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Bob Bell & ESTAR COVID-19 Education

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Bob Bell meets with Dr. Melissa Geist, Professor of Nursing at Tennessee Tech University, junior nursing student, Corina Crook, and Daniel Hines, recent graduate and Student Representative on the TTU Board Of Trustees. They discuss their efforts in increasing COVID-19 education in the Hispanic community through the ESTAR program, how success is measured for the program, what the results of the program currently look like, as well as how the program intends to continue assisting the Upper Cumberland post-pandemic.

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6 Jul 2021 10AM English United States Society & Culture · Education

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