In researching and writing a paper on the develop— -ment of industry in the city of Brantford, 1844 to 1925, it became apparent to me that a study showing the ' interplay of all land uses in the central area of the city was desirable. No cohesive and continuous geogra- -phical record of the land uses in early Brantford presently exists. Material documenting the history and geography of the city prior to 1850 is particularly scarce. My primary objective, therefore, was to at least attempt to create such a record for this city, by tying together all of the varied bits and pieces of data relating to lend use in early Brantford. A second desire was to see if one could identify the date and circumstances under which zones of specialized land use first emerged in the central area of the city. It is quite clear that the early community would have a mix of land uses due in part to the time factor (nine- -teenth century) and to the scale (under 4000 population in a pioneer region) factor. Yet in spite of these controls, recognizable specialized land use areas did emerge at a surprisingly early date. The final objective was to see if the factors that influenced the growth and change in the central area, particularly those that relate to specialization, could be identified and isolated for this one community. / Thesis / Master of Arts (MA)

<p>The Community Intervention Trial for Smoking Cessation (COMMIT) was one of the largest health promotion interventions in North America. Using 11 pairs of matched intervention and control communities, the U.S. National Cancer Institute sought to establish the viability of a community-based approach to smoking cessation, with the expectation of significant impacts on cessation rates amongst heavy smokers during the four years of intervention.</p> <p>The evaluation components of the COMMIT trial relied primarily on the use of surveys to document quantitative changes in attitudes, beliefs and behaviours. A complementary ancillary qualitative evaluation was conducted by the author in the only Canadian intervention site in the trial in Brantford, Ontario. Depth interviews and focus groups were conducted with 45 members of a Smokers' Network established by COMMIT. Subsequently, 35 intervention staff, researchers and community influential were interviewed. Transcripts were coded and analyzed using qualitative analysis software.</p> <p>Several objectives guided the qualitative evaluation study in Brantford: 1) establish the degree to which the COMMIT met the needs of smokers for assistance in quitting; 2) identify the factors that inhibited or facilitated program success; and 3) consider the implications for community mobilization for smoking cessation. Findings in each of these areas are discussed.</p> <p>This work seeks to contribute to knowledge development in health promotion at the level of theory and method, as well as substantively in terms of the design and implementation of community health promotion interventions. A critical-interpretive methodology is advanced as being consistent with the 'new' health promotion, based on a review of the literature on social theory which also argues for an explicit critical and emancipatory orientation to theory and practice in health promotion. These approaches are applied to the examination of a community-level smoking cessation intervention. Chapter 9 contains a critical sociological examination of the nature of tobacco control, drawing upon the work of Goffman.</p> / Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

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