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Experiences of Women in Sierra Leone Relating to Accessing Breast Cancer Treatment 塞拉利昂妇女接受乳腺癌治疗的经历

Journal of Sustainable Social Change Pub Date : 2024-03-07 DOI: 10.5590/josc.2024.16.1.01

Anne Neville, M. Aagard

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Textbook Tasks for Social Change: Instantiation of Development Debates and Interposition of Pedagogical Interventions in Media Literacy Education 社会变革的教科书任务:发展辩论的实例和媒介素养教育中教学干预的介入

Journal of Sustainable Social Change Pub Date : 2023-10-10 DOI: 10.5590/jssc.2023.15.2.02

John N. Ponsaran

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Walden’s New Journal! Journal of Sustainable Social Change 瓦尔登新日报!可持续社会变革杂志

Journal of Sustainable Social Change Pub Date : 2023-04-22 DOI: 10.5590/jssc.2023.15.1.00

Mark Starik, William C Schulz

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