSW Capstone Projects
For nearly 100 years, Central Appalachia has been characterized by some of the highest poverty rates in the nation. Not coincidentally, the region has also been characterized by some of the highest rates of substance use. Despite decades of funding and support, Central Appalachia continues to foster a symbiotic relationship between poverty and substance use. The purpose of this project was to explore the missing link that ties the two poor determinants of health together and to provide a name to a phenomenon otherwise omitted from social work and policy making practice within Central Appalachia.
The first product of this …